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...particularly social being. Some might call me a shut-in. Usually, whenever I need to get away from things, I can go to the top floor of Charlie's Kitchen for some peace, quiet and massive amounts of Harpoon IPA. Now, thanks to your exposé of my favorite hangout in last week's "15 nooks," Charlie's is filled with Cambridge townies and Harvard students. Thanks so much for ruining my life...
...bullshit--shouldn't that apply to beer drinking? At least pretend to know what you're talking about beyond Bud. Ale tends to be sweet and smooth with a higher alcohol content; Ale is probably what you know the best (read: Miller Shite); bitter is bitter; IPA is India Pale Ale and distinctively alcoholic; lager is simply aged, bottom fermented beer; pale ale ranges from mild to bitter with a dry taste; pilsners are very dry and tend to be light...
...reclaim Boston's beer heritage lost in the puritanical Prohibition era. Take this five hour tour through old Boston's best breweries and you will not be disappointed. After all, the package includes coffee, donuts, a 46-page program, lunch, samples along the tour and a Tremont Ale and IPA to take home with you. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tremont Brewery, 50 Terminal Street Charlestown...
...IPAs aren't entirely labors of love. A major reason for starting PrimaHealth was that doctors felt themselves being squeezed by managed care. Insurers could keep pushing down reimbursement rates, and there was little doctors could do about it. With an IPA, doctors get together and, in some ways acting like a union, negotiate how much money they will charge to provide care. An IPA also gives doctors more control over how they do their jobs, something managed care has been taking away. "The doctors want to be listened to," says Dr. Dennis Clements, a Duke pediatrician and PrimaHealth member...
Traditional managed-care companies don't agree that IPAs will provide better care. They note that IPAs like PrimaHealth contract to cover patients on a "capitated" basis. That means they are paid a set amount per patient per year, and keep any money that is not spent. This gives them an incentive to be careful about how much treatment they provide--much like traditional insurers, who point out that they too have doctors on staff to make medical decisions. In the end, they argue, a well-managed IPA will probably make roughly the same decisions as a traditional insurer. "Everyone...