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Reginald Hubbard ...Following footsteps of Johnson and Leatherman AAKF Announces Toll-Free Number j r\, ^ To Answer Questions About Medicare ; Washington. DC - The American Association of Retired Persons .'(AARP) has announced it will operate a toll-free number North Carolina residents can call with • questions about recent changes in Medicare. The Info-Line, 11-600-527-5228, will start taking calls •on November S. According to AARP board man lier and Clinton, NC, resident, Dr. Monroe Gilmore, the association is offering the free Info Line in ■ response to the growing number of ^questions it has received since Medicare adopted a new system for (reimbursing hospitals for treatment. Workshop The Exceptional Children’s •Advocacy Council will sponsor a free workshop for training parents ‘of exceptional children on Saturday, November 1, at St. Mark’s Center, located at 601 N. Graham St., beginning at 9 a.m. The workshop will provide answers to the ques tions that parents may have about •educating their special child. -. - This new system, called Prospec tive Payment, is designed to help control health costs. In the process, it has stimulated some changes in patient care, including shorter hospital stays and more surgery performed outside the hospital. “We’re concerned that these changes are confusing - and sometimes event costly - for older patients who don't know how the system works,” Gilmore said. “We’re happy to be able to offer this service to the state's 688,000 Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and friends.” Gilmore said the Prospective Info Line has the support of the N.C. State Medical Society and the state’s Peer Review Organization (PRO), a group of physicians that oversees the health care of North Carolina’s Medicare patients. “It’s important that older people know their rights as Medicare patients,’’ Gilmore said. Becoming an informed patient is the most important thing people can do to ensure they receive quality care.” Info Line staffers can answer questions about changes in hospital care and tell callers how to exer cise their rights. Staffers will follow up each call with a letter listing the caller’s questions and providing AARP’s answers in writing. Gilmore said the Info Line cannot handle individual complaints on behalf of callers, refer callers to doctors or provide medical or legal advice. AARP plans to offer this toll free number exclusively in North Carolina and Ohio through February 1987. Based on interest in these two states, AARP will determine whe ther to offer the service nationwide. The Info-Line will be open week days from 10 a m. - S p.m. The Info Line is part of AAPR’s national Health Care Campaign, an ongoing effort to reduce health costs and maintain quality care for all Americans. AARP, with more than 22 million members nationwide, is the country’s largest association of people 50 years and older. 8 * 5! a •r.;*T 7* • ‘ % Ti'gMF.;- *, »iT • • ; -v , ; • Working to bring jobs info the District. • Fighting to protect Social Security and Senior Americans. ■ Promoting a strong, viable and drug-free education system. “I’m one who believes very deeply that the American dream is still alive, and with your vote on November 4th, we can keep it that way ” 4 r 0M-, Congressman Alex McMillan Pm) lor »y «•» MeMMwi Goimviim —-— Hubbard Opens Auto Dealership By Russell Clark Post Starr Writer "Click, ruh, ruh,” is this a familiar sound? Weil, if your battery is weak and your car is suffering from other ailments, you should be steering your wheels towards MetroUna Dodge at 8S2S South Boulevard (across from Lance Packing). Charlotte’s fourth black auto . dealership is owned by Reginald T. Hubbard,, and opened October 20. Hubbard, a former Sears k Roebuck executive, is determined to make things happen in the black com munity. "I’m going to support the black community regardless if it supports my business or not," asserted Hubbard, reclining in his spacious office. "As a thriving deal ership, I can support the black community by advertising in black newspapers, radio stations, and other ways,” mentioned Hubbard, who strongly believes in his service department. Our goal is to offer the com munity good prices, excellent service and satisfaction. Dodge has been flanked as one of the fastest growing makes of automobiles and it also has the third highest volume nameplate in the nation,” he enlightened. A native of Clearwater, Florida, the consciencious car dealer has his sights on a bright future in Charlotte. “I’m rer» excited about the business,” he related. There are already two other successful black dealerships. But this city doesn’t have a high percentage level of blacks which let’s me know that the whites here respect good businesses." - The Queen City’s other Mack owned auto dealerships are Sam Johnson Lincoln Mercury, Inc., and Metro Lincoln Mercury Inc. (both owned by Sam Johnson), and Omar Leatherman, who owns South Boulevard Chrsyler-Plymouth Inc., located a few blocks down the street ___,_i_i_•- Lu) from Metrolina Dodge. “I think it makee no difference that we are located down the street from another black dealership,” responded Hubbard. “White dealers operate down the street from each other, so why can’t we? I’m a car dealer who is here to stay. My mother always said, ‘No guts, no glory.”’ The oldest of three, Hubbard began working for Sears after earning a business management degree from the University of South Florida in Tampa. "The enticement to leave Sears was because owning your own business is financially rewarding and it’s also a lot of fun,” . he pointed out. "Hie car business is very good when it’s good, but it can also be very bad for business. Some dealers have a poor reputation for their service and I think they suffer the most during slow periods.” it '• i'h The self-motivated businessman is married to Iris Small Hubbard and has four boys. The Hubbards are former mem bers of the New Zion Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. "We have visited a few churches in tows but we are still searching for a church home." Since moving to Charlotte on • September 1, Hubbard has been impressed with the city’s appear-, ' ance "Charlotte is a very clean city and I view it as the up and coming Atlanta.” , SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS , V" . V.^ •. •1 VfJ -JL" .r ;♦r . v' ' V i I Hie Student Body Of JCSUMH! v i Josh’s Jiffy Mart 909 E. 18th Street • Cold Beer & Wine I* yresh Froduce Daily , • Health & Beauty Aids Open Daily 8am-10 pm Stop In To Say Hello To _ _ l LIFE OF GEORGIA INS. 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