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Though he will be tempted to strengthen the fear he now strikes into NFL quarterbacks, T-Rac will not go after Jay Cutler during tonight's preseason competition between the Titans and Broncos. If there is anything that distinguishes the raccoon from most mascot beasts, it is the opposable thumb. But if there are two things, the second would be their gift of being quite media savvy for a rat with thumbs. T-Rac knows the local press wouldn't have his back on this one. By the way, I actually went to high school and two years of college with the guy who wears the T-Rac suit. Pete helped put himself through school and earn his history degree by donning the lion suit for the University of North Alabama. After that he went to work as the mascot for the Birmingham Barons before landing his current gig with the Titans. He definitely beat out all the doctors and lawyers for the "guy with the most impressive job" award at the high school reunion. From the Kaiser Network: Colorado Children Without Private Insurance Have Higher Mortality Rate In Colorado, uninsured children and children enrolled in Medicaid who are hospitalized at Children's Hospital in Denver are twice as likely as those with private insurance to die after hospitalization, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics, the Denver Rocky Mountain News reports. For the study, two physicians at the hospital looked at hospitalization rates per 100,000 children ages six months to 18 years. The study finds that children enrolled in Medicaid are twice as likely as those with private insurance to be hospitalized for vaccine-preventable illnesses, complications of diabetes and asthma, and ruptured appendices (Brand, Denver Rocky Mountain News, 8/7). Regular preventive care visits by uninsured children and children enrolled in Medicaid would save Colorado $46 million, according to the study. The study also finds that the number of Colorado pediatricians who are willing to see Medicaid beneficiaries fell from 41.4% in 2000 to 23.9% in 2003. Eighty-three percent of Colorado pediatricians in 2003 said Medicaid reimbursements did not cover the cost of office visits (Auge, Denver Post, 8/7). Stephen Berman, head of general pediatrics at Children's Hospital and co-author of the study, said, "The paper, for the first time, provides the data that show there are huge potential savings in caring for these kids." Berman added, "The mortality rates are higher for children on Medicaid. They are higher because they are sicker, and they didn't get their primary care" (Denver Rocky Mountain News, 8/7). An abstract of the study is available online. |
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