| Health effort hopes blacks get message
Like so many other men, Glenn Nevels never worried about prostate cancer, never saw a need to be tested for it, never really even thought about it. But his attitude changed abruptly in 1998 when his father, Joseph, died of the disease. Nevels immediately began getting tested regularly. For nearly seven years, the tests kept showing no signs of cancer. Then in 2005, the results changed. He had prostate cancer. Fortunately, though, it was discovered early, he said, allowing him to be treated with surgery without radiation or chemotherapy. Now 57 years old, Nevels is a cancer survivor, but only because he was -- and still is -- screened regularly. Unfortunately, too many men -- especially African-American men -- aren't doing the same thing.
Health insurance no cure-all
Rising health-care costs are beginning to cause financial headaches even for people who have insurance. Several recent studies have shown that it's getting harder to afford health services despite insurers paying 80 percent of the bills. Add on higher deductibles -- sometimes as much as $2,500 -- co-insurance and co-pays, and people start to fall into debt. And some are using credit cards to pay their medical bills. The newest report, released yesterday by the Access Project, shows that health insurance often isn't enough when people get sick. The Boston-based group interviewed 45 people across the United States -- including seven Ohioans -- who despite having health insurance have experienced financial problems because of medical bills.
Ripe target
To its fans, the US supermarket chain Whole Foods Market is proof that green shopping can be glamorous. But its critics claim the store has got greedy and betrayed its organic ideals. And now it's coming to Britain. Alex Renton reports
Tuesday March 27, 2007
The Guardian
Will the US company monopolise the organic market in the UK Photograph: Don McPhee
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Phillip Wasserman Announces Life Insurance College and University ...
SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--April 8, 2007--Phillip Wasserman, a recognized authority and sought after author and speaker on life insurance and annuities, has announced a new program and subsidiary to allow colleges and universities to fund and endow athletic and educational financial needs through the use of life insurance. Universities and colleges are looking at funds raised from this type of program to -- Build new athletic facilities
-- Fund athletic scholarships and more
-- Settle debt
-- Endow academic chairs
-- Fund academic research
-- Build new facilities "Oklahoma State University and Liberty University are two great institutions which have recently employed this strategy to help raise and endow tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars for their great schools through the use of life insurance from wealth retired benefactors and boosters.
Discount Digs
ORMOND BEACH -- After six months of looking at houses, Tom Anderson and Dottie D'Esposito found the "perfect one" for them in Aberdeen, a manufactured housing community. The fact they could get it for about 25 percent less than the original asking price of $199,000 was like icing on the cake. "The seller became ill and had to move back to Flagler," Anderson said during a recent interview. He and D'Esposito coincidentally each owned a home in Flagler before moving here about a month ago. He was able to sell his house quickly, while hers was still on the market as of the end of March. "I've always liked Ormond Beach. We felt it would be more economically feasible to buy here," said the 71-year-old Anderson, who retired from the Navy. "I think you get more value for the buck than in a standard home," he said.
Long Term Insurance: Many Customers Unreasonably Denied Claims
New York, NY: Reaction to a New York Times article (March 26, 2007) highlighting problems with the long term insurance has been widespread, with people across the US condemning the actions of companies like Conseco. From Hillary Rodham Clinton asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to look into the matter, to individuals filing lawsuits against dishonest long-term insurers, people are taking action against companies that take advantage of seniors. The article gave numerous examples of the ways in which long term insurance companies deny seniors' claims, leaving the seniors without a way to pay for their long term care, even if they have no way of looking after themselves. In some cases, families of the seniors wind up paying thousands of dollars to ensure that their loved ones are cared for, even though the seniors have faithfully paid into a long term insurance policy.
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