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Show March 11, 2010 The Garfield County Insider WEDDINGS Saul - Hatch Darwin and Ellen Lamb are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter (Tut" c_7614 to 261,1) cg-pp son of Arthur and Sheri Miller and the late Russell Hatch on March 13, 2010 in the Manti LDS Temple Please celebrate with us at an open house on March 12, 2010 from six to eight in the evening at the Glendale Ward Cultural Hall Fish-Hooks CT Scans and Cancer? OBAMACARE: PUTTING TYRANTS IN CONTROL OF HEALTH CARE By Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D. If you like the health insurance coverage you have now, and if you believe patients should be allowed to make their own decisions about their medical care and insurance coverage, ObamaCare is not for you. In addition to the fact that the supreme law of the land, our U.S. constitution, does not authorize the government takeover of medicine, or government intrusion and meddling in the practice of medicine, ObamaCare will make medical care: • Less affordable • It will destroy innovation in the insurance market • Less accountable to patients • It will discriminate against those who believe in selfreliance and working hard to get ahead • It will put our budget and economy on a path of unsustainable debt and destruction ObamaCare incorporates an individual mandate for purchase of health insurance. In Massachusetts, the individual mandate caused an increase in premiums of up to 46% more than the national average. ObamaCare will create a new federal bureaucracy of unelected bureaucrats who will impose rigid price controls on health insurance premiums as a means of dealing with the expected increase in premiums the government takeover of medicine will cause. Price controls, however, always result in rationing and decreased access to whatever service or good is being price-controlled. And, when private insurers have been driven out of business, a so-called public option will be the only option. ObamaCare will dictate what insurance coverage is acceptable to the government and what coverage is not acceptable. The ability of the insurance market to offer innovative coverage that individuals want at a competitive price will be thwarted. Under ObamaCare, accountability to government bureaucrats will supersede accountability to individual patients. Unelected federal bureaucrats will decide what you can and cannot have in terms of medical care. We need look no further than the current system of socialized medicine for those 65 and over, known as Medicare, to appreciate what will occur under ObamaCare. Government pricefixing in the Medicare program has led to covert rationing of care for Medicare patients and poorer quality care. As a result of government impeding and obstructing nearly every aspect of the practice of medicine in the Medicare program, physicians and their office staff often spend more time complying with thousands of pages of ever-changing Medicare rules and regulations than they spend treating patients. And, the Medicare bureaucracy which runs the entire muddled "system" is incompetent to a degree which would shock most people. According to the government's own GAO study, Medicare bureaucrats provide the wrong answer 96% of the time when physician offices call Medicare with questions about proper billing procedures. ObamaCare will also mount a new assault on the American Dream of self-reliant people working hard and sacrificing to get ahead. ObamaCare will impose new taxes on unearned income which will result in the grubbing hand of the federal government reaching deeper into the pockets of citizens who worked hard and have saved for their future needs. No savings account or pension plan will be left behind, in government's quest to confiscate and re-distribute wealth under ObamaCare. ObamaCare will put our budget and economy on a course of unsustainable debt and ultimate destruction. ObamaCare proposes to pay for the government takeover of medicine with "savings" in Medicare and increased taxation. Proposing to help pay for the government takeover of medicine via money "saved" from a fraudulently financed Ponzi scheme, otherwise known as Medicare, which is already facing insolvency, is the height of irresponsible government. And, the limits of oppressive taxation are already apparent to many hard-working Americans. ObamaCare's proposed expansion of Medicaid will place a further intolerable burden on state budgets that are already strained to the limit. There simply is no more "state money" to pay for more unfunded federal mandates. As social democrats trudge forward in utter arrogance to force citizens to accept a government takeover of medicine run by unelected government tyrants, those who cherish freedom and who still believe in upholding the U.S. Constitution as written, deserve better. Lawrence R. Huntoon, MD., Ph.D. is editor-in-chief of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons and a board-certified neurologist, who practices in the Buffalo, New York area. THE ELDERLAW FORUM - Professor Michael Myers A person can usually recover from a non-life-threatening injury in a matter of days or weeks. But to recover from its cost may take years, or for seniors on fixed incomes, the rest of their lives. Two calls this week to the Senior Legal Helpline are illustrative. "I am 78 years old," said the first caller, an Arizona resident. "I am on Medicare Part A and basic Part B. Two months ago I slipped and struck my head on the kitchen table, sustaining a two-inch cut on my forehead. I was dazed, but did not lose consciousness. "My wife panicked and called 911. I was taken by ambulance to the nearest clinic with emergency service. They checked me over, took a CT scan and concluded I would be all right. My wife drove me home. I assumed Medicare would cover the cost of this brief encounter. It turned out I was wrong; terribly wrong." He now avoids answering the phone. "They keep calling me. They want $16,000. They say basic Medicare Part B won't pay. Our only income is Social Security. We are barely scraping by. There is no way we can pay $16,000. What can we do?" The second call came from Montana. The amount involved more modest. "But it's outrageous," said the caller. She and her husband are in their early 60s, uninsured and not yet covered by Medicare. "My husband had a fishhook embedded in his thumb. We went to the hospital outpatient department. The doctor removed it in 10 minutes. His charge: $710. The hospital charge is an additional $1,250. Do we have to pay that exorbitant amount?" I told the Arizonan to copy his medical records. They should contain documented need for the CT scan. The number of CT scans per patient has doubled over the past 10 years while the number of MRI scans has tripled, according to a recent study in the journal Health Affairs. Financially, they are strong profit centers. Clinically, they expose patients to many times the radiation of film x-ray and, according to the New England Journal of Medicine, "the radiation from a CT scan actually has been shown to cause cancer—quite a bit of it." The ordering physician, not the patient, should absorb the cost of unnecessary testing. Glen N. Barker CPA / MBA The Montana case is Tel: 435-586-7019 more difficult. The Montana Consumer Protection Act protects against unfair and deceptive trade practicLocated at: Full Service Accounting Firm es. 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Opinions solely the auCall for an appointment and free consultation! thor 's and not the UniverAvailable on Saturdays by appointment sity of South Dakota). Reliable and Affordable Tax Preparation OBITUARIES IRIS ADELIA WORKMAN CORRY Our loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Iris Adelia Workman Cony, returned home to her Heavenly Father, at the age of 94, on Friday, February 26, 2010. Mom was born on November 9, 1915 to George Albert Workman and Rhoana Clark in Hatch, Utah. Mom was raised in Hatch, Panguitch and Glendale, Utah. She was the tenth of twelve children. She graduated from Valley High School in Orderville, Utah. She married Andrew Cony on May 23, 1936 and began her life in Cedar City. She and Dad raised two children; Rosalee Cony Ward and W. Kent Cony. She is survived by her daughter, Rosalee, her son Kent (Joye), and by four grandchildren, Geri W. (Wayne) Kodey, Gale (Elaine) Ward, Amy C. (Carl) Frandsen, William Andrew (Andrea) Cony and eight great grandchildren, Brian Ward, Rebecca Ward, Kaison Frandsen, Kylie Frandsen, Madison Cony, Kade Frandsen, Makenna Cony and Mylee Cony (another great grandchild is due in July), the flowers of her life's bouquet. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews and their families. She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, brothers and sisters. Mom loved to quilt, garden, fish, read, play cards and cook and she loved being with her family. She worked many years for the Iron County School District, at first as a cook and then later as the Iron County School Lunch Supervisor. She spent many Summer days making homemade noodles for the upcoming school year. She found pleasure in providing good wholesome food, which included homemade bread and rolls, to the school children in Iron County. One year, at North Elementary, while she was managing and cooking, they were serving lunch to 150% of the school's enrollment. Students at Cedar High School and Cedar Junior High had discovered what great cooking could be found at the North Elementary. She retired at the age of 56 so that she could go fishing with Dad. They were once called to provide enough trout to feed the 5th Ward Boy Scouts on their 50-mile hike. She lovingly made and provided quilts for all her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mom loved to play pinochle with her friends and enjoyed the friendships she made throughout her life. She was the happiest sharing her knowledge and talents with others. She was always proud of her heritage and of those who came before her to make her life possible. Mom was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and during her lifetime served faithfully in the Primary, Young Women and the Relief Society organizations. She served for many years as a Ward and then Stake Librarian. After Dad's death, Mom was called to serve a mission in the Extraction Program. She joyfully served for 18 years. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cedar LDS Stake Center 155 East, 400 South in Cedar City, Utah. Viewings will be held on Friday, March 5, 2010 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Southern Utah Mortuary, 190 North 300 West, Cedar City, Utah and again on Saturday, March 6, 2010, prior to services from 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m, at the Cedar LDS Stake Center. Interment will be in the Cedar City Cemetery immediately following the service, all under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary. 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An application for judicial office form must be completed and is available on the court's Web site. The part-time position offers an annual salary range from $4,625 to $8,325. For additional salary and benefits information, contact Orderville Town Clerk Carol Lamb at (435) 648-2534 or towno@ color-country.net. The deadline for applications has been extended to March 19, 2010 at 5 p.m. and should be sent to the attention of Shari Veverka, Administrative Office of the Courts, P.O. Box 140241, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-0241 or faxed to (801) 578-3843. For more information, e-mail shariv@ email.utcourts.gov or call (801) 578-3844. Utah law requires that a local county Justice Court Nominating Commission be created with representatives appointed from the county commission, the municipalities, and the local Bar Association. The Kane County Nominating Commission is tasked with submitting a minimum of three names to Orderville Mayor Merlin Esplin for a final hiring decision. The appointment is then subject to confirmation by the Orderville City Council and certified by the Utah Judicial Council. |