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Show "' Sunday January Utah Valley 9, 20Q5 Edition www.harktheherald.com . YOUR TOWN; YOUR N OUR NEWSPAPER Mr, m King LIFE & STYLE Saluting $1.50 SPORTS COUGARS LOSE AT HOME TO AZTECS UVSC event honors civil rights pioneer ive or Unfair? A descendant of the hospital system founded by the IDS Church, Health Care has become the dominant health care provider in Utah County, with 80 percent of the market. Some say that dominance works against patients, and they're backing legislation to force change. Inter-mounta- in N.S. Nokkentved They wanted to go to another clinic for the MRI that had no wait. That would mean going outside the IHC health ' network and paying out of pocket. "We felt locked in," Swim said. "We had IHC insurance, and so we had to do it the IHC way." An MRI was available immediately at another clinic, but Swim's insurance plan wouldn't pay for it because it was not part of IHC's provider network. The cash price for the test runs between $600 and $1,100. Swim, who was in nearly constant pain, paid for the MRI himself, and he is glad he did. It showed a tumor in the middle of his brain. Less than a week after his doctor ordered the MRI, Swim was in surgery. The surgeon removed about a half-cu- p of tissue as much as he dared without risking damage to other brain functions. "When I came out of the anesthesia, immediately my headaches were gone," Swim said. HERALD DAILY . he heavy doses of antibiotics weren't I stopping the sinus infection that troubled LJ I I LJ Gaylord Swim since summer. By October, I I debilitating headaches were leaving the " ' Orem resident all but helpless. I in mi "I was spending much of the day with my head in my hands," Swim said. Getting the problem diagnosed led to a headache of another kind. Swim's doctor ordered a diagnostic MRI, or magnetic 4 resonance imaging. An MRI produces a picture of the inside of the body with more detail than an But the imaging clinic in Swim's Intermountain Health Care insurance network said it would take more than a week to schedule him for the procedure. Swim;s doctor didn't treat the matter as an emergency, and Swim and his wife, Laurie, felt that was unacceptable. I 1 r ", See IHC, i i i i ' f ft Alt tLtffr' IT t n , I . i I It A4 MATT t " W 3 T I A SMITHDaily Herald -- w v-- I U Wmis Operation Smile w U r v t or I I Ft. in, , slow aid I f: i delivery m III Number of dead passes 150,000 in tsunami disaster ' I : "5. 7 1 Jocelyn Gecker THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANDA ACFJH.'Indonesia The steady stream of dignitaries flying in to visit the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province is clogging the region's tsunami-devastate- f main airport and slowing down critical aid deliveries, relief workers said Saturday. Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan were among those who stopped in Banda Aceh this week, temporarily shutting down the provincial capital's only airport with their heavy security and briefly preventing incoming aid planes from using the facility's only air- ST n 7n f0 FRANK BOTTDaily strip.. "It slows things down," said Maj. Murad Khan, a spokesman for Pakistan's Tsunami Relief Task Force. "I think they need to coordi- herald Orem High School history and government teacher Gary Miner, right, rips off Duct Tape from his face after students paid one dollar to tape the teacher to the wall to help raise money for Operation Smile. Orem High has a 1 Operation Smile Club that was revitalized last year after several . years on hiatus. See Our Towns Legislator wants bills to list impact on families - ,"f 2 ;'. DAILY HERALD A state legislator from Utah County said he wants his fellow lawmakers to know what impact bills will have on families. proposed ' Rep. Craig Frank, Grove, is sponsoring a resolution tojadd optional family impact statements to proposed legislation. Family;, as used in this bill, is defined in 'an infobox accompanying this article. i The statement would tell See ( V VM , . FAMILIES. t i A3 . Palestinians hope for show of democracy i NASSER NASSERAssociated Press Palestinian election officials prepare ballot boxes to be used during Sunday's presidential elections at a polling station in a school at the Amari refugee camp in the West Bank city ofRamallah, on Saturday. Palestinians are going to the polls today to elect the successor for the late Yasser Arafat. VVWW.HARKTHEHERALD.COM CALL nate that better." Officials say such visits are vital to securing foreign aid for the region, where more than 100,000 people died in the Dec. 26 quake and subsequent tsunami.' Before the disaster, Banda Aceh's tiny air strip handled about three flights a day; now it is a bustling hub for relief operations that has to cope with dozens of flights See AID, A8 Steven Gutkin THE Amle Rose d ASSOCIATED PRESS : HEBRON, West Bank This weekend's election to replace Yasser Arafat has the potential to usher , a in the Arab world's first genuine democracy peaceful transfer of power that will augur well for the dream of a Palestinian state. But four years of bloody conflict with Israel have deflated expectations. Many Palestinians said they will settle for simpler achievements: jobs, clean government and an end to ubiquitous Israeli roadblocks. Saud "We don't need theater," said Jaradat, a village elder in Sair, near Hebron. "It's time to start solving our problems," he said in a clear reference to Arafat's four decades of roller coaster leadership. At campaign rallies from Gaza to Hebron, See 3 TO SUBSCRIBE ELECTION. 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