| According to Total Benefits, Ohio Department of Insurance Refers ...
CINCINNATI -- Tom Quigley, President of Loveland-based Total Benefits Planning Agency, reports that the Ohio Department of Insurance has referred a antitrust claim to the Ohio Attorney Generals office for investigation. Surveys show that rising employee health care costs are the number one problem facing small business today. Quigley has pioneered a strategy for taming those costs, which involves raising insurance deductibles and replacing benefits with a 53-year-old tax law. The strategy works for any employer, and should work with any insurance coverage, says Quigley. Employers frequently save as much as 20-40% off the cost of traditional insurance coverage, with no reduction in benefits. The problem came when Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield (division of Wellpoint: NYSE WPT) objected to the strategy.
ALICE ST. PIERRE Alice passed away at KW Health Centre . . .
(Apr 30, 2007) -- ALICE ST. PIERRE Alice passed away at K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, on Saturday, April 28, 2007. Alice is predeceased by her beloved husband, Leonard "Bud" St. Pierre; sisters, Erma Gastmeier and Doris Richardson and brother, Eldred Reier. She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews and their families. Before retirement, Alice worked for Sovereign Life Insurance Company. She will always be remembered for her love of pastel colours, playing bingo, and playing 21/31. A private visitation and funeral service will be held with interment at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo. Online condolences and memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario may be arranged by contacting the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street South in Waterloo at 519-745-8445 or www.erbgood.com.
Narrowing the gap: the inspection of children’s services
It provides an overview of key themes emerging as councils and their partners in local areas work to deliver services that improve outcomes for children and young people.
It highlights strengths and weaknesses in the contributions made by such partnerships, making particular reference to each of the five Every Child Matters outcome areas, and to their capacity to improve further. It also includes illustrations of practice in a number of local areas. Evidence from the second year of annual performance assessment and the findings of the first 37 joint area reviews shows that the majority of children's services are improving and that partners are working well together to secure better outcomes for children and young people in their areas. The assessment and review of children's services have, however, been taking place against a rapidly changing background for local councils and their partners.
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