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PIZZERIAS CASH IN - - - 0o o :::tr::'''r 'og::f--7- - lY Caner s E2 - Pages E3-E- '7:1:: li::C'": :et 6 - IS rI o tp -' -r -- 't at: o "-- - ::r r- t-- -- 0- - lot:r:::' :7 --- - -- :::::::1 :::1 -1 ' ':'11 r'"7:::---::- -::: -1 6 o-- - - -- :::: -- -- - :' I' :' ' 1 :2' :':fr ' ::' ' 1 ' :0 ':trt - :: ''11 " '":1 T1 V 1 - 11:4 :' 47' 'If':":71 " : '7:''''': 'T -- 0 ' -- - moil 0111's-- -: - -'1 t '"- If '''''''''':' :1 71:! — t - t sow 9101111 r"-- 1 o 1' - 10 ti 00it r - : 7- -- -- - a- -0 -- :: t:::-r-- -- - - tSt0' VA SItsice" OeVittlVt11 " Emon- Ica - - ti- WHO'S COOKING ON SUPER BOWL eim wes2:010-t- -- Anita Bruzzese E2 qi ' 1'-- 11: Z1:::: 0' ":- I: t" 1: '17' - "-- t"''': r" 7 ' r?- - -- -- i© IPPOe b©© 11w or tils 0 - S LISA CARRICABUKU Utah economy is not really a free market 4 t freedom is important One Economic review US foreign policy initiatives or the actions of international financial institutions backed by the United States to recogpolicy-maker- nize that Yet the s economies the United States presses other nations to adopt do not even exist in a number of states including Utah according to National Center for the Dallas-basePolicy Analysis (NCPA) The nonpartisan organization which describes its goal as solving problems "by relying on the strengths of the competitive entrepreneurial private sector" ranked all 50 states based on an overall economic freedom score it devised and found widespread disparity among states Utah falls 25th in the ranking in which Colorado Delaware South Dakota and Tennessee tie as the nation's most economically free states Montana Washington Alaska and West Virginia are the least economically free The widespread disparity demonstrates "it's vasier to give advice than to follow it" NCPA research manager Devon Herrick said in releasing the study's results The NCPA scored each state based on factors such as tax burden government spending and labor market flexibility as measured by characteristics such as the presence of a minimum wage The study found tax burden among the states ranged from 86 percent of income in New Itampshire to 128 percent in Maine while government spending on goods and services ranged from 84 percent of all spending in New Hampshire to 20 percent in Alaska Alabama was found to have the most flexible labor market mostly because it lacks a minimum wage while NCPA identified Washington's labor market as the nation's least flexible Herrick maintains the disparity matters because states with the most economic freedom also are the most prosperous as measured by the change in per capita gross domestic product in the years examined by the study Per capita output of goods and services in the top 10 economically free states averaged about $2420 more than the average state the study shows "With few exceptions economic freedom and prosperity go hand in hand" Herrick said Utah's unique demographics exranking plain its economic-freedosaid Kelly Matthews an economist for Wells Fargo Bank in Salt Lake City The state's median age at 271 according to the 2000 census is the kiwest in the nation In addition its aveage household size at 313 is the nation's largest Those numbers mean each Utahn must pay to educate far more children than the average American the state's tax burden and its government spend- ing are higher as a result "It would be nice to say we will pay no taxes and somehow magically have the goods and services we need with- out anyone working in government but it Just doesn't work out that way" Matthews said To be sure the issue is central to the current debate in the Legislature as lawmakers decide how to meet edu- cational demands without raising tax es Certainly education costs may draw resources from the economy as the NCPA suggests but such a philoso- phy overlooks potential economic beeflts of money spent on schools In economic good times companies looking to expand seek out locales with a plentiful educated work force a dency that explains why Utah thrived like few other states during the boom of the mid to late 1990s The catch is that the state must de cide how to pay to develop that work force while it waits for boom times free-mark- d Insurers want more information before joining r: l't 11 01 t 4 1 14 b b : 0 07 04 !t 0 : 0 09 0 0 4 t: ! t ni: 0 : Il' i: 0 t rI I:I lisavvsltribcom 0 COPY f Utah hospitals - i f ' ' ' r—"' f d - -- " 7 ' ki ' -' :T- ' ' I 0 --- I tt - BY CAREY i iAMILTON Me Mit bike Tribune te' 4 ' soot'°' Utah health care providers have mixed feelings about a provision in the new Medicare law requiring hospitals to submit quality care data or risk los- ''' A c"- ' Tb- t k t- i - ' ' 6 - — --- t In 1999 PacifiCare and Intermountain Health Care dropped their Medicare HMOs after losing millions of dollars forcing 20000 Utahns to change their coverage - Since then Utah's 185828 Medicare beneficiaries have had little choice beyond the traditional Medicare program The federal government wants to change that In the new Medicare reform bill approved last year Congress set the stage for private health insurance companies to offer regional Medicare Preferred Provider Organizations — a health care organization composed of physicians and hospitals The proposal is attractive to larger health care networks although aside from Regence BlueCross BlueShield of - - - - conflicted over Medicare law - -ii -- BY CAREY HAMILTON Mt Sah Lake Tribune ' 1 g w"' - 'q ing money A -- - - - -- --- - M I RTNAN A mitribunefr Idiom Utah health care providers and hospitals such as the University Hospital above may benefit from a bill that facilitates setting up PPOs but insurers still have reservations Medicare PLO The idea was to offer patients more health care options but some experts question whether the system will work given the failure of Medicare IIMOs in Utah and other states "The insurance industry did have problems with contracting in rural Health care measures The Medicare legislation's effect on Utah Al Act timeline E8 Medicare Modernization Utah and United Healthcare of Utah Utah health insurers have expressed about setting up a reservations See LEGISLATION '' '4 ' '' l't l : ' '' ' '' ''' '' ' ' ' ' t': ''"' i ' ' ' ' '' See UTAH HOSPITALS I 't - i I t 1 IV tf 'i j 41'441 1 :' is I ti '''N ill A La---'-i:i- 0i t --- --: - ' -- -- A r1 i if ' i - l' ' i 9 - !:':-'- ce 7 -- 1 ' f i'''-? to 1 i -- A- - ' 4 f p 1 t (""1'7C"1"'"'-ft- 4f Iii BuNE STAFF AND 0 ' 1 CHEYENNE k 7 ' ''''''--- - r i ' PI '' Inuemo L A 1 7 ill i l'11011)S If either ' BRIkKENlho'Sah ISAAC Ink Tribune Danny Pliego right and Josh Robison enjoy a beverage outside the Coffee Garden at 898 S 900 East a neighborhood gathering place After years ofplanning some retailers say the eclectic shopping district hasn't been given enough city backing Al(1:s - alt Lake City's 9th and 9th neighborhood may be the victim of its own positive press For decades the residential and business commuthat naturally coalesced around 900 East and 900 South nity has been applauded and envied for being the kind of "walkable" community or "urban village" that everyone from national urban planners to Mayor Rocky Anderson insist cit- ies need Sunset L1 '466' magazine among Tem If s Temple NOR' H other travel pub- Dontown r' — ui '' licat ions has ( Gateway 400 So u of u 9th and noted 1 011:11:: orou:110:1' 9th's eclectic per- 11111111 roi le warj1111111A I soality art illm S till theater 0021Ishdolgicntg !!II MI oto4 coffee shops and funky The appeal of the village cocept is evident n"' across town at 11M11 rooso The Gateway Mt Sah Lahr Tribunt shopping entertainment residential development that is pretty much a pumped-uglitzy knockoff of 9th and 9th Yet 9th and 9th's business district a key part of this seeming urban marvel is fighting for its life merchants say At least four prominent storefronts at the intersection are empty The latest business to nee was Orion Music whose owner Andy Fletcher is a neighborhood resident IIIMos° A i i t'- '''' - i 1 i I ' I 11 0 Wyoming is battling another livemuch older and longer-fearestock ailment one that a prolonged and costly campaign had virtually eliminated in American cattle: brucellosis But twice in the past two months livestock herds in the state have tested positive for the illness which ran rampant across the United States in the middle decades of the 20th century In cattle brucellosis can cause abortions weak calves and sterility People who drink unpasteurimi milk or handle tissue from infected cows can develop chronic symptoms In humans the disease Is known as undulant or Malta fever and in some rare untreated cases death can result Within a few weeks the federal government is expected to strip Wyoming of its "brucellosis-freestatus meaning many of the state's 12 million cattle will be subject to stringent testing requirements Veterinary costs of drawing blood run from $3 to $6 per cow and additional expenses to ranchers could range from up to $10 per head from injuries and stress to livestock and wear and tear on equipment Stressed cattle lose weight and don't bring as much money Even market prices for healthy Wyoming beef may fall because of the stigma California Colorado Nebraska and South Dakota already have Imposed testing restrictions on ports of Wyoming cattle since the finding Dec 2 of the first infected herd belonging to the Donald flu-lik- ? ' 4( 1 A I— ------1 I :sts i IN J la atif' The Salt Lake Tribune 40:72 -- - :1 V' 41 BY GLEN WARCHOL 1 - On Jan Wyo western Wyoming rancher Jerry Jensen watched as his family's herd was hauled away in five cattle to be trucks large slaughtered "It wasn't the best" he recalled "I mean you see four generations of family ranching go (town the road and it wasn't our fault" It wasn't mad-codisease 14 mtc--i ow Win Smtvu 7 ' "al Brucellosis: After nearly being eradicated the disease resurfaces in herds and is tormenting ranchers gal 4 I 401 ih i 11 4 1 D ' f ' (47 4010 '' Anwi:oJs - i ' I - !1 4 t :I I I ' ''' Ild 4- ft 'A ' e 1: ! 11 t! -- ' ! A IL 1 it I ' ' rlr i ll I IH ' i "' --' 'i ' i''' di I : LW114i1001011 I ' ii Sii i C I '1' I g 41 I 1 1 ':ik 1 5 0 I 1---—- ' : I- i ' tl 4 t t' I '''''-- 1 - Il ' ''' E7 Wyoming sees older bug eclipse mad cow 1 A 1' : i :' i- 1 ' t t t t ? :' '''' ' 0 ' ' 't ' ' 'i ''''''' : ! i 1 Beginning in fiscal year 2005 and ending in 2007 hospitals that don't provide data to the federal government will receive 04 percent less in reimbursements for every inpatient Medicare beneficiary they treat Lawmakers said they want to provide an incentive for hospithis to report outcomes so they can build a national database on quality care Ultimately lawmakers hope the data can help to improve patient care and decrease medical errors Although there are conflicting reports on avoidable medical deaths in EN 9th and 9th at a crossroads state-mandate- d i - 'a 1 4 t — --- - y: ) 4 1 ' N ''' of Contender Bicycles at 878 S 900 East for three years "City administrators pay lip service to 9th and 9th but I don't see a lot of support" he says Dan Colangelo has been er and until last month a vociferous 9th and 9th cheerleader The breakdown in the most recent attempt to upgrade the shopping district along with low customer traffic and the lure of lower rent took his business to Sugar house he says "For over 10 years people have been talking about what to do in that neighborhood — going round and round" sighs Fletcher former chairman of the 9th and 9th Merchants Association and vice chairman of the East Central Community Council "A large part of the problem with 9th and 9th is the perception in the city fadm inistrationl that things are fine in the neighborhood" Despite 20 years of planning that culminated last year in a flurry of activity retailers say parking remains elusive the lighting is uncongenial and the infrastructure is crumbling Worse the aging intersection that See 9TH AND 9TH E22 See BRUCELLOSIS 12 |
