Blue Cross Ordered To Renegotiate With Hospitals
Philadelphia health cost showdown as Dr. Herbert Denenberg orders Blue Cross of Greater Philadelphia to cancel and renegotiate contracts with all 80 hospitals amid five days of hearings on proposed rate hikes totaling 74 million dollars. Gov. Shapp creates health task force as public interest swells.
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Philadelphia
Herbert Denenberg
Blue Cross
Greater Philadelphia
Denenberg
Milton J. Shapp
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley
Pitt Medical Student Will Train At CMH
Corry Memorial Hospital will host a University of Pittsburgh medical student as an adjunct to studies this summer. Dr. James Hileman will be preceptor guiding the student through all hospital areas from office work to operating room. Room and board provided, six hundred dollar cap on earn ta ery k& aa six weeks. ICY ROADWAY FATAL CLAYSVILLE one killed two injured Davidson 32 Charleston W V A
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Corry Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
School of Medicine
James Hileman
Corry
Joseph Pitcavage
Edison Harmon
Claysville
Davidson
Charleston
W.va
One-Car Crash Pins Driver In Car Two Hours
A 1970 coupe driven by Joseph W. Morowski, 22, left Route 426 two miles east of Corry at 9:15 p.m. after failing to negotiate a curve, smashing a utility pole and sustaining severe injuries. Morowski was pulled from the wreckage, treated at the scene, and hospitalized in Corry in serious condition with leg fractures and internal injuries. Rescue crews worked two hours to extract him as traffic was halted and emergency units stood by.
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Grand
Corry
Morowski
Stanford
Stanford Hose Company
John Brown
Brown
Biores Mack
Corry Area High adopts three biology tracks next year
Corry Area High School will replace a single biology course with three offerings for next year. Initiated by Max Bennink, the plan adds Ideas and Investigations in Science for non science tracks, BSCS for science-minded students, and Biology II for advanced study with emphasis on lab work and independent projects.
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Corry Area High School
CAHS
Max Bennink
Bennink
Russell Brant
Brant
Leroy Rieck
Rieck
Seek U S Funds For CMH Project
Corry Memorial Hospital trustees press forward with a federal Hill Burton grant request of 250 000 dollars to cover a third of a second floor renovation. The plan calls for operating and recovery rooms with the rest from loans and public subscription, but approval remains distant and tied to priority on a federal list.
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The
Corry Memorial Hospital
Hospital Board of Trustees
Samuel Antrim
Federal Hill-Burton
Hill-Burton
Antrim
Corry
Eye Phone Hookup For Heart Diagnosis
Corry Memorial Hospital to view a demo of transmitting electrocardiograms by telephone with the cardiologist’s reading returned via the same line. Erie cardiologists will receive the ECG and relay the diagnosis within hours to the local hospital, shortening the current days long delay. The demonstration prompts exploration of the system to cut lapsed time from days to hours in heart attack cases.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Erie
Solons Puzzled By New Social Security Rate Hike Request
Washington AP report on President Nixon urging an immediate payroll tax rise to fund higher Social Security benefits while delaying the tax base increase to 9000. Mills and Byrnes weigh chances of timing, with lawmakers cautious yet considering broader welfare measures and welfare reforms amid economic concerns.
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Solons
Washington
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
John W. Byres
Wisconsin
Byrnes
State By State Auto Insurance Reforms Sought
Washington AP The Nixon administration proposes state by state auto insurance reforms to a Senate committee. Volpe supports a gradual shift to no fault, urging states to lead with first party coverage and high medical expense limits while Congress studies results in two years. Hart opposes a universal reform, citing impracticality of a single system.
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Washington
Senate
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Senate Commerce Committee
Volpe
Hart
D-Mich
Magnuson-Hart
Congress
Shapp Seeks End to Philadelphia Wage Tax by 1973
Gov. Milton Shapp predicted the second phase of his tax reform would eliminate Philadelphia’s wage tax by mid 1973. He proposed replacing current levies with a piggyback state income tax levy redistributed to municipalities. The plan, discussed after talks with New Jersey Gov Cahill on tax inequities, aims for a broader, more equitable tax base.
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Philadelphia
Milton J. Shapp
Robert In Kane
Harrisburg
Shapp
New Jersey
William T. Cahill
Cahill
New
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