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Tuesday, November 15, 2011 – Daily News Obama to backers: Everything on the line in 2012 election KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) — Politicking in his boyhood home, President Barack Obama told supporters Monday that every- thing they worked for and that the country stands for is on the line in his 2012 re-election bid, warning of a bleak America should a Republican win. At ease in Hawaii, where he was born and vacations each year, Obama sprinkled his standard campaign speech with personal memories and called himself the ''hometown kid.'' But his mes- sage turned urgent in trying to get his backers to think of the next election as a choice between a vision of a big country of oppor- tunity or one where regular peo- ple lose their voice. ''You kept up the fight for change long after the election was over, and that should make you proud,'' Obama said inside a lush resort on the western side of Oahu. ''It should make you hope- ful. But it can't make you satis- fied.'' He added: ''Everything we fought for in the last election is now at stake in the next election. The very core of what this coun- try stands for is on the line.'' Obama made time for domes- tic politics and the constant demand for cash amid a nine-trip otherwise dominated by foreign affairs. He was enjoying a lighter schedule on Monday after hosting an Asia-Pacific economic summit of 21 nations over the weekend, and before heading to Australia Tuesday morning. Obama was also was to visit Indonesia before a Nov. 20 return to Washington. As he raised money for his re- election bid, the president sought to defend his record of change as more than a campaign slogan. Obama reminded his audience that he has presided over the return of the American auto industry, financial help for college students, higher fuel efficiency for cars and more. When it came to noting his signature health care law, Obama spoke of expanded and improved coverage for Americans but made no mention of Monday's move by the Supreme Court. The high court promised a full review over the constitutionality of the historic health care overhaul, likely in time for a ruling just before the presidential election next Novem- ber. The president spoke inside the waterfront Disney-themed Aulani Resort to a relaxed crowd of about 250 people at the fundrais- ing brunch, where tickets started at $1,000 per person. Obama said Republicans want to engage in a ''race to the bot- tom'' with other countries, rolling back wage protections and envi- ronmental standards. ''Their atti- tude is, 'Let's go ahead and pol- lute,'' Obama said. As for his promised change, he said he still needs time: ''It takes more than a single term. It takes more than a single president.'' The president promised that his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Sasha and Malia, would be back in Hawaii for the winter holidays as usual. ''Let's see if Washington gets its business done so I can get here as well,'' he said. Following the fundraiser, the president headed for a round of golf at a course on a nearby mili- tary base. Among his golfing partners was childhood friend Bobby Titcomb, who was arrest- ed and pleaded no contest earlier this year to soliciting a prostitute. A court agreement allowed the charge to be stricken from Tit- comb's record last month because he stayed out of trouble for six months. Titcomb attended Punahou School in Honolulu with Obama in the 1970s. The two have often played golf and basketball and headed to the beach together when the president has been back in the islands on vacation. Study finds many patients shun free heart drugs ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Give people free prescrip- tion drugs and many of them still won't bother to take their medicine. Doctors were stunned to see that happen in a major study involving heart attack survivors. The patients were offered well-established drugs to prevent a recur- rence of heart trouble, including cholesterol-lower- ing statins and medicines that slow the heart and help it pump more effectively. ''My God, we gave these people the medicines for free and only half took it,'' said one of the study's authors, Dr. Elliott Antman of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hos- pital in Boston. In fact, the researchers couldn't even give the stuff away: They had trouble just signing up patients to take part in the study. Nevertheless, Aetna, the insurance company that footed the bill, thinks this approach will save money in the long run and plans to start offering certain heart drugs free to some patients. In the study, patients offered medicines at no cost suf- fered fewer heart problems and saved $500 on average over roughly a year. It is no secret many Americans don't follow their doctors' instructions. In one survey, one-third said they didn't fill a prescription or used less medicine than they should because of cost. The researchers in this study wanted to see what would happen if they took cost out of the equation. The results were disheart- ''Adherence in America is miserable." — Dr. Eric Peterson of Duke University ening. ''Adherence in America is miserable,'' lamented Dr. Eric Peterson of Duke Uni- versity, who had no role in the study. He noted that only 10 percent of the patients were taking all the medi- cines they should one year after a heart attack. The study was led by Dr. Niteesh Choudhry of Brigham and Women's, who presented the findings Mon- day at an American Heart Association conference in Florida. They also were pub- lished online by The New England Journal of Medi- cine. The study did not exam- ine why people didn't take their medications. But doc- tors know that some forget. Most of these drugs mean three pills a day or more, for the rest of a patient's life. Also, some of these medi- cines carry side effects such as fatigue, lightheadedness, muscle pains, cough, even sexual difficulties for men. Still, heart attack sur- vivors like Joan Ferraro, 53, of Freehold, N.J., said they can't imagine not taking prescribed medicines, though she sometimes for- gets her pills over a week- end. ''Why would you want to go through something like that again? It was the most horrific experience of my life. I would never want another one,'' she said. The study enrolled 5,855 Aetna members who had a drug plan as part of their benefits and were going home from the hospital after a heart attack. They were 53 years old on average, and three-fourths were men. The researchers had hoped to recruit 7,500 patients but scaled back when so few signed on. Preventive medicines were offered free to 2,845 patients and prescribed with the usual copayments for the rest. Copays for these drugs run around $50 a month. Roughly a year later, the share of patients who filled their prescriptions ranged from 36 percent to 49 per- cent in the copay group, depending on the drug, and was only 4 to 6 percentage points higher in the group that had no copays. Providing these medi- cines for free had a ''dis- tressingly modest'' effect on patients' willingness to take them, Dr. Lee Goldman of Columbia University and Dr. Arnold Epstein of the Har- vard School of Public Health wrote in an editorial in the medical journal. The Commonwealth Fund, a foundation devoted to improving the health care system, helped pay for the study, and some of authors consult for insurance com- panies. In the study, the total number of heart attacks, strokes, cases of chest pain or heart failure and other such problems was signifi- cantly lower in the group offered free medicine. That meant that an addi- tional 2 of every 100 people were spared such problems because they were offered free medicines. Doctors sus- pect the difference between the groups would have been greater if more people had actually filled their prescrip- tions. Costs dropped 26 percent for patients in the free drug group compared with the others, partly because of fewer doctor visits, lab tests and hospitalizations. The costs for the insurer averaged $69,997 over a year for those with the usual coverage and $64,726 for those offered free medi- cines. That was not consid- ered a significant difference statistically, but insurers looking at the bottom line would still view it as worth- while. Dr. Lonny Reisman, an author of the study and chief medical officer for Aetna, said the company plans to offer some of these drugs free or with a reduced copay to some heart attack sur- vivors and is considering doing do so for other chron- ic conditions such as dia- betes and chronic lung dis- ease. The study may persuade other insurers to do the same, Goldman and Epstein said. Occupy LAto bring social workers to aid homeless LOS ANGELES (AP) — Occupy Los Angeles is tak- ing a new tack in trying to grapple with the nettlesome issue of the homeless people who have moved into the tent village — social work- ers. Volunteer social workers are scheduled to visit the camp surrounding City Hall on Saturday in a bid to help some of the more troubled residents, possibly moving them to facilities better equipped to deal with their problems, said organizer Darren Danks. ''We love their support, but there's a percentage who need social services,'' he said Monday. The Occupy movement, formed as a protest of gov- ernment economic policies perceived to favor the rich, operates with an all-are-wel- come policy, and organizers will even try to find a tent for those who lack one. But they admit the homeless have been an unanticipated challenge that has diverted the focus from political activities to keeping internal order. ''It's created disorder in the encampment,'' said orga- nizer Clark Davis. ''It's sort of weakened our stance.'' An influx of mentally ill and drug addicted homeless moved into the 485-tent camp soon after it sprang up six weeks ago, drawn by its free meals, toilets and show- ers, and a largely tranquil community free of police harassment and the strict rules of shelters that many homeless people dislike. The camp's location at City Hall is only blocks away from Skid Row, where some 800 people bed down on sidewalks nightly and 1,000 others sleep in shel- ters. Although the homeless have helped bolster the Occupy movement's ranks and are part of the ''99 per- cent'' of the population that it says it represents, some of the more mentally ill have posed problems with clean- liness, disruptiveness and security. Some political activists have been scared off by them and left the camp, or go home at night instead of staying, Davis said. Organizers asked several disruptive people to leave of their own accord, but they did not. Camps from New York to Portland, Ore., have report- ed similar challenges with homeless campers. The issue may affect Occupy Los Angeles' food policy. A rift in the camp has now surfaced among activists who feel food should be reserved for those who contribute to the camp, such as sweeping pathways or serving on a committee, and those who feel it should be available to all, Danks said, noting that some home- less do contribute, while others simply hang out. Contributors would receive a wristband or some other insignia to signify their eligibility for meals. An official posting on the camp's website Sunday indi- cates organizers are leaning toward the hardline stance. ''It should be remem- bered Occupy Los Angeles has no mandate to serve the homeless,'' the posting stat- ed. ''Food distribution was never intended to become a part of the Occupation Movement, nor is it feasible to add our names to the long list of organizations and agencies that are funded, staffed and structured to serve that purpose.'' The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LB Silver Creations 530-527-1412, 20526 Vintage Drive, Red Bluff, CA 96080 File No. 2011000308 STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 5B Legal Notices Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE Lonnie W. Behrens 20526 Vintage Drive Red Bluff, CA 96080 Terry M. 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''There's some people who just want to stay here because in Skid Row you have to pick up your tent every day and here you can just leave it,'' he said. The issue puts the Occupy movement in the crosshairs of dealing with difficult populations. The challenges they face are part of the evolution of a protest movement, which must constantly change as issues arise, said T.V. Reed, American studies professor at Washington State Univer- sity who has written about protest movements. The fact that the camps have to deal with homeless people under- scores why the movement was formed. ''Gross economic inequality,'' Reed said. ''That's really what they're talking about.'' _________________________ _________________________ _ Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been dis- charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intend- ed to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. 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