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Show WeekemiDiversions Friday, Feb. 15, 2008 Page 7 Surgeon: Health insurance needs big makeover [I continued from page 6 als who diagnose a problem and then refer patients to him. "One of the challenges I have in this valley - in Utah in general - there arc a lot of general dentists, and so a lot of them do the things that I would traditionally do," Anderson said. "It's a little frustrating, but I can't really step on their toes 'cause they are my bread and butter too." Anderson said some people are timid to go to an oral surgeon because they are scared of surgery or fear that it will cost them more. Anderson said he extracts 8,000 to 9,000 teeth a year, while a general dentist will only do 60 or 70. "The advantage is I do it quicker and so there is less exposure in the area," he said. "I see all the complications because I do so many surgeries, and I tend to have less complications because I get better at it. I'm not saying THIS IS THE X-RAY MACHINE WHERE the I'm better than these guys, just what you do, oral surgeon takes X-rays of patients. Anderson said you become more expert at." for surgical procedures that cost $5,000, some insurWorking with insurances companies, paperance companies will only pay $1,500. DE&RA HAWKINS work, and keeping and maintaining staff is photo There Will Be Blood' tells a common tale a different way 'There Will Be Blood" is not a conventional movie by any stretch of the imagination. 1 knew I was watching a very different movie when the first 10 minutes of the film were completely dialogue-less. Daniel Day-Lewis ("Gangs of New York") plays Daniel Plainview. Referring back to the start, we see how determined of a man Daniel is. He's doing his own mining when he fails down a deep hole and breaks his leg. But, still, all he can think about is work. He crawls out of the pit, broken leg and all, still thinking about the oil he's going to find down there. He soon becomes a foster father of sorts, when one of his 011 well workers is killed, leaving behind a son. Daniel takes the boy under his wing, but like many things, he does it more for himself than the kid. Daniel is the most confident man a person could ever meet. He travels the country, slickly talking people into leasing him their land so he can drill it. Day-Lewis plays Daniel with such conviction that it's hard to even tell it's Day-Lewis. Daniel's voice is entrancing - 1 couldn't help but think if oil made a sound, it would sound the hardest part of his job, he said. Anderson said one of the problems with insurance companies is that although the rates for dental procedures have gone up over the years, the amount of coverage by insurance companies has remained the same. "If you are buying your own dental insurance, you'll end up paying $800 to $850 a year - somewhere in that ballpark - for the $1,500 coverage, and so it is almost not worth it," he said. Dealing with insurance companies for the medical procedures and traumas is more difficult because they will often consider several procedures as one. Anderson said for procedures that cost $5,000, the insurances companies will only pay $1,500. "It's OK. I don't do it for the money, but it is frustrating," Anderson said. "In any other field, that would not be acceptable. I know that they are in it for the money and they will reject so many things and you have to appeal, and it is just a big hassle. It doesn't happen all the time, but it happens regularly enough that it's frustrating." Anderson said he feels insurance companies don't give the benefits they promise or he thinks they should, but he admitted he may have a bias. Anderson said when insurance companies started, they had a pool of money and a vast amount of resources, and they paid out for the people who needed it. "You paid in, you had a problem, they paid out," Anderson said. "But because of those resources, and in my opinion because of greed, they try to cut back and don't live up to their end." Professional providers like him are restricted from discussing with one another what they charge for their services. Anderaea said because of the anti-collusion laws, SOON providers have tried to unionize, and doing so would make it more competitive against the insurance companies and better for the patient. If professionals could unionize, he said they could refuse to join with insurtnet companies who don't live up to contract* e* treat patients and customers appropriately. "If they would go back to the way whea iWy first started it, and they (could) have more m a client mentality rather than a money m » tality," he said. "They talk about socialized medicine and nationalized health care, and •»" the sad part is if they wanted to fix it, I tfahrik ' they could." -nMtursen(fi)aggiemail. All he cares about is beating his Aaron Peck competition. He is completely movie critic driven by his ego, not money. Reel Reviews Grade A"There Will Be Blood" like his voice. One day Daniel is approached by a young man named Paul. Paul offers to lell Daniel about his hometown, where "oil bubbles out of the ground." After Daniel visits the town, New Boston, he soon finds out Paul was right and begins to buy up all the land. He also finds himself battling the power in the town, which belongs to Paul's brother Eli, the town's preacher. Paul and Eli are played by the same person (Paul Dano, "Little Miss Sunshine"), but we never see them on screen together, which was very confusing to me (one of the things that kept this movie from greatness). After Daniel snubs Eli for the blessing of the new oil well, they become lifelong enemies. Daniel builds a fortune, but nothing can help him because he is a broken and lost man. He slowly walks the road of madness. He builds a giant mansion, much like Charles Foster Kane in "Citizen Kane," and docs nothing with it. He uses his indoor bowling alleys to sleep on. The music in "There Will Be Blood" is very odd. At some times it really helps build suspense in the movie, especially in the first 10 speechless minutes. But there are other times where it almost provides false information of sorts, making you think something intense is going to happen, and then it doesn't. Overall, "There Will Be Blood" is worth seeing. DayLewis is a shoe-in for the Best Actor Oscar, of that I'm sure. He's amazing in this. And although the story of a callous man gaining and losing his fortune has already been told many times ("American Gangster," "Citizen Kane" and "Scarface," to name a few), "There Will Be Blood" still finds a different way to tell the old tale. aaron.peck@aggiemail.usu.edu **22&$ Diamonds are Forever Album respects King of Pop when you was on the road?" With the deluxe re-release of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" taking up headlines this week in the music world. 1 decided to take a trip back to 1986 and revisit the King of Pop's back catalogue. Strange and cringe-inducing Jackson's mangled visage may be, but he did know how to sell a record or two. Even his early '90s output, like "Man in the Mirror" and his song from "Free Willy," hold up surprisingly well. Since Jackson's self-imposed semi-exile of the past few years, there has been a groundswell of support for his earlier work, with R&B singers and even rappers singing his praises. This brings me to Rhymefest, a Chicago rapper and close friend of other Chicago products like Lupe Fiasco and Kanye West. Rhymefest impressed with his major label debut "Blue Collar," and he has quietly worked his way up the rap industry food chain. He is now one of the brightest examples of the recent Chi-Town hip hop renaissance. "Man in the Mirror" is more an elaborate mix tape than a proper album, but it is probably the best thing to bear Jackson's same since "Captain Eo." Produced by Chase Thompson Like Common, Lupe Fiasco music critic and other Chicago rappers Music Reviews Grade A"Man in the Mirror" recent Grammy winner Mark Ronson, "Man in the Mirror" takes a dizzying assortment of Jackson and Jackson 5 samples and wraps them around Rhymefest's pithy, humorous flow. Early on in the album, Rhymefest takes the Jackson 5's "Dancing Machine" and rides the funk groove for about a minute and a half, and then cuts the music short to indulge in one of many skits featuring the disembodied voice of Jackson. As a general rule, 1 think the obligatory hip-hop skits are unnecessary, but these staged conversations with Jackson illustrate Rhymefest's love of the music and even his respect for him Jackson as an artist. In one particularly funny exchange, Fest asks Jackson for advice about staying faithiiil to his wife while on the road: "When you was with Elvis' daughter, Lisa Marie, did you still indulge that have emerged in recent years, Rhymefest isn't afraid of confronting moral issues, and the centerpiece of the album has to be "No Sunshine," where a very young Jackson sings Bill Withers' immortal lament, "Ain't No Sunshine," and Rhymefest brings the emotion, rapping, "Have you ever wanted something so bad, till you got it, and it loses all the magic, and it just don't feel exotic, take it for granted, beat it up, till you loose it, is it your car, or your money, your girl, or your music, or you take the blue pill, now you livin' that illusion, I spit mind out, now I'm livin' in my movement." The album closes with Fest rapping just a few lines over "Man in the Mirror" and then allowing Jackson to rock out the rest of the song alone, a respectful and appropriate coda to an outstanding concept album. I have to say the best part about the album is that it is available as a free download on Rhymefest's MySpace page, So, as Lavar Burton once said, "Don't take my word for it, check it out!" m Store Hours: Monday-Saturday IQam-lpm -chase.thompson@aggiemaiL usu.edu FNA (Friday Night Activity) Friday February 15, "Tag, You're It!!" What ever happened to jump roping, four-square, and crafts for ihc refrigerator door? Well, they're hack!! Come on Friday night for a flashback into your childhood! Activities will be held in the Institute from 7-10 pin. For more than a century, thousands of couples throughout Northern Utah have experienced fair and honest transactions at S.E. Needham Jewelers. 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