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1884 - McCoy & Everette Pyle discover important Tataviam Indian artifacts in Bowers Cave (Val Verde) [story]
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1884 - McCoy & Everette Pyle discover important Tataviam Indian artifacts in Bowers Cave (Val Verde) [story]
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College of the Canyons captured a 13th straight Western State Conference Championship on Monday, April 29 at Knollwood Country Club, after a 36-hole tourney that saw all six players finish in the top-10 of the field's individual standings and send the Cougars to another 3C2A Southern California Regional Championship event.
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1927: First major competition, second annual rodeo, at new Baker Ranch arena (later Saugus Speedway). Overflow crowd more than fills 18,000-seat arena. Entire SCV population was ~3,000 [story]
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A relic of Saint Jude has left Italy for the first time on an extended tour of the United States. Treasures of the Church, an evangelization ministry of the Catholic church, will present the Tour of the Relic of St. Jude the Apostle. The relic of St. Jude will be hosted Monday, May 6 at Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church.
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Given the ongoing uncertain situation in the Red Sea and surrounding area and following extensive consultation with global security experts and government authorities, Princess Cruises, which is headquartered in Valencia, is revising the itineraries for its two 2025 World Cruises, which will no longer visit the Middle East or Asia, and now instead, will offer new port stops in Africa and Europe.
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1973 - Watergate figure H.R. "Bob" Haldeman, a former CalArts board member, resigns from Nixon White House [link]
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THANKS for the article – hope it scares families into making sure that anyone in their family receiving Medicare has a loud and educated (to the above) advocate. My older sister in St. Louis was in the same position til I stepped in at great expense.
Don’t let it happen to you, either – plan ahead!!
I respectfully disagree with your assertion of a two-tiered system based upon age and being a Medicare recepient. Young people are also subject to scrutiny, approvals and authorizations by their insurance plans, especially HMO plans. Even more at risk are those with no insurance, for which there is no private nor government payer. And what about our veterans who have received inadequate care at some VA hospitals.
I don’t believe every, nor most, physicians, hospitals, or health plans are as “slanted” as your portray.
I’d like to present an alternate portrait of an experience with an elderly family member where the physician wanted to admit my family member to the hospital for multiple minor medical issues that arose. I don’t think the physician was a bad physician. I don’t think they wanted to spend the additional time managing my family member at home. Advocating for care aligned with the family member’s desires and values, we switched our family member to a practice with a Physician’s Assistant who was willing and capapble of managing care that prevented hospitalizations and kept our family member at home.
I appreciate commentary and Op Ed pieces as long as they are accurate. I don’t find this one completely accurate and recommend SCVnews.com find another contributor.
In response to S. Smith:
In the article, traditional Medicare is being compared to those using private insurance in a hospital setting.
HMO Medicare (briefly alluded to in the posting as it applied to my mother) is one of several insurances reimbursing hospitals for medical care including Medi-Cal (federally it is Medicaid), Affordable Care Act (known by the public as Obamacare), and the Veterans Affairs (usually at their government set-up hospitals).
Those unfortunate patients who still have no health insurance (about 20 million in the US) are the most victimized, but were not discussed in this posting.
I agree with you, younger patients in regular HMO (as well as older Medicare HMO) are clearly under the scrutiny of management, as their administrators are there to make a profit. Because of this motivation though, some physicians, hospitals, and health plans are “slanted” when they provide care. This was also not discussed in the article.
Even as a physician, I find these areas complex. Still, I stand by the accuracy of my commentary.
Gene Uzawa Dorio, M.D.