High Noon Rotary Meeting - Aug. 25th 2005

Guests:
Steven Erkenbrack - Hollywood Health Care
Julie Pickering - Hollywood Health Care
Linda Brossia - Tom Brossia
Barb Holmes - Ward Holmes
Judy Heasley - Chandler Jackson
Sissy Anderson - John Anderson
Marcella Arcuri - Foreign Exchange Student from Brazil/ Pres. Steve Govreau
 
Birthdays:
Ellen Roberts  8/27
Bob Salzer  8/26
Jeannie Wheeldon  8/21
 
Anniversaries:
Peter Marshall  (Wedding Bliss)
 
Announcements:
****BIG Tri Club Rotary Picnic
4:00-7:00 @ Rec. Center
Fun for the entire family
Don't miss out on the comradery
 
*Sept. 14-17 LaVilla Club will be here.
 
Ticket Drawing:
The woman of this club are simply amazing!!!! Kathy Firestone SAFELY landed a plane in Jackson Hole, Wy. when the retractable gears in her personal plane didn't come down as planned .  She stayed cool and calm in a tough situation.  The type of person we want on our team.!!!
 
Program:
Health Care "With a Hollywood Twist"
 
Looking at the rising cost of health care and what we can do about it...
 
*Quality - The Good
The human genome project
     Identify all the approximate 30,000 genes in human DNA
*Cost -The Bad
Are we spending enough...?
     We are not spending it wisely but what do we do...?
*Efficiency -The Ugly
     *1st Cost Driver:
Medical procedures that Doctors believe are not necessary
     *2nd Cost Driver:
Advance in:
     Age
     Technology
     Pharmaceuticals
*Drug companies spend more $$$$ than, Budweiser, Pepsi, and McDonald's combined on advertising.
     *3rd Cost Driver:
Medicaid Cost Management and Cost Shifting
*Solutions: - Get Focused...
There are Community Based Systems which prove to be cost effective.
 
The rising price in health care effects each and every one of us.  Directly or indirectly.  This program just touched on the surface of a very touchy subject.  If you would like more information, please contact Steven Erkenbrack  directly.
 
*****Preventative Health Care!!!!!  Keep active, eat right and hopefully you were blessed with some GOOD genes along the way...
 
See everyone at the PICNIC.
 
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