LATE-NIGHT EATS
FALL FLOWERS
Where to find your ‘last meal’ in Lawrence Going Out 5A
Colors liven up autumn landscape IN TODAY’S CHECKOUT
L A W R E NC E
JOURNAL-WORLD ÂŽ
75 CENTS
4(523$!9 s 3%04%-"%2 s
Beloved tipoff time getting closer
LJWorld.com
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
Kansas health premiums to fall below U.S. average
By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo
KANSAS UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL COACH BILL SELF, his team and assistant coaches gather for the official team photo Wednesday during Media Day at Allen Fieldhouse. See the story in Sports, Page 1B.
TOPEKA — Most Kansans will pay less than the national average for health insurance coverage offered under the Affordable Care Act’s new online marketplaces set to open next week, according to a government report released Wednesday. The Obama administration released the new data and sought to ramp up efforts to educate the public about the ACA as critics in Congress continued to ham- Health and mer the law and try to de- Human Services Secretary Kathfund it. Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, a leen Sebelius leading critic of the federal said, “We are health care overhaul, said excited to see that the marketplace won’t that rates in be able to provide afford- the Kansas able coverage without far Marketplace are even lower more competition. Kansas is one of 36 states than originally where the federal govern- projected.� ment is setting up or supporting the online marketplace, known as an exchange, which aims to help uninsured residents find health care at reasonable prices. Please see PREMIUMS, page 2A
Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo
KU PLAYERS NIKO ROBERTS, left, and Justin Wesley share a laugh during the team photo
ALEXANDRA KRZEMIEN, video producer with Rock Chalk Video, ducks a loose basketball as she interviews KU player Jamari Traylor during Media Day.
New home for basketball rules delayed By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
James Naismith’s original rules of basketball won’t have a home on the Kansas University campus quite as soon as once thought. Kansas Athletics spokesman Jim Marchiony confirmed that a decision has been made to delay until spring the construction of the approximately $18 million center that will be connected to Allen Fieldhouse and house the rules. But Marchiony said the project
is still very much on track to becoming a reality. “We believe it will be another destination place for this campus,� Marchiony said. “We think not just basketball fans but fans of history will want to visit this facility.� The facility, to be named the De-
had been pushed back to 2014. University officials now are setting a general timeline of spring for construction to begin on the center, which will be located near the northeast corner of Allen Fieldhouse. Marchiony said his understanding was that officials were still finalizing several design details, including a lighting plan that would adequately protect the basketball rules, an 1891 document that was bought
Business Classified Comics Events listings
Low: 62
Today’s forecast, page 12A
2A 6B-10B 12B 12A, 2B
Going Out Horoscope Movies Opinion
5A-6A Puzzles 11B Sports 4A Television 11A
By Giles Bruce gbruce@ljworld.com
Lawrence Memorial Hospital in recent months has been actively recruiting two medical specialties that local doctors have been asking for. Besides primary care, rheumatology and endocrinology are specialties that the hospital says its coverage area needs most. The local patient population of about 100,000 requires two endocrinologists and 1.5 full-time rheumatologists, of which there are currently none in the area under age 60, said Sherri Vaughn, a family practice doctor who recruits physicians for LMH. Please see HOSPITAL, page 2A
Please see RULES, page 2A
INSIDE
Warm, breezy
High: 86
Naismith
Bruce Center, was announced in August 2012, and estimates called for construction to begin sometime in 2013. But as the JournalWorld reported last month, Dale Seuferling, president of the Kansas University Endowment Association, said construction
LMH trying to recruit specialists
11B 1B-5B 12A, 2B, 11B
New Ben Franklin
Vol.155/No.269 24 pages
A glitzier, high-tech version of America’s $100 bill is rolling off the presses and headed for wallets soon. Page 9A
Join us at Facebook.com/LJWorld and Twitter.com/LJWorld
/' ( ( ,' ( '( , , , ( 1 ' ' , ( , 1 ' , , ( ' , ' , , $ ( ' ( ' 1 3 3 3 /'' , , , ' ' ' 3 ( 1 ' , , ' 2 (, ' , $ ,/ / ' , ' , ! " ( ( '' 1 '&( ' ,1 ', (() $ # *$ # ' $. # $ 1 ' '( 3 ( %/ 3 ' , , , ' ' , 1 , 3 ( / ' 1 ' $ , , , ' , , ' 3 /' ' / ' ' , ! ' , ' , 3 / 1 / %/ 3 ' ( 1 ' '" $ # .$ # ' $. # 1 3 , (/ ( %/ , 1 /' ( ( ,' ( '($ ( 0 ( , %/ 3 ' , ' , ' / , $ ' ( ' - .4 -$
' 3 (/' 3
% * * 11 $ ,+% *$ Â? % * * % 1 . *$ ' $ ,$ ( ' % $+ $ 1 1 / " # Â? % !% & Â? - . %* Â? && Â? %* Â? * Â? 0 **