November 2022

Some health insurance seems too good to be true

It took nearly a year for Kelly Macauley to realize the health plan she bought while shopping for insurance coverage last October was not, in fact, insurance. Sure, red flags popped up along the way, but when she called to complain, she said, she was met with explanations that sounded reasonable enough and kept her paying her $700 monthly premiums. She said she was told that her medical bills weren’t being paid because the hospital was submitting them incorrectly. That Jericho Share, the nonprofit that sent her a membership card reading “THIS IS NOT INSURANCE,” was just her policy’s underwriter, not the actual insurer. That she hadn’t received a policy welcome packet because the company was saving paper and passing those savings on to customers.

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Spiced Cider

1 quart cider 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon whole cloves 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2- three inch cinnamon sticks orange or mandarin orange slices Pour cider in a kettle. Place spices in a cheese cloth, tie shut with a twisty tie.

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Portraits featured at Bethel gallery

The exhibition currently in Bethel College’s Regier Art Gallery reflects a winding road through different parts of the world and different expressions of one person’s art. Julia Olson’s exhibit “Hidden Conversations through Portraiture” will be in the gallery through Nov. 18, with the artist reception on Nov. 17 at the gallery in Luyken Fine Arts Center.

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