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...Mexican health care attract non-Latinos as well. Marvin Morton, 40, a sheriff's deputy inSan Bernardino, Calif., wanted to get laser surgery to correct his deteriorating eyesight but was unable to have the procedure he wanted covered through his U.S. insurer, Kaiser Permanente. The cost out of pocket, he said, was "outrageous" at $3,000 to $5,000. So Morton and his fellow deputies lobbied their union, which came up with an alternative. The union contracted with two doctors, one in Irvine, Calif., and one in Tijuana, both of which offered the deputies discounted rates. But the Tijuana discount...
Lowering out-of-pocket costs is a big draw for cross-border patients who can see doctors in Mexico. A typical Health Net co-payment that costs $15 in the U.S. will cost $5 with a Mexican provider, says Ana Andrade, an associate vice president for Health Net of California. But it's not all about economics. The plans' mostly Latino members are also attracted by doctors who speak Spanish and who generally spend more time consulting with patients than do their U.S. counterparts. "The service is warm and empathetic," says Eduardo Pesqueira, a director of economic development for Mexico...
It’s hard to be smooth in a green blazer and navel-high trousers, but Daniel S. Jacobs ’05 is up for the challenge. Perched on a bench outside Wellesley College’s Spring Fling dance, he draws a cigarette from his pocket and chats with his date. Two of the young woman’s friends approach the bench; there’s only one proper thing for a gentleman such as himself to do. As dusk falls on the campus, the dashing young Harvard man rises to his feet and escorts...
...photography. Prose takes the wiser course of treating Carroll poignantly and letting the obvious questions go on hanging in the air. Wiser because Carroll's fervent attachment to little girls seems sweaty to us now. He met them on trains, at stores, on beaches. He carried puzzles in his pocket to beguile them and wrote them letters to remind them that "we still remember each other, and feel a sort of shivery affection for each other...
...says; it's all about working for a common cause. "During the World Cup we all came together. That is how Koreans are strong. We must teach children to treat the environment with respect. In Korea we can do that and succeed." Pulling a cigarette butt from his pocket, he explains, "Even my cigarettes, I collect them and take them away with me." At least he has something to carry home because, today, the fish aren't biting...