TUESDAY
Cosbys Scholarship
Bill and Camille Cosby establish the Cosbys
Scholarship Program In The District Of
Columbia.
P«g«S
Raiders in Japan
Gene Upshaw, Executive Director of the
NFL Players Association Makes Historic
Tnp To Japan.
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Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable,
born in the Dominican
Republic in the late 1700s,
settled in what became
present-day Chicago and
prospered in farming,
comerce and the fur trade. In
1987, the U.S. Post Office
honored him with a
commemorative stamp.
RALEIGH, N.C.,
VOL.60.NO 73
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6,1991
N.C.'s Semi-Weekly
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Medigap Policies - What To Buy
BY CURTIS VENABLE
8»ectal T» The CAROLINIAN
Twenty million Americans ov<
age 65 have a private Medigap polic;
Deciding to buy may be easy. Tb
problem cornea when you compai
the dozens of policies availabli
Equally difficult is knowing whic
gaps in your existing coverage
Medigap policy fills in a reasonabi
cost-efficient way.
An American Association c
Retired Persons’ survey in 1969 foun
the average cost of Medigap ii
surance was $706 per year. Knowin
how much mooey to spend on whic
options requires some knowledge <
the law and some smart thinking as;
r j.,“l
Medicare coverage has two parts,
Part A for certain hospital coverage
r and the low-cost Part B for outpatient
.. services. These may have gape,
e however. To cover the gaps in their
e coverage, some older adults use
!. Medicaid, employer paid health in
!i surance policies, and health
a maintenance organizations. But
y millons of othrs t4urn to the private
maze called the Medigap industry,
f In 1990, aware of the confusion and
i complaints about this industry, Con
- gress mandated various changes for
; Medigap policies, which are phasing
) in through November 1991. All
f Medigap policies are now required by
t law to cover:
(1) all or none of the Medicare Part
A in-patient hospital deductibl
amounts;
(2) all the Medicare Part A no
covered by Medicare from day 611
90 and day 91 to 150 in any benefi
period;
(3) upon exhaustion of all Medicar
hospital in-patient coverage, a polic;
must cover an additional 365 life-tim
days at a 90 percent minimum for al
eligible expenses;
(4) 20 percent of Medicare - approv
ed charges under Part B after i
calendar year deductible of $100 fo
such expenses; The deductible can
not exceed Medicare’s limit of $100
and
(5) reasonable cost of first thre<
pints of blood under either Part A oi
i PartB.
Within these general guidelines,
t you must then decide on the coverage
> you need. A typical Medigap plan,
t beyond the minimum requirements
explained above may include these
i separate options;
r Payment of Medicare Part B
s deductible of $100
1 Coverage of physician charges
beyond what Medicare determines to
■ be customary and reasonable;
i Coverage for prescription drugs;
Coverage for non-certified skilled
■ care facilities; and
Coverage for private duty nursing.
From such possible options, you
(See MEDIGAP, P.2)
Dr. Ramadan Makes
School Board Bid
For District 3
Editor’s Note: The following is a
continuation of a series of interviews
with elected officials and political
candidates addressing accountability
and pertinent issues concerning the
African-American community. Dr.
Khalif Ramadan has elected to run in
District 3 as a Wake School Baord
candidate.
BY MARVA CRAIG
Contributing Writer
CAROLINIAN—In 1987 you ran for
the District 4 Wake County School
Board seat. How would you describe
that experience?
RAMADAN—The experience was
very rewarding. However, in 1987
some people approached me at the
end of the filing deadline and asked
me to run. Consequently I was spen
ding a lot of time on research and
preparation. Those on my campaign
team had their own issues and con
cerns and much of the campaign in
1987 was formulating my platform.
Thanks to God, I am much more
prepared for the 1991 election. I have
been active in educational issues
since 1987, and this time I chose to run
for the Districct 3 seat, and am sur
(See KHALIF RAMADAN, P.2)
First Black Man
To Earn Nursing
Ph.D. Speaks Out
ox uaviu niLu/unsun
HwM T» TV CAROLINIAN
CHAPEL HILL—When the
weman suffered her third
miscarriage, nurses and other
hospital staff members directed
all their attention and sym
pathies toward her.
When the woman’s doctor ask
ed her hnshnad in passing if there
was anything he could do for Mm,
the husband Just said, “No...
thank yon."
But the husband, who was
equally upset, wanted to say,
I “Yes, can you Just put your arm
around me for a few momenta?”
Dr. Randolph F.R. Rasch, an
assistant professor of nursing at
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, repeated the story
in an interview. He says the
man’s response is typical.
“Like most men, instead of
saying what he really felt, the
husband Just kept silent,” Rasch
said. “That was what people ex
pected him to do ever since he
was a little boy who fell down and
skinned his knee.”
Rasch—the first black man to
earn a Ph.D. in nursing in this
country—wants to change men’s
attitudes about how they should
behave when they feel physical or
Or, if that’s not possible, he
hopes at least to sensitise health
care providers to the pervasive
masculine conditioning that
prevents men from expressing
their haelth cencerns. He
believes improved commuaica
, tion would increase the effec
tlveness of the care that men
impressive Economical Impact
Convention Center Meets Challenge
The Raleigh Convention and
Visitor*’ Bureau continue* to make
an impreaaive impact on the economy
in the area and anticipates a con
siderable growth in the next few
years.
MB A mIIU,
bureau in 1991-92 including an enlarg
ed focus and the potential for more
compkitive facilities. Hie coming
transition period will be extremely
important as we restructure the
organization, adjust our mission and
move froward to effectively market
the entire greater area.”
Convention President David L.
Heinl added that the sales depart
ment initiated its ijrst tammanzation
tour program, trained new staff and
had a productive and successful year
including new programs targeting
(See CONVENTION, P. 2)
in convention business by the bureau
in the fiscal year ending June 30, as
reported at the bureau’s fourth an
nual meeting recently.
S. Leigh Wilson, chairman of the
bureau, said, “Raleigh’s emergence
as a convention and visitor destina
tion continued with major new con
struction downtown and the addition
A three new professional sports
earns, along with potential (dins for
weded public facilities in the future.
“Raleigh’s skyline dramatically
hanged during the past year with the
ompletion of two 20-story office
uildings and the 11-story Wake
bounty Public Center. The City
larket area continued to grow, the
tate Farmers Market opened and
m now North Carolina Museum of
iistory neared completion,’’ he said.
In anticipating future growth,
Vilson said, “this was a year of
bangs, with the promise of even
lore dramatic changes for the
f
DR. RANDOLPH RASCH
receive.
Toward his goal, Rasch has
begun a study of how men ex
perience illness and health in the
United States. UNC is supporting
the research with a Junior Facul
ty Development Award.
“When I worked in the prison
system in Tennessee as a nurse
practitioner, most of the people I
saw were men, and I became in
terested in their problems," he
said. “At first I behaved in the
stereotypical way. Just taking
histories and doing physicals and
so forth. But the more I asked
them how they were doing and
the more they sensed that I really
wanted to know, the more they
(See NURSE, P. 2)
School For Homeless
Meeting
Needs Of
Children
A unique, one-room school house
will openits doors this Jail to meet the .
needs of Wake County’s homeless
children. The school is one of six of its
kind in the nation. A Growing Place,
located at the Salvation Army Com
munity Center on Wake Forest Road,
will be under the administrative
arms of parent school Millbrook
Elementary. An open house will be
held at the center on Tuesday, Aug.
20, from 4-6 p.m.
“A Growing Place is designed to
provide a stable educational environ
ment without interruption for
children who experience
homelessness or may be shifted from
one type of transitional housing to
another,” said Dr. Ron Anderson,
director of guidance and social work
with the Wake County Public School
System. “These students experience
a wide variety of problems ranging
from school attendance to academic
difficulties related to their disruption.
The intent is to keep students from
falling behind academically when
they experience transition.”
A teacher, teacher assistant, a,
part-time sociaj workqt, and many
community volunteers will help the 12
to 15 elementary students who will be
enrolled a the school at any given
time. Students will benefit from
cross-age teaching and individualized
(See HOMELESS, P.2)
JOINT RESEARCH-Shaw University and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency have launched a Joint
research apprenticeship program for minority high .school
students. Students selected from Wake schools this year,
pictured in their lab are: Devin N. Cofield, Tiffany R. Greene,
Crystal L. Faison, Cameron R. Morris, Asha K. Pai,
hiwanda R. PetKway, Tara E. Robinson, Kristan M.
horter, Stanley B. Richards and Caprtda N. Townes (Auni
I. Kiiatri, not pictured).
bhaw University, EPA Launching
Joint Research Apprenticeships
vironmental Protection Agency have
launched a joint research appren
ticeship program for minority high
school students during this summer.
The specially selected students, all
promising young scientists from
Wake’s Gifted and Talented science
chosen by Wake County school per
sonnel. The program consists of
science and mathematics “appren
ticeship” with emphasis on en
vironmental problems. Ninth-grade
students selected receive four years
of training with Shaw faculty and
EPA scientists which continues
throughout the academic year. Their
last two summers will be spent at an
EPA facility in the United States.
Each year, a new class of ninth
Ms. Elizabeth J. Hudson, EPA’s
senior official for research and
development in the Research
Triangle Park, said of the program,
“Minority students are under
represented in science and related
fields. To correct this situation, we
need to start early—at the hiph school
level—by exposing these students to
exciting research programs, hoping
(See APPRENTICESHIP, P. 2)
Inside Africa
Fros Ana cons
Bush Lifting
The Sanctions
BY DANIEL MAROLEN
An Analysis
President George Bush’s lifting of
sanctions against South Africa has
both pros and cons. To the Africans
inside and outside the country, as
well as all anti-apartheidists around
the world, it was a thunderbolt from
the blue. But, to the ruling racist
Afrikaners who dominate and
monopolize the country’s political
life, the lifting of sanctions was man
na from above. Thus, the act was a
disillusionment to the opponents of
apartheid, and a boon to the racist
regime who now feel jubilant and
triumphant. All over the land,
Afrikaners lit up bonfires in celebra
tion of President Bush’s lifting of the
economic sanctions. President
Bush’s action was a turning point to
uie ruling mimanei clique, aiiu a
crushing blow to all opponents of
apartheid who saw Nelson Mandela’s
release from prison in February 1990
as the beginning of the end of apar
theid and the advent of the
democratization of South Africa,
where the African population enjoy
no citizenship rights and participa
tion in government, and yearn for the
early demise of apartheid.
But, why hurry to lift sanctions,
and not to end apartheid? Instead of
simply nibbling at apartheid, why not
abolish it in toto? Why not hurry to
enfranchise the African population,
and abolish the mad balkanization of
the country into concentration camps
called Bantustans? Or why not
distribute the land equitably and end
all forms of racial differentiation?
However one looks at the act of lif
ting the sanctions, one cannot escape
the fact that the act has turned the
global struggle against the wicked
(See INSIDE AFRICA, P. 2)