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Show District okays health pact Members of the Alpine School District Board of Education have approved a new health care option for district employees. At their monthly business meeting on Aug. 13, board members gave approval for Healthwise, affiliated with Blue Cross-Blue Shield, to provide health care for employees of the district. Healthwise is a Health Maintenance Main-tenance . Organization (HMO), a federally chartered organization that brings doctors, hospitals and health clinics together in working organizations, it was explained. Dr. Richard Sudweeks, board president, said the new option is available to the employees if they want to take advantage of it. |