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VOL. 14, NO. 30
Mirror
F E D E R A L WAY
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Health care for the uninsured
Boy, 8, dies in bicycle accident
All-volunteer clinic welcomes immigrants editor@federalwaymirror.com
By ANDY HOBBS
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to the state insurance commissioner’s office. These costs are recouped through The local immigrant higher premiums. population illustrates the When implemented in demand for affordable and 2014, the controversial accessible health care. Affordable Care Act is Cornerstone Medical expected to reduce the Services hosts a free clinic number of uninsured in Federal Way for Washingtonians to 6 low-income resipercent, the comHEALTH dents who cannot missioner reports. afford insurance. Last year, CorThe clinic is open nerstone Medical to all ethnicities, but Services saw about 90 percent of clients 1,300 patients. Dr. come from the Korean Byeon expects the Affordcommunity. An estimated able Care Act — colloqui39 percent of Korean ally known as Obamacare immigrants lack health — to shift the demographinsurance, said Cornerstone ics of his clientele once founder Dr. Jai Byeon. health insurance becomes At the end of 2011, the mandatory. total number of Washing“The patient population ton residents without health may be changed. We will coverage was expected see more homeless people to reach 1 million — or and new immigrants,” he 14.5 percent of the state’s said, noting the need for immigrant-rich population. coverage in the Hispanic Legal immigrants account and Russian communities. for an estimated one-third “There are so many needy of the uninsured. people.” In Washington, hospitals As demand for service and health care providers grows, Cornerstone will lose $1 billion a year as a establish more strict rules result of caring for people for eligibility. without coverage, according [ more HEALTH, p. 26 ] By ANDY HOBBS
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Candles and fireworks surrounded the spot where an 8-year-old boy on a bicycle was struck by a vehicle. About 7:45 p.m. Sunday, July 22, police responded to a call in the 2400 block of SW 333rd Street Wayde in the Westway neighborhood. Wayde RodriguesFale, 8, was riding a bicycle north on 24th Avenue South before colliding with a vehicle traveling east on SW 333rd Street, according to police. The child, who was not wearing a helmet, was later pronounced dead at Harborview Medical Center. Family and neighbors made a memorial at the accident scene and gathered several times to remember Wayde. Sparklers, fireworks and candles bordered a small [ more WAYDE, p. 2 ]
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NEWS
Motorcycle cop wakes up drinking pals on BPA Trail Dozens of walkers and joggers passed a pair of 18-year-old men who were “sleeping” Wednesday morning on the BPA Trail in Federal Way. The men were snoring while laying on the public trail between Celebration Park and 1st Avenue South. One man’s face reddened due to direct exposure from the sun. A few passersby were concerned for the health and safety of the two men, who were out cold. A Federal Way police officer on a motorcycle responded to the call for help at about 10:15 a.m. The officer woke up the groggy guys, who said they had been drinking. The officer handcuffed the men on suspicion of being minors in possession of alcohol. On a shady bench just off the trail: a full bottle of Dr Pepper and a nearly empty bottle of Rich and Rare blended Canadian whiskey. As the men sat on the trail with their hands cuffed behind their backs, they complimented Officer Hodge’s Honda ST1300 motorcycle. ANDY HOBBS, The Mirror
Scammers attack computers through Hotmail accounts By GREG ALLMAIN gallmain@federalwaymirror.com
A new scam has appeared recently, in which the scammers call people out of the blue and claim to work for Microsoft. As part of the ruse, the scammers tell their potential marks that their computers are infested with
viruses, and that the only way to rid the viruses is through buying an exorbitantly priced ($600) antivirus program. Geeks@Site, a local computer and technical support company run by Chris and Alice Stevenson, has had a number of people come into their office recently as a result of this scam.
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Alice Stevenson explained one of the worst cases they’ve encountered so far. Scammers actually infected one man’s computer with a virus. “He didn’t have a credit card to pay them off with, and so, trying to fix it was a real pain-in-the-butt, because they attacked his Hotmail, which was attached to his insurance business,” Alice said. “He can’t do
any business with his insurance, because they hijacked his computer.” Chris Stevenson said one of the ways the scammers look to infect the computer is by gaining access to people’s Hotmail accounts. “Basically, what will happen is that a virus will come in and won’t allow you to login to your Hotmail [ more HOTMAIL, page 21 ]
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