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February 28, 2006
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February 23, 2006
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January 30, 2006
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2005 Recap
December 12, 2005
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October 26, 2005
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September 28, 2005
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August 30, 2005
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June 2, 2005
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Unresolved Health Care Issues for Utah's Elderly Population
by Rob Ence, AARP Utah State Director
With the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) a prescription drug benefit was made available to all Medicare beneficiaries. It officially began January 1, 2006. Many advocacy groups worked for years to accomplish adding Rx benefits to Medicare and although the final legislation was far from perfect, most would consider it an important first step in assisting millions of individuals with affordable access to necessary medications.
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Utah's Medicaid Population
by Utah Department of Health
Did you know that two-thirds of those enrolled in Utah’s Medicaid program are children? Did you know that 70% of the adults enrolled are women? Or that 75% of elderly Medicaid recipients have been enrolled for more than two years? Did you know that rural areas of the state have a higher rate of Medicaid utilization than the Wasatch Front? Did you know that 45.1% of Utah children living below the poverty line did not receive preventive dental care in 2003 compared to 41.8% nationally? These and other facts are presented in the Utah Health Status Update, a publication of the Utah Department of Health. Click here to read the report.
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Something to Think About…Medicare
by Janice Houston, Senior Policy Analyst CPPA
This provides a brief glimpse at the impacts of the new Medicare Part D prescription program on the US economy. Part D is worth approximate $38.9 billion in personal income to the economy or $130 for each person in the US.
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Measure of a Leader
by Ken Embley, CPPA
Are you a good leader? How do you know? What are some good measures of an effective leader? In their latest book, Measure of a Leader, Aubrey C. Daniels and James E. Daniels offer some thoughts.
I am not in a position to judge the quality of a leader like Colin Powell, but let us have some fun with leadership concepts. First, review the leadership concepts found in this article. Then, apply your perception of Colin Powell’s leadership style, and your leadership style then compare that to the measures of a leader
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