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Perhaps it is easier to ask who Teddy Wright is not. Teddy Wright is not a man who wears shoes. Ever. Well, weather permitting...
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...better part of the last three years, Theodore L. “Teddy” Wright ’04 has cast off his shoes, one of the more universal, though apparently needless, trappings of modern life. Teddy has become somewhat of a spectacle to many on campus as he walks from his room in Kirkland to class, takes his meals in the dining hall and even works out at the MAC—all without shoes...
...patients they see. Several insurers in Las Vegas, including American Physicians Assurance Corp., offer a 25% discount to doctors who deliver fewer than 125 babies a year--half the number most local physicians deliver. Last month Nevada insurance commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman opened an inquiry into such pricing. Sheila Wright, a spokeswoman for American Physicians Assurance, said, "We don't have a choice. We are concerned about patients, but our rates reflect the risks that we take...
...contracts with HMOs and managed-care groups, doctors cannot readily pass on their increased costs. To pay higher insurance premiums, some doctors have cut back on staff. But others are dropping high-risk specialties or retiring early. "I would be working just to pay my malpractice costs," said Debra Wright, a Las Vegas obstetrician who took a leave of absence this spring to avoid a premium increase to $180,000, from $50,000 last year. She hopes to resume her work if rates go down. Cheryl Edwards has stopped her obstetrics practice altogether and moved from Las Vegas...