Alliance of Delray members are aware that President Bob Schulbaum has contacted U. S. Congressman Wexler and Palm Beach County State legislators to register the Alliance’s dismay at once again discovering wide disparities between HMO patient benefits paid to subscribers in Miami-Dade as compared to Palm Beach County residents. The difference is $233 more a month per member for 2008, and scheduled to go up to $344 more per month, per member in 2009.

Schulbaum has persuaded the elected officials on behalf of Alliance members, to send letters requesting Gov. Crist to reduce the rate of disparity to bring Palm Beach County closer to Miami-Dade.

“This is the second time in the past three years,” said Schulbaum “we have had to fight this inequity, seeking the help of our elected officials. It was changed then by the incumbent Governor and it should be changed now.”

This topic was the subject of a wide ranging, in-depth April 18 article by Ms. Susan Jaffe, reporter for Florida Health News, which you can read in its entirety by clicking on their site on the web at http://www.floridahealthnews.org/index.cfm/go/public.articleView/article/6906

Local Road Construction Update
S.R. 806/ Atlantic Ave. from a point east of S.R.7/ U.S. 441 to a point west of Lyons Rd.
Construction began on January 7, 2008 on 0.5 miles of S.R. 806/ Atlantic Ave. from a point east of S.R.7/ U.S. 441. This $756,745.68 construction project including milling and repaving of the existing roadway, drainage improvements, guardrail relocation and new signing and pavement markings. The project is being built by Ranger Construction Industries, Inc. and is expected to be complete May 2008.

Good News: There will be minimal delays. This project is nearing final completion as the contractor completes punch list items.

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