News and Views on Healthcare
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Sponsored by American Association of University Women, the Mother-Daughter
Choices program is ready to kick off another seven week session
helping mothers and their daughters who are in 5th or 6th grades
in making "life decisions." A new component this year
will be a Father-Sons Challenges program to include the male counterparts
of the families. The program is possible through AAUW and a grant
from the Clatsop Commission on Children and Families. It will
convene for 5th graders in Astoria and Warrenton, and 6th graders
in Knappa and Seaside. Groups will be forming this month. Please
contact Karen Kenyon (503/325-8319), Ruby Huntsman (503/738-7808)
or Kathy Hobbs (503/717-0302)
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N W & Associates is sponsoring a FREE seminar titled "Rising
Costs in Healthcare...What Can You Do About It?" on Friday,
February 11. The event, called Forum II, will hold registration
at the Best Western Oveanview Resort in Seaside starting at 7:30am
with a continental breakfast sponsored by Lifewise insurance company.
Speakers will be Steve Schmidt, vice president of sales and marketing
for Lifewise, and Dan Taylor, of COBRA compliance systems. Forum
I, held just last November by NW & Associates, attracted almost
100 participants. Seating for this upcoming event will be limited,
so please call 503/717-1077 as soon as possible for reservations.
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Travel Health Link of Colorado Springs, Colorado publishes Travel
Health Link Guides. The resource is distributed by the American
Automobile Association and list where and how to get qualified
healthcare while traveling in any state. The Guides include doctors,
emergency rooms, dentists, pharmacies and veterinarians. To merit
inclusion in the Guide, all healthcare providers must pass a review
of credentials, have a willingness to see patients on short notice
and be located conveniently near interstate exits. Healthcare
providers are indexed by interstate routes and include a map,
written directions and Global Positioning Satellite coordinates.
In addition to the printed Guides, THL offers online help at www.healthlink.com
and a health access adviser via toll free 888/299-0102. Currently
hours are limited, but the company states they will return messages.
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For travelers who want to stay fit, the February issue of InnSights
magazine presents an exercise program for hospitality properties.
Body Effort, a Pittsburgh-based exercise program, offers what
are billed as effective exercises to tighten, tone and firm abs,
hips and thighs without need for special equipment, without disturbing
connecting rooms and able to be completed in a small space. The
program is offered via the properties' cable system and provides
a "challenging total body workout with modifications to accommodate
every size, shape and age" of traveler.
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The January 28 issue of Vancouver Business Journal provided this
health tip. "U.S. employers report health care costs for
the year 2000 are increasing by more than 10 percent for all plan
types, although provider organizations are saying the average
fee schedule is rising only 3.1 percent, according to a survey
conducted by Watson Wyatt Worldwide and the Washington Business
Group on Health.
"The survey, based on responses from 503 employers and 953
provider organizations, found that among the four major types
of health plans, HMOs and indemnity plan costs are increasing
the fastest."
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