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...goal: "I wanted to be a world champion," Pacquiao recalls. Supporting himself as a construction worker, he gained local renown quickly on the amateur and pro-boxing circuit as a powerful puncher with little discipline and less fear. "There was hardly any science in his fighting," says Rudy Salud, a Manila-based boxing manager and former secretary-general of the World Boxing Council (WBC). "He fought like a mad dog. He was rather wild out of the ring, too." Pacquiao admits he drank and gambled in those days after he temporarily abandoned the devout Catholic faith he was raised...
...pool hall and the many other distractions of sudden celebrity. He was booked to fight in a two-round exhibition in Manila in February but begged off, claiming he had left his sparring gear in GenSan. "Manny has to be warned repeatedly about the dangers of overconfidence," says Salud...
...skills as a sweet scientist, boxing observers agree that he is - when not distracted - one of the most disciplined competitors in the sport. "When I am in training, all [other activities] will stop," Pacquiao vows. "It's like a tunnel when I'm training for a fight." Salud says Pacquiao has the chance to be the greatest boxer in Philippine history, and others see in the young fighter a new confidence and maturity since the victory over Barrera. "There's been a huge change in his personality," says journalist Trinidad. "He now has serenity. Before, it was very hard...
...work within 50 miles of the border choose a primary-care doctor in Tijuana or Mexicali (convenient for agricultural workers in California's Imperial Valley), while those farther away must choose U.S. doctors for themselves but can enroll spouses and children living in Mexico with providers in those cities. Salud con Health Net offers HMO plans with similar rules. It also offers a statewide PPO plan that allows members throughout California to travel to Mexico for care...
...appeal for employers and consumers is the health plans' relatively low price. For example, a standard Health Net HMO plan for a family of four costs about $500 a month, while Salud con Health Net's low-cost HMO option costs about $300. Even if that particular family is not using Mexican providers, the fact that other plan members are doing so helps reduce plan costs all around. While an overnight stay in a California hospital can cost from $1,500 to $3,000, a bed in a high-quality, licensed hospital in Baja California costs only from...