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The Advocate3A LOCALOHIO NEWS Monday, September 27, 1993 Insurance exec has doubts on plan ,1 By CHARITAM. GOSHAY Thomson News Service CANTON Because the federal government isn't known for streamlined service, Patrick J. Palonder has serious reservations about any form of government-sponsored health insurance. "The one thing that bothers me the most is nobody understands how it's going to be paid for. When you add a lot of people to the rolls, you're obviously going to drive up the cost.

The government really hasn't been able to do anything efficiently. We already have universal health care that isn't working it's called Medicare and Medicaid," said Palonder, president of the Pat Joyce Insurance Co. Palonder, who researches and lectures on health insurance, said the Clinton administration should set up a pilot program before committing billions of dollars to universal health care. "This is a multi-billion dollar event. They're going to try to institute this without a pilot program? That's ludicrous.

This is not something we should spend a Kitten not worried about Halloween A 3-month-old kitten blends in with figures on a bale of hay at Jutte Farm Market, 4413 National Road, Hebron, on Saturday. Owners Ralph and Janice Jutte found the kitten in their barn recently and adopted it. The market will be open until Halloween. (T.R. Gleason, The Advocate) Ohio's American Indians in dispute over artifacts Squirrel strikes again NEWARK For the second Sunday in a row, a squirrel knocked out electrical power to thousands of area homes.

According to Gregg Steger, Newark manager of the Ohio Power a squirrel climbed into bushings on a 12,000 volt transformer at the South Newark substation off Dorsey Mill Road at about 4 p.m. Sunday, causing a fault and breaking three circuits. "As usual the squirrel did not survive," Steger said. "It caused an outage of about two and a half hours to 3,674 customers, mainly in the south and southwest parts of Newark." Workers restored power by about 6:30 p.m. We've tried two different types of animal protectors on these bushings," he said.

"They just haven't been able to manufacture one that actually works. It's a nagging problem for everybody." Sept. 19, a squirrel broke a circuit at the Sharon Valley Road substation by entering switching gear on a 69,000 volt transformer. That knocked out power to more than 2,700 customers in west and central Newark for one hour and 44 minutes. Dog that bit child destroyed NEWARK An 18-month-old girl was reportedly ripped out of the arms of a family friend by a large dog Sunday and was bitten several times.

Miranda Moore of 259 Wilson St. was taken to Licking Memorial Hospital where she was treated in the emergency room, said the Newark Police Department. The little girl was bitten on her left buttock and lower abdominal area, said the NPD. Her mother, Roxanna, told officers that her daughter was being held by a friend, Debbie Baugh-man, in Baughman's backyard at 233 Wilson St. Officers report that Baughman's dog, a Rottweiler, attacked without warning and pulled the child out of her arms.

The dog was taken to the Licking County Animal Shelter to be destroyed. Health care changes to alter businesses si cultural affairs. Both the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina and the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma have written to state officials saying Ohio's Cherokee tribes should not be consulted if Cherokee remains are found. Several of Ohio's self-proclaimed Cherokee tribes or bands dominate the Native American Alliance. "Ohio happens to be one of those states where we have a potentially serious problem of individuals presenting themselves collectively as a Cherokee Tribe," said Lee Fleming, tribal registrar for the Cherokee Nation, which Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller leads.

"It's very offensive and disturbing for this tribe to have these groups popping up. We can never say that a person is not Cherokee, but there are only two recognized Cherokee tribes." man for the Federal Aviation Administration in Atlanta, said the plane was registered to the Kadon Corp. of Dayton. Coon was president and chief executive of the plastics firm. The two couples had been vacationing together since Thursday and were on their way back to Dayton, according to James Miller, the vice president of manufacturing for Kadon.

The plane's thin frame crumpled like a wad of paper after the crash, one witness said. cent on without knowing whether it going to work, Palonder said. He said a government-sponsored health-care plan would be the U.S. government's biggest expenditure ever. Since the 1960s, Medicare and Medicaid have grown to be the largest line items in federal and state budgets, he said.

Palonder suggested that the White House and Congress consider other ways to hold down in surance costs, including requiring the use of a universal claim form. Another would be to establish uniformity regarding which procedures insurance companies would pay for and how much they will pay. "One insurance company might pay $5,000 for gallbladder surgery; another might pay $6,000, so the doctor charges $7,000, because he really doesn't know what he's going to be paid," Palonder said. Further increasing the cost of medical care are an overabundance of medical specialists, vacant hospital beds and unhealthy lifestyles, he said. and Pap tests for women.

"As a social worker, I find that very exciting," said Hoyt-Oliver. The plan would give small-business owners and the self-employed tax breaks that could cover all their insurance costs. Hoyt-Oliver said some small-business owners, who have not traditionally paid for their employees' health care, are considering "changing the structure of their businesses to convert their employees into 'independent "I've talked to a few small-business folks, and there is some concern regarding the cost of the plan and how it could affect the margin of profit. It may mean some restructuring of what we mean by 'small she said. What are the chances Congress will approve a plan? "Within this session of the Congress, we'll probably have some type of health-care reform," Hoyt-Oliver said.

"Whether it's President Clinton's package or not remains to be seen. There seems to be a consensus that we need to modify the health-care system." nior high levels. Along with creating an elementary guidance program, Comisford also started and coordinated a junior high CORE team, made up of teachers and staff. She is also a girl's junior high track assistant and coordinator of junior high peer tutor programs. DAYTON (AP) American Indians in Ohio are involved in a dispute over who should make decisions about reburying artifacts.

Under a new federal law, museums and federal agencies that own Indian remains traceable to a particular tribe must contact that federally recognized tribe. Sacred items discovered during digging on federally owned land fall under the same category. But the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs does not recognize any tribes based in Ohio. Any consensus over proposed legislation could be scuttled in an argument about whether anyone claiming to have Indian blood should have a say about the legislation.

More than 20,350 Ohioans identified themselves to the Census Bureau as American Indians. The governor's office said there are about 50 different Indian groups in the state. The Ohio Historic Preservation By CHARITA M. GOSHAY Thomson News Service CANTON President Clinton's national health care plan, by providing coverage to 37 million uninsured Americans, may also prompt small businesses to change in ways that will redefine them, says Malone College Professor Jane Hoyt-Oliver. Hoyt-Oliver, who has followed the progress of the proposed plan since Clinton's election last year, teaches social welfare policy and social welfare history.

She also is a licensed independent social worker and director of the Canton-New Philadelphia-Mansfield District of the National Association of Social Workers. "There still seems to be differences between Republicans and Democrats, in terms of who's going to pay for it," Hoyt-Oliver said. The Clinton plan would require all employers to pay 80 percent of the cost of their employees' health insurance. The president's package also includes a variety of medical services, including childhood immunizations and children's preventive dental care, and mammograms Four Ohioans die in plane crash ll. llllll I Office estimates there are 2 million American Indian archaeological sites in Ohio.

As construction on highways and developments continues around the state, those sites, most of which are undocumented, could be at risk. Al Tonetti, archaeology manager at the Ohio Preservation Historic Office, said at least 20 to 30 Indian remains are found each year in Ohio. Most cannot be traced to a particular tribe. A committee called the Irwin-Ruffini group made up of American Indians, archaeologists and historians has written proposed state legislation involving human remains. But state officials said the Ohio Legislature will not act on it until the dispute over who decides what happens to remains is settled.

"We are not taking sides of these groups until we know there is dialogue," said August Pust, assistant to the governor for multi a mile away, he told the Winston-Salem Journal. The Piper Commanche crashed nose first into a wooded area. Killed instantly were Gerald Lee Coon and his wife, Barbara Coon, both 56, and Fred C. Everly 45, and his wife, Vicki A. Everly, 42, said Trooper Ben F.

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