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...bought a pair of glasses she didn't need solely to drain her FSA by year's end. Indeed, studies have shown that FSAS are a late-year boon to ophthalmologists: eye-care expenditures spike in the fourth quarter. If it's not eyes, it may be an extra dental cleaning or cosmetic surgery. "Use-it-or-lose-it is the worst of all economic incentives," Royce says. He holds out hope for his bill. President Bush last month approved FSAS for all federal employees, and he provides in his budget for participants to roll over as much...
...University also hopes to house more of the students who attend the Longwood medical campuses. It now accommodates 20 percent of students from the School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Dental School...
...Tijuana call la ola verde--the "green wave" of Southern California residents washing into the border city's medical clinics. Attracted by low prices and easy access, cash-paying travelers, most of them Latino, have for years come from as far north as San Francisco to obtain medical and dental care in Tijuana and other border towns. But these days, the patients are carrying fewer greenbacks and more plastic insurance cards, as a growing number of U.S. health-insurance companies offer bargain prices for those willing to get their care in Mexico...
...California, agricultural employers and some labor unions have for years offered benefits to workers through cross-border preferred-provider organizations (PPO) that allow their workers to be treated by selected providers in Mexico for a minimal cost. Dental insurers also have long sent patients south. But cross-border medical HMO plans for the general population wereunheard ofuntil the mid-1990s, when Sistemas Medicos Nacionales (SIMNSA), a Tijuana-based HMO, began selling policies to employers in the San Diego area. At the time, there were no rules governing Mexican hmos selling insurance in California. "It was not legal...
...three girls continue to debate the first-year experience. Subjects range from musical uses of rape whistles to arts and crafts with dental dams and floss—probably not what the Freshman Dean’s Office had in mind for the safety kit. The conversational flow is frequently interrupted by the rings emanating from the girls’ rainbow cell phones. Finally, Sprow pops the question: “Where you guys wanna go next...