Answering questions about a proposed new medical school in Las Vegas

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Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 | 2 a.m.

Nevadas higher education leaders announced plans last week to open a medical school at UNLV.

The news immediately generated buzz on campus and around Las Vegas.

Unlike other major campus proposals recently such as a football stadium or apartment-style dorms the UNLV medical school represents a largely academic endeavor. Supporters believe such a school will transform the university and Southern Nevada.

Proponents argue a UNLV school of medicine has the potential to cure Las Vegas health care ills, such as its physician shortages and residents poor health outcomes. They also hope a UNLV medical school would diversify Southern Nevadas battered economy by spurring clinical research and attracting new medical businesses and tourism.

Since Nevada university leaders have inked a deal, plenty of questions abound. Heres a sampling, with some answers:

Why hasnt there been a medical school in Las Vegas?

For years, Southern Nevadans have lobbied for a four-year, allopathic medical school at UNLV. They argue Las Vegas is home to the majority of the states population and is the largest metropolitan region in the country without an M.D.-granting medical school.

Many Southern Nevadans believe Las Vegas doesnt have a medical school because of a longstanding geopolitical rivalry between Northern and Southern Nevada.

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2 long-time Liberty officials retiring

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LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKBN) - Liberty Township Fiscal Officer John Fusco has retired after serving the township for nearly 30 years.

He was elected in the November 1983 election and in his 29th year and eighth term. He decided to leave to prevent losing any of his pension because new pension laws kick in next year.

"If I stay, I will lose some of my hospitalization, so I have to go," Fusco said.

The township recently got out of fiscal emergency. Fusco said cuts in state and local funding played a role in the township falling in the red for a few years.

"We've lost a lot of money. Before, we could put $200,000, $300,000 on roads. So those days are gone I think," Fusco said. "Our main money comes from our motel tax, inheritance and our local government funding. But they've cut a little bit too."

With the motel tax, the township would pick up about $75,000 a year on one motel, saying the Metroplex used to be its biggest moneymaker. But the Metroplex facility will be going up for auction on Wednesday.

And thanks to a $400,000 inheritance tax payment, the township was able to get out of financial trouble.

Also retiring because of the new pension laws is Liberty Township Road Department foreman Michael Adler, who served for 28 years.

The road department has gone from nine men to five since he started.

"So we're working leaner. We're working harder. But we're working smarter also," Adler said.

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Liberty Global Denies Report of Talks Over Intel’s TV Project

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European cable operator Liberty Global (LBTYA) denied a report that its in talks to buy Intels (INTC) online television venture.

Bloomberg News reported Tuesday that negations between the chip maker and Liberty Global are in an early stage and could still fall apart.

The London-based company, led by media mogul John Malone, would use Intels service outside the U.S. Liberty Global owns U.K. cable provider Virgin Media, as well as systems in Germany, Belgium and other European countries.

Liberty Global denied it has expressed interest in Intels video service, saying the report is without foundation. Intel declined to comment.

Intel has been shopping the pay-TV service amid a struggle to obtain programming. Several recent reports pegged Verizon Communications (VZ) as another company interested in taking on the project, called OnCue.

The subscription service would stream live and on-demand programming over the Internet. OnCue was expected to launch later this year, competing with streaming video services from Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Google (GOOG).

But agreeing to content deals has become an obstacle. Despite talking to several big media companies, Intel has yet to announce any moves to add programming to the service.

Shares of Liberty Global were down 2% at $77.83 Tuesday afternoon. Intel rallied nearly 1% to $24.39.

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Educational Libertarian Book for Youth Released

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Saint Louis, Missouri (PRWEB) November 12, 2013

Written for all ages to promote discussion and understanding, the Really Big Coloring Book company is making complex challenges to our freedoms into a relevant format with an emphasis for youth. The new book addresses issues that many individual Americans face from cradle to grave. A non-partisan fact driven view of how Libertarian Party values and perspectives are influencing youth of today. "American youth are searching for leadership and prosperity. They should be taught individual freedom is the most important factor of a nation. Government serves the people - people are not government servants," according to the book's Publisher, Wayne Bell. "Upon researching this topic and speaking with individuals of all political backgrounds, faiths and races, it was interesting to note most all people could identify themselves as something of a Libertarian when reviewing the Libertarian Party book."

This new volume on Libertarianism details a modern and historical perspective of "The Party of Principle" as they are known. Included are pages on the Libertarian beliefs of a free and independent society, explanation of how the president must obey the U.S. Constitution and how government officials and their offices are servants of the people.

Included are modern day examples of Libertarian success stories from business people, actors, media personalities and politicians from local, state and national government. Many teaching examples for youth include how privatization can better serve the needs of the people versus an overbearing inflated government bureaucracy. Pages featuring a political quiz and puzzles, games, mazes, crosswords and listings of Libertarian Organizations will provide the reader with thought provoking information and resources.

The Libertarian book is available on the company's website http://www.ColoringBook.com at Amazon.com and soon to be at Barnes & Noble and Abe Books as well as multiple other retail locations. Designed for use as an educational tool in schools and as a hand out for political groups, clubs and organizations. Retailing from $4.99 to $7.99 depending upon outlet and wholesale prices available for groups.

"Fear of a tyrannical government is nothing new," added Publisher Bell. '"The country's Founding Fathers drafted the U.S. Constitution with this knowledge and created our Constitution that would quickly become the guiding force in world history for the change of good. Governments, when instituted, must not violate individual rights. This is a principle well known and established within the Libertarian Party.

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Super Typhoon Haiyan : Leaves over 10,000 dead in one area of the Philippine Islands (Nov 10, 2013) – Video

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Super Typhoon Haiyan : Leaves over 10,000 dead in one area of the Philippine Islands (Nov 10, 2013)
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Enzi responds to constituent questions on American’s losing health care, EPA – Video

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Enzi responds to constituent questions on American #39;s losing health care, EPA
American #39;s losing their health care they like and the EPA taking its coal-killing rule on a faux listening tour, but missing stops in Wyoming, West Virginia ...

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US health care analysis: 'national conversation needed'

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Although the US health care system has experienced financial success, an analysis identifying trends in economics, costs and value from 1980 to 2011 reveals that the health care system has underperformed in certain areas, compared with similar countries.

And though the report highlights some improvements in outcomes, the pace of progress is much slower than in past decades.

The analysis was undertaken by Dr. Hamilton Moses III, of the Alerion Institute and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, along with colleagues from The Boston Consulting Group and the University of Rochester. Results of the analysis were recently published in JAMA.

The team used publicly available data to analyze the economics of health care, the profile of people who receive care, organizations that provide care, and objective health outcomes and perceptions of care quality.

On the economic front, the investigators found that government funding toward health care increased from 31% in 1980 to 42% in 2011, however, costs have tripled over the past 20 years.

Even though resources devoted to health care have increased, the team found that in several health metrics, including life expectancy at birth and disease survival, the US is behind other comparable countries.

Since 2000, the team found that the price of professional services, drugs, devices and administrative costs - not service demand or an aging population - was responsible for 91% of the cost increases.

Additionally, chronic illnesses were responsible for 84% of overall costs in the entire population, not only in the elderly, the investigators note.

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Health care enrollments expected to increase

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BISMARCK, N.D. Health care providers told lawmakers Tuesday that new signups for health insurance are running below projections in the weeks following the open enrollment period under federal health care legislation.

Officials with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota and Sanford Health Plan took part in a panel discussion on implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the state Capitol. The discussion was part of a meeting of the interim Health Care Reform Review Committee.

Luther Stueland, director of health policy impact and exchanges for Blue Cross, provided updated enrollment figures through Nov. 4 to the committee.

Stueland said the company had received 118 contracts for insurance since the open enrollment period through the Affordable Care Act began Oct. 1. Of those, 24 were through the federally-run state health insurance exchange. The rest were through other means, he said.

"While these numbers are smaller than we had projected, we expect greater enrollment as Jan. 1 approaches and throughout the open enrollment period which ends March 31, 2014," Stueland said.

Stueland pointed to the highly publicized glitches in the federal health care insurance website leading to enrollment problems across the country. He said it appears many people may be waiting for the issues to be corrected.

Stueland said notices are being sent out to approximately 31,600 individual and small-group market customers whose non-grandfathered plans are to be discontinued.

"This accounts for roughly 8 percent of the 400,000 North Dakotans we serve," Stueland said.

Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo, asked Stueland about the effects of possibly moving back the date of the individual mandate for having health insurance. Recently, there has been debate on the federal level over moving back the mandate by one year, which would require people to have insurance or pay a penalty beginning in 2014.

Kasper asked Stueland if Blue Cross would continue providing the current policies to the 31,600 customers set to receive notices. Stueland replied that Blue Cross would comply with federal law in the event of that occurring.

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