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...BASIC HEALTH Monthly premium for a typical family of four with a $500 deductible...
...Jennifer, who worked for a financial-services company, had what he calls a "top-notch benefits department," with experts to help answer questions. Even so, Mike and Jennifer had to decide which features of the different plans they cared most about. They chose an HMO because of its comprehensive basic benefits and its maternity coverage...
...antidote to this confusion is clear, reliable information. A good source, regardless of your age, is the A.A.R.P. aarp.org/hcchoices/options/pick.html) It has plenty of basic guidance. Another clearinghouse, the National Committee for Quality Assurance www.healthchoices.org/) helps you find and evaluate the best managed-care plans in your area. The National Health Law Program nhelp.org/pubs/FS/managedcarefacts.shtml is also helpful. If possible, consult someone in your workplace who has experience with its health-care choices and whose situation is similar to yours. But remember that whatever decisions you make today will have to be made again, as the nation's health...
...phone and Internet services from the same firm, according to a survey by the Yankee Group, a consulting firm. "What we've ended up with," explains Rob Rich, executive vice president of the Yankee Group, "is this complex Tower of Babel that looks very appealing in terms of the basic services it provides but is just mystifying to consumers...
...basic difference between the Bush administration and its Arab allies is simple: Washington sees armed actions by Palestinians as terrorism that must be unconditionally eliminated; the Arabs see it as an inevitable and even legitimate Palestinian response in the absence of peaceful channels to achieve Palestinian statehood. Arab public opinion, subject to daily TV footage of Israeli tanks reoccupying Palestinian towns, is unlikely to look askance at any PA efforts to acquire antitank rockets...