How many Americans are uninsured?

What researchers to the best of their knowledge, would like to share the following which is the opinion formed from research and interviews The Pub conducted with Dr's out of state.

Of the 46 Million that everyone talks about, it is about 12M choose not to buy and are young.

There are about 12M illegal aliens. 

There are about 10-12M citizens in the $40-80K earnings range who choose not to buy. 

The really uninsurable are about 8M.

Winchester Baseball for masses,or for select few?

WB for masses,or for select few?

Is Winchester Baseball for the masses or a select few in an effort to gain individual national prominence?

For those baseball fans who might not be familiar, WB starts practice in mid-March and some teams are out there until 10 p.m. during school nights. Is this in the best interests of the kids on those cold nights?

The regular season ends during mid-June as the regular season is over and complete for the kids who did not get selected as an all-star, which there are not even tryouts for. Why is there such a rush to end the regular season?

With the 12-and-under season running during the same time as the local high-school season, the majority of the youngsters do not have an opportunity to watch the high-school teams compete.

Based on history, the all-star teams are pre-selected with the all-star teams practicing indoors at the Armory during December, January, and sometimes into February when the regular season has not even started yet.

What are those kids supposed to do for the entire summer if they are not selected to an all-star team? Why not go back to the good ol’ days when 12-and-under baseball was played throughout the summer with a two-week local All-Star break and then the second half of the season was completed?

The league playoffs were completed in early-to-mid August just in time for school to start again.

Keep all kids involved throughout the entire summer. What is wrong with this idea?

Jeff Milburn
Winchester

Call it a conundrum ... FCPS's adventure with GameDay!

Call it a conundrum

By: David Selig
Posted: Jan. 16, 2010

Frederick County basketball fans hoping to hear live broadcasts of their favorite high schools’ games have been put largely on standby for the first half of the season.

In October, GamedayMagazine.com secured exclusive Internet broadcast rights to all games played at James Wood, Sherando and Millbrook that they decide to cover.

That agreement led Sportstalk1550.com to create a basketball schedule featuring all Handley home games.

So, play-by-play of Handley’s home doubleheaders against Millbrook (last Saturday) and Sherando (Tuesday) were streamed online free of charge.

But when the Colonels hosted doubleheaders against the Warriors and Pioneers last week, the games were not broadcast at all.

This Friday’s Handley at James Wood boys’ game was the first local one to be picked up this season by Gameday, which is available for a $139.99 annual subscription. Of the 35 games the site lists on its January schedule, only three of them feature Frederick County teams, and each of those are boys’ games.

Gameday President and Founder Andy Hayes said his broadcast schedule for February hasn’t been set yet, but he says it will feature more Frederick County games.

“We’re definitely ramping up,” Hayes said. “Our basketball coverage doesn’t really get going until we get done with all our Gameday football banquets. We’re doing games, but we’ll really be rolling it out big in about a week.”

Hayes said some of the games he planned to cover early in the season were knocked out by weather. He also said his site will feature a Northwestern District game of the week from this point forward.

As Hayes notes, the exclusive Internet agreement with the Frederick County Public Schools does not prevent other stations from carrying the same games on radio, or broadcasting games online when Gameday isn’t present.

But with Gameday not setting its schedule in stone early in the year, it would be difficult for other Web broadcasters to set up theirs without fear of Gameday coming in and blocking their coverage.

Dan Gloster, who calls games for Sportstalk1550.com, said he was a little disappointed to learn about restrictions on covering Frederick County games — “I thought that was kind of a bummer, to be honest with you,” he said — but he rolled with the punches and made sure to schedule those schools when they visited Handley.

Gloster — who will have called eight games by the end of January — said he typically doesn’t broadcast from Clarke County because of space limitations in the gym, but he has games featuring all five of the local public schools on his schedule by Feb. 9.

Gloster is limited to his station’s online stream for all night events, because the WMRE 1550 AM radio frequency only carries out to listeners during the day.

During football season, 98.3 KISS FM picked up Gloster and his crew’s coverage of five big local night games — which allowed them to call the same ones as Gameday — but Gloster said KISS is not interested in carrying basketball at this point.

It all adds up to an unfortunate set of circumstances for county hoops fans who can’t make it to the games and had previously grown accustomed to hearing them free on Sportstalk 610. (Late in 2008, the land holding 610’s radio towers was sold by Silver Lake Development Co. to make room for The Village at Orchard Ridge retirement community, and Sportstalk was moved up the dial to 1550.)

It should be said that Gameday had a stronger presence here during football season, and while some listeners may be turned off by the almost $12-per-month price tag for membership, a small portion of the money goes to the local schools if appropriate coupon codes are used.

But if Gameday isn’t delivering broadcasts of the biggest boys’ and girls’ games, then followers of the county teams will be left with dead air if they can’t attend and want to listen in.

And that will be a lose-lose for the Frederick County schools and their fans. As they say in radio land, stay tuned.

— David Selig is sports editor
at The Winchester Star

Actually, this was discussed previously on The Pub back in October ...

Saturday, October 24, 2009

WHY are the FCPS Admin's allowing this to happen???

Friday, October 30, 2009

Response to GameDay Reps and Supporters

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The "NOT-FOR-PROFIT" giant continues to grow during these difficult epic economic times

These can be easily viewed as pushing out the competition, VHS basically has zero competition here locally in Winchester and now is continuing with their mission on a Regionally level with brand new, nearly $30million hospitals being built in Hampshire County, WV and Berkeley Springs, WV. The current Page County Hospital is on the books to be replaced with a brand new hospital.

Folks, are these new hospitals adding any NEW services or are they a medical bus stop for Winchester Medical Center?

Everyone needs to review what happened down in Roanoke Valley. Research this blog so you are more informed.  Here are some links, but still research October, November and December's posts to become a more informed citizen of the Shenandoah Valley.

Will Valley Health become a monopoly similar to Carilion of the Roanoke Valley

Is Valley Health competing against taxpaying businesses?

“HealthcareSoundoff’s” perspective on Valley Health's $56million in "community benefits" for 2007

Valley Health "Community Benefit" trend from 2004 - 2007

Valley Health has made epic strides in Excess of Revenue (Profits) since 2001

WincMedCenter, Warren Mem'l, Shenandoah Mem'l, Surgi-Center, Page Mem'l and Valley Health System Top Salaries

What hospital is suing the citizenry the most ?

A question for Dr. Wade : The Winchester Star, Letters to Editor

Valley Health’s Wellness Center first annual Checkup

Valley Health may feel squeeze (The Winchester Star)

The Cost of Dying (CBS 60 Minutes video segment)

Insurance companies - Plenty of competition: state lines have nothing to do with it

Good gracious, looky here at these profits for Winchester Medical Center

2007 / 2008 Side-By-Side financial comparison of Winchester Medical Center

2008 Side-by-Side Comparison Winchester Med'l Center / Lewis-Gale Med'l Center

2007 Winchester Medical Center / Lewis-Gale Medical Center side-by-side comparison

 

Valley Health Selects McKesson Solution to Meet Changing Revenue Management Needs

Lastly ... please read and send us more details on your stories!

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Construction continues on the Valley Health facility on North Congress Street in New Market. A primary-care physician and schedule for specialty clinics have been announced. Rich Cooley/Daily

Company has named primary-care physician for New Market facility

By Preston Knight - pknight@nvdaily.com

NEW MARKET - The Valley Health facility on North Congress Street is undergoing interior modifications and should be open in a few months.

"It's pretty close to done," public relations manager Lore Bredeman said.

One of the biggest pieces that had to fall in place for Valley Health was the hiring of Dr. Steve Templeton, who will be the facility's primary-care physician, she said. He works in Tennessee, but was previously employed by Shenandoah Memorial Hospital.

"Our biggest concern was to have a primary-care physician when we opened," Bredeman said.

A schedule also has been developed for rotating specialty clinics offered at the site. The schedule calls for an obstetrician and gynecologist on Mondays, a behavioral health specialist on Tuesdays, and an orthopedic specialist on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The office will be open for general surgery on Fridays.

Bredeman said these rotating physicians already practice in their areas of expertise within Valley Health.

The third component of the 9,000-square-foot facility will be office space. Bredeman said there is plenty of space available for rent and Valley Health is open to talking to anyone in a professional field who might be interested in locating there. The business does not have to be medical in nature, she added, but Valley Health would like to attract support services, such as a pharmacy.

The facility is modeled after Valley Health's Quick Care facility north of Strasburg. Developer Scott Rosenfeld worked on both projects.

Valley Health recognized the need for more convenient medical services in southern Shenandoah County and northern Rockingham County, a June 2009 news release states. SMH and New Market officials worked together to get the facility built on North Congress Street, just north of the New Market Volunteer Rescue Squad building.

Ground was broken on the property last summer.