Break For Consumer Blue Shield Rates Hold
CAMP HILL Pennsylvania AP For the first time since 1972 nearly half of Pennsylvania Blue Shield subscribers will not pay higher rates next year possibly through 1979. If cash reserves grow rates may stay unchanged for two years. The plan could add 3.3 million dollars in services without raising prices. About 1.4 million individual subscribers and 1.6 million small groups are affected.
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Blue Shield
Robert Rinehimer
Rinehimer
Blue Shields
Blue Shield faces funding gaps as senior program bills rise
Archbishops note Blue Shield's 875,000 subscribers on the 65-Plus Special pay $5.05 monthly while the plan has subsidized seniors. Senior claims drive losses, with Blue Shield forecasting further deficits without rate hikes. Executive Leroy Mann cites income near $500 million and reserve targets, while utilization controls and physician payments curb growth.
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Rinehimer
Blue Shield
Pennsylvania
Philadelpha
Leroy K. Mann
Mann
Mann Rinehimer
Lombardo Will Be Buried Wednesday
New York AP reports Guy Lombardo the Royal Canadians founder will be buried Wednesday in Farmingdale Long Island. His brother Victor promised the band will continue and perform Auld Lang Syne Dec 31. Lombardo died at 75 after heart surgery and breathing problems.
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Heaven
Lombardo
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Royal Canadians
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Houston
Methodist Hospital
Lillibelle
Long Island
Farmingdale
Freeport
Jones Beach
Finian
Rainbow
Connecticut
Carnegie Hall
Ontario
Gaetano Lombardo Jr
London
Carmen
Leibert
Lombardo Brothers
Sensible Diet Might Help Deter Crime
Barbara Reed, chief probation officer in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio, says diet influences behavior and crime referrals. She cites hypoglycemia as a major issue and recalls a case of a health nut whose high sugar intake triggered symptoms, implying diet can affect at risk individuals and possibly children with autism.
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Barbara Reed
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Miss Reed
Duquesne University
Greater Pittsburgh
The
National Society For Autistic Children
Weekend rains kill at least 42 across southeast
Persistent weekend rainfall caused at least 42 deaths in the southeast, forced evacuations in Harlan County Kentucky, and led to school closures. Damaging floods, washed out roads, and flash flood watches stretched from Maryland to Virginia. A winter storm warning was issued for eastern Arizona and showers spread through New Mexico Colorado and parts of California and Oregon. Temperature readings ranged from 23 in Butte Montana to 72 in Florida coastal cities.
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