Show The y Mm M!V s Wolverines beat Trappers twice Smithfield banker jjJpMgL qii tVol54oXl89UuesdayrUuly closes Woalhor BridgerlancTsDailNewspaper at®® cev®Img® hot still sunny & — PageAS j! ?V fa :X: O : Updalo - T Lil (Medicine Study: Doctors withhold some medical options WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly one in dure doctors reports withhold- ing information from patients about useful medicalservices dial aren’t covered by their health insurance companies and the Dumber may be on the rise a study reports Study authors say their work offers die first empirical evidence for what many have long suspected: dial cover-&g- e limitations imposed by managed care are infiltrating doctor-patiecommunications ' “Patients aren’t getting the whole story" said Matthew K Wynia director of the Institute for Ethics at the American Medical Association and " lead author of the article being published in the journal Health Affairs Wynia and his colleagues surveyed 700 physicians and asked how often they had decided not to offer a “useful service to a patient because of health plan rules” Forty-tw- o percent said never and 27 percent said rarely But 23 percent said “sometimes” and 8 percent said “often” or “very ft often The results harken back to several years ago when some managed care companies barred doctors from discussing medical options not covered by the health plan Public outcry persuaded most companies to drop those rules known as “gag clauses” and many states banned them from con- tracts The study found that doctors whose own salaries are closely tied to controlling costs were more likely than other doctors to report withholding information In addition those who serve a large numberof Medicaid patients were morclikely to stay silent as were those who believed patients might want them to deceive their insurance companies to get services covered Authors note an important caveat: The term “useful service” was not defined in the survey lb one doctor ' that could mean steering a patient to a generic drug rather than the more version while expensive brand-nam- e to another it could mean not mentioning a major surgical procedure AP photo Matthew Lovett right is escorted from the Oaldyn Police Dept In this Image from video on Sunday in Oaktyn N J J OAKLYN N (AP) — Matthew Lovett was known as an angry young man: He dressed all In black drew violent pictures and walked around town with a baseball bat Acquaintances said he kept a list of people who had teased him as far back as grade school Early Sunday Lovett 18 was arrested with two other teenagers on charges they plotted to kill three teens and open fire randomly on other people with a cache of guns and ammunition they were carrying Lovett was being held on $1 million bail Monday pfl®$ f Authorities would not discuss a possible motive but people who knew the teens believe Lovett was fed up with the teasing that he and his younger brother had endured James Lovett was constantly tormented for a speech impediment caused by a cleft palate according to schoolmates “They’d all make fun of the way he talked” said Joe Oldham a who had a class with the younger boy But he said he never saw Matthew Lovett teased to his face because he was intimidating — and he was © 3 Desfl? sometimes armed with a bat Oaklyn teenagers also say he practiced martial arts and had compiled a list of his enemies since elementary school Authorities would not confirm the existence of a list but Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P Sarah- -' bi said three people believed to be intended victims were notified Sunday of the plot He declined to identify them but Oaklyn Police Chief Chris Ferrari indicated they were students The three teens woe arrested after Go to The Herald Journal Web site wwwJijnewscom to cast your vote on today's survey Question See Fridays newspaper for results and a new i -- Important note: This is not a sdenMc survey Results aimpiy reflect the opinions of some of the people visiting the newspaper's Webpage Todays question Have you read "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? a) Yes b)- No Friday’s survey results Do you set off legal fireworks? Answers a) Yes b)- Nq Percent Number 64 247 195 753 Total respondents: 259 Index Classi1iedsJLtC7 ComkxlC5 M9vfesmvC4 ObttuariesA6 Opinion A4 Sports B1 wwwhjnewscom See PLOT on A8 Local girls: Fear led to Valloy youth confession Accused teacher cries foul over nt Quick read after 28 years LoganlUtahl© 2003i$50r II Still till -- A3 2003 8 — B2 opened hearing - By Darrell Edward Ehrilck staff writer El LuceraHerald Journal Amanda Downs left Elaine Taylor and Jessica DuHadway represented Utah in the National History Day competition in Washington DC Lojgan - students ’ - attend national history contest By Darrell Edward Ehrilck staff writer Competing against students from every other state didn’t scare them — they had gotten rid of the butterflies by the regionals Meeting Sens Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett wasn’t t ton intimidating — they even posed for a photo with them The hardest part of the competition in Washing- - Liberia left hanging as Bush departs MONROVIA Liberia (AP) — President Charles Tiylor on Monday reiterated his demand for US military intervention in Liberia saying “they owe it to us" but he was critical of President Bush for insisting onhis immediate resignation Meanwhile two helicopters brought a team of US military civil affairs experts to the US Embassy com- - : pound in Monrovia on Monday to help assess whether to contribute such a force y Bush began a whirlwind trip to Africa on Monday night without announcing whether he wili send US troops to Liberia Bush who has insisted that Tbylor step down as a condition for US intervention was to arrive Tuesday morning in the West African nation of five-da- five-natio- n SenegaL V past present tohDC al and state competitions Twenty-on- e school districts and 9600 students in Utahcompeted in four categories at the state leveL DuHadway and Taylor competed as a team in the junior division while Downs competed as an individual in the senior category They all participated in the exhibit was preparing without ' caffeine Mount Logan Middle School American History teacher Mark Dewey banned caffeine before the National History Day program so that students Jessica DuHadway Elaine Taylor and Amanda Downs could study for competition However he did allow them McDonald’s fast food The three Logan students — DuHadway and Taylor attend MLMS Drowns will be a senior at Logan High — received the opportunity to compete at the national competition in Washington DC after placing in the top two at both region V c':--- ’ : ' ' f ' ' r'V Two female juveniles testified in court Monday that they were more fearful of a former Mountain Crest teacher's retribution than they were of being chained with possession of marijuana The two females who both pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana in juvenile court said they were threatened and feared for their safety so they turned themselves in In a rare open-cou- rt hearing First District Court Judge Jeffrey “R" Burbank suspended the young women's driver's licenses and ordered community servicei along with several other probation conditions as punishment for the misdemeanor charge of possession Juvenile court proceedings are usually closed to the public See HEARING on A8 rri i- I - competition which required students to make a display of some historical event having to do with this year’s theme — “Rights and Responsibil- ities" Downs chose die 1957 Little Rock Ark school integration as her topic Actor Buddy Ebsen shown in this 1980 file photo died Sunday at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance Calif See CONTEST on A6 ft v? J' V-:'- - i'' ' v 1 ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ & : j'-'- star dies i-- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Buddy Ebsen was known for the genial characters he played on “The Beverly Hillbillies" and “Bamaby Jones” but enjoyed a rich creative life beyond television family and friends said Ebsen who died Sunday at age 95 of an undisclosed illness also wrote and painted He started his show business career as a man “His career from beginning to end from Broadway to the last television series was sec- ond to none” said Rss Park- er who forged a r friendship with Ebsen when L they costarred in TV’s “Davy ‘ song-and-dan- AP photo Air Fores Tech Sergeant Tony Newborn left and LI CoL Tom Marcoux salute as President Bush departs on Air Force One for a trip to Africa at Andrews Air Force Base Mdk on Monday fivo-natk- m Tkylor in interviews with The Associated Press was firm in his demand that an international stabilization force be in place before he steps down although he gave conflicting statements about whether that force need include Americans The leader beset by rebels and indicted by a war crimes court also insisted that he alone will decide bn die timing of his withdrawal from power UN-back- ed ce 50-ye- ar Crockett” See EBSEN on A7 |