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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1973)
P ublic h e a lth in su ran ce p ro g ra m re a d ie d Plans are p » n « iitlv being finalized for Portland MeW” Health's 3»lan ° f health care d e liv e ry in th e P o rtla n d Metropolitan area. P o rtlan d M e tro H e a lth , Inc., (P M H II originated as a result of a federally funded study made by Emanuel Hos pital which investigated a Health Maintenance Organi ration (HM O ). (An HM O is a c o m p re h e n s iv e p re p aid health care delivery system.) P M H I has become the stud ies' operating identity since second-year funding was granted to implement the plans developed by the Emanuel H o sp ital Medical Staff HM O Ad Hoc Pom mittee. P M H I is an inde pendent, non profit organiza tion, community based and no longer organizationally re lated to Emanuel Hoapital. Reg $ 4 3 9 8 73 Gran Torino 2 dr #9821 N ow $3793 Reg $ 5 0 8 3 73 Gran Torino Sport #9513 N ow $4335 Reg $ 4 6 8 6 73 Mustang Mach I N ow $4433 Reg $4317 73 Gal. 500 2 dr #9077 Now $4422 Reg $ 5 2 4 3 73 LTD 2 dr. #9802 N o w $3593 • fi T o ic îw TWO L O C A T IO N S N ortheast B roadw ay at Firs! • 288-5211 5430 N orth Lom bard • 288 5216 As a first step, the mar keling of a group pre paid health package is underway with P M H I staff members presen ting th e ir plans to major employers and unions in the Portland Metropolitan area. Enrollment will be limited to groups, such as company employees or union members, during the initial phase of operations. P M H I's health care delivery system will be offered to groups as an a lte r n a tiv e to one or more existing plans. It is an ticip a ted th at PM H I's members will come from many local firms and unions, rather than one or two large* firms, to provide a balanced participation. The goal of P M H I is 5.000 mem bers by the first month of operation April. 1974. P M H I plans to contract with community health care providers for its members’ services, affording greater flexibility in available ser vices and requiring greater responsibility for proper utili zation control. Subscribers will have a free choice of P M H I physi cians.*'1 - S taff members are currently assisting in the development of a physician's association with which P M H I will contract for member medical services. Y W C A , P en n eys sponsor fash io n s correct utilization discrepen- cies. Types of conflict situa H in t Juanita Lyday. Debbie Northeast YW C A Center tions could include clinic and Jackie Belgrace, Karen will sponsor a fashion show hours, sta ff, housekeeping Parker, Vickie, Devi and on August 2»> at 2:30 p.m. at problems, waiting times, re Brenita Porter and Tracy M att Dishman Community ception waiting areas « the Hatten. Instructors are Ms. Center. 77 N.E. Knott. individual members will be Ester Edwards and Mrs. M o delin g back to school the "eyes and ears" of the Robert Parker, who will be fashions from J.C. Penney program. commentator for the show. Walnut Park will be model Plans call for the develop The Ebony Movement and ing and charm students from ment of an informative news M att Dishman Younger Dan the Y W C A summer classes letter for distribution to sub eers, di.ected by Mrs. Mury at M att Dishman and Mai scribers. potential subscrib Rouse, will be featured in lory Christian Church. In ers, personnel managers and the p ro gram , along w ith eluded will be Misses Ronetta major firms in the area. singers Miss Linda Horn W a lk e r. T helm a L a m b e rt, Content would include new buckle and Michael Smith. Michelle Kent. Gail Simpson. services, new hours, new In charge of the event will Renata Raiford. Doris King, personnel, what to do in an be the Northeast Community Marcia Massey, Yernita Wad em ergency situ atio n and Relations Committee, with dey, Sandra Butler, Jonetta other items of interest. Mrs. Vernon Butler chair Gill. Theresa Toni. Nanette The organization will begin man. Fashion coordinator Sears. Teresa Phillips. Rhon operations at one health will be Miss Linda Hagedorn. da Baker, Delores Guidry, evaluation center and. as the R e fr e s h m e n ts w ill be Tammy Walden. Christina need occurs, develop other served. evaluation centers through out the Portland Metropoli tan area. The health evalua tion center will serve as a site for making initial ap (Continued from pg. I. col. 7) praisals, keeping unified records and providing other work for Dawson. Todd has been awarded a contract member service of the pro gram. for the federal building in P M H I staff members in Eugene, but the contract was held up while the govern clude Paul J. Vogt, executive Officers of the M. A W. St. director; Roger B. Lyman, ment investigated the af Joseph Grand Lodge and Mt. firm a tiv e action program . executive assistant; Edward Olivet Grand Chapter O.E.S. Wayne Thompson. Equal Op L. Goldblatt, M .D., director attended a meeting for the of health services; Robert F. portunities Administrator for Federation of Masons and Rasmussen, director of fi Donald M. Drake Construe Eastern Stars of the World. tion. said his company has nance; Jerry E. Dick, direc Those attending from Port tor of marketing and enroll not been able to obtain all land were: Sister J.M . Gan the trucks it needs, and pre ment. and Elizabeth J. Gil te r. G. M a tro n ; B ro th er dieted a growth in construe lette, administrative secre J.L. Ganter. G. Treas. of G. tary. tion. He said dump trucking Iaxige; Sister laiura Nivens, is an ideal area for Blacks to Members of the board of G. Treas., O .E.S.; Sister C. enter the construction trades, directors are Paul Campbell, McDonald, R Grand Matron since it is easy for a con M. D ., orthopedic surgeon, of the Amaranth; Sister Mar tractor or sub contractor to chairman: William A. Fisher, ion L. Scott, G. Deputy. “break out" a job for truckers. M .D ., fam ily p rac titio n e r; M em ber; S is te r J e w e ll Dawson purchased his W illiam A. Hammond, con White; Sister Georgia Good truck three months ago after stru c tio n consultant; O tto rum; Sister Nettie Steward. exploring the availability of Page. M .D ., internist; James Guests: Mrs. Thelma Irvin; work. He worked for two Riopelle, chief, Portland Bur Mrs. Annie Shine, and little months under the license eau of Fire; Jane Barber, Miss M argret LaJewell, niece held by Oregon's only Black employee benefits adminis of Sister Jewell White; Mr. licensee. Bill Jones. On trator, Tektronix, and D. and Mrs. Chase E. Ganter August 8. 1973 he obtained a Len Campbell, administrator, and sons Mark and Hryant. 30 day temporary permit and Teamsters' Medical Center. is employed by the Bureau of A presentation explaining Parks and Recreation of the the basic HM O concept and State Highway Department. - o its function is available to He maintains that he has interested groups. For more "more than met the require information about the pre ments" and is entitled to a sentation or P M H I, contact license. the P M H I office. 1219 S.W. Main, Portland. 97205, 221- 1085. M asons Dawson v is it B ah am a s P M H I will offer compre hensive services to its sub scribers including dental and vision care, pharmacy ser vices and a number of well- care services not now offered by present plans. The structure of the or ganization stresses com munity and subscriber in volvement at all levels of the health service package. The organization plans to experi rtient with preventive health care concepts which have been used successfully else where in the United States but are new to this area. A com m unity ad vis o ry board, consisting of 12 public members, is being organized to work, closely with the P M H I Board of Directors. A conflict «»solution pro cedure will be ewtablished to respond to problems and the FAMILY# # LAWYER X Gardening books available SUPPORT YOUR ADVERTISERS If you think your yard looks too green this summer, you ran start in the fall to aild some colors for next year. The U .S . Department of Agriculture has published a booklet culled Shrubs. Vines and Trees for Summer Color to help you chôme and care for summer flowering plants. Copies are available for 15c from Consumer Product In fo rm atio n , Pueblo, Colo rado 91009. Mixst flowering trees and shrubs bloom in the spring, but the following hints found in this booklet can help you maintain a colorful garden all summer long: Buy vigorous plants from reputable dealers. Set your plants in well prepared beds in the fall or spring, as appropriate. Protect them from win ter injury. Fall ¡3 also the time to work on your lawn and plant tulips and other spring bulbs. Several publications on these subjects are also available from Consumer Product In formation. Grass should lie fed. bad patches reworked and planted with new seed, and certain herbicides applied to remove weeds. Booklets on lawn cure include: Better la w n » (25c), a general summary of lawn rare; laiwn Diseases (25c); la w n Insect Control (20c); and la w n Weed Con trol (15c). These booklets are just a few of more than 200 Federal publications of consumer in lerest listed in the Consumer Product Inform ation In d e * published by the General Services A d m in is tra tio n 's Consumer Product Informa tion Center. To order your booklets or to receive a free ropy of the Index, w rite to Consumer Product Informa tion. Pueblo, Colorado 81009. D ear Consum er Truth In Savings By Virginia Knnuer Special Assistant to the President and Director Ollifc of Consumer Affairs How much do you really know about savings accounts? For example, should you have your account at a savings pud loan association, a mutual savings bank, a credit union or a commercial bank? Should you have an account where the interest is compounded on a daily basis or on a quarterly basis ? Depending on the way you choose and use your account, you can get four, live or six percent interest. To help you choose ¡in account that olTers the highest interest or dividends, you may want to keep the fol- lowing points in mind: • Lock for the stated an nual percentage rate in uny account. Earnings calculated on the <lay-of-drpnait-to-day- of-withdravval plan is best, especially if you deposit and withdraw frequently. W ith this plan, you earn Interest for each day your money is deposited with no lost days of interest. poundmg of the same rate. • Check for penalties or charges for w ithdraw al! and any special charges that will reduce your earnings. Also, check to see if there is a re quired minimum balance for the account. I f so, determine what, if anything, you will enrn if you don't keep the minimum in vour account at all times. • Realize that “ free gifts” or other items that you re ceive when you make a de posit sometimes may not he as v aluable to you as a higher Interest rate would he. Above all, don’t forget to ask if you have to keep the account for a certain period to get a higher rate of in terest. I f you have to have the account for two years, for example, to receive six |>er- cent interest, how much in terest do you get if you have to withdraw your money be fore the two years is up? Remember, ask a lot of questions about terms and features of accounts at d if ferent savings institutions. Don’t be shy. I t ’s your money. Put it to work wisely. • Keep in mind If the ac count offers the bonus of a "grace period” when deposit- in f. W ith some accounts, de posits received up to the 10th of any month will earn fully from the first of the month, providing the deposit re mains to the end of the quarter. • See if interest or divi dends on the account are credited on a frequent basis. I f interest is credited quar terly, you may not earn as much as you think if you make a withdraw al before the end of the quarter. Sim ilarly, determine how often your in terest is compounded. Daily or frequent compounding will give you a better yield than semiannual or annual corn- Injury Before Birth Motorists who negligently knock down pedestrians would naturally expect to be held legal ly liable for Ihe consequences. Bui suppose the pedestrian is an expectant mother And sup pose. as a result of the accident, her baby is born with some sort of defect. Could the motorist be held liable also for Ihe injury Io the child? Traditionally Ihe law refused to grant damages for prenatal injuries. 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But her biggest frustrations came from the people she was trying to help. She wanted people to vote, to exercise their rights, to get together and change things. But these were people who were used to what they had, who never thought much about change. It was tough. Every time she thought things were moving forward, they’d slide backward. But two things happened to Ann. First of all, she and the other young brothers and sisters did change things. Not a whole lot. But today a lot of Black Americans are ahead of where they were when Ann and the others went to work. T he second thing that happened was that Ann changed herself. She matured as a person, as a human being. She saw the world differently. She grew. She got things together. In a way, that’s what ACTION is all about. And a lot of other groups that are working with people to change things. There are plenty of brothers and sisters in ACTION. Some are in VISTA, w .king with people in the cities and in rural areas. 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