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Bob Stevens knew something drastic had to be done. His company's health-insurance costs were soaring, up about 15% a year. At the same time, his employees were becoming increasingly frustrated by the lack of alternatives to the restrictive managed-care coverage he was buying.
And Stevens runs a hospital.
So last fall Stevens, the CEO of Ridgeview Medical Center, a $110 million-a-year hospital and network of clinics in suburban Minneapolis, opted for an experimental course of treatment. He offered his 800 full-time doctors, nurses, administrators and other personnel the choice of a new scheme called a...
While the presence of anthrax was detected in another co-worker Wednesday, officials stress the final results of the swab tests may not be available for days; all of Stevens? co-workers were sent home with a 15-day supply of the antibiotic Cipro, the current standard in preventative measures...
Stevens? death and Blanco?s diagnosis only served to fan the flames of anxiety raging in a suddenly wary American public. Doctors and public health help lines have been bombarded with questions: What is anthrax? Do I have it now? Could I tell if I had it? Is it always...