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Chavez, a legal U.S. resident who has lived in San Diego for 18 years, is insured through Blue Shield of California. He switched from an HMO in San Diego to one in Tijuana when his employer gave him a choice of policies six months ago. Now Chavez's employer-paid plan costs $94 a month, down from almost $160. His co-payments are $4, down from $10. "I like it," says Chavez. "I save a little money, and it's nicer to sit down with a doctor who speaks Spanish...
...Blue Shield of California and Health Net of California two years ago began offering cross-border health-insurance plans that allow members living in the U.S. to obtain their primary medical care in Mexico. Dependent spouses and children living on the Mexican side can also sign up, as can Mexicans who legally commute across the border to work for American companies...
...Blue Shield and Health Net cross-border plans operate differently: any U.S. citizen or legal resident can enroll through an employer. Blue Shield's Access Baja HMO lets members who live or 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...
...people in each territory." There's some darkness to Pinocchio, he admits finally, "and the question is how to edit those scenes without impacting the integrity of the movie." In the age of Vin Diesel, do children really need to be protected from Pinocchio? "The notion of trying to shield children from violence is pernicious," says Richard Wunderlich, co-author with Thomas J. Morrissey of the recently published cultural study, Pinocchio Goes Postmodern (Routledge; 257 pages). "In Italy the church fathers were once concerned that Pinocchio encouraged rebellion, where the current concern is that the story seems to reward obedience...
...people in each territory." There's some darkness to Pinocchio, he admits finally, "and the question is how to edit those scenes without impacting the integrity of the movie." In the age of Vin Diesel, do children really need to be protected from Pinocchio? "The notion of trying to shield children from violence is pernicious," says Richard Wunderlich, co-author with Thomas J. Morrissey of the recently published cultural study, Pinocchio Goes Postmodern (Routledge; 257 pages). "In Italy the church fathers were once concerned that Pinocchio encouraged rebellion, where the current concern is that the story seems to reward obedience...