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Lawmaker to push bill making Daylight Saving Time permanent Dem cites studies showing change is unhealthy
way, people in Illinois would move their clocks ahead one hour this coming spring, then never have to change them again. Manar (D-Bunker Hil) said in a Twitter post Wednesday he plans to push for passage of Senate Bill By Peter Hancock 533 when lawmakers return next CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS week for the final three days of the fall veto session. That bill If Sen. Andy Manar has his calls for setting clocks ahead
one hour to Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, March 8, 2020, then leaving the state on Central Daylight Time permanently. “So we’re going to give this a whirl next week in the #ILSenate. SB 533 would end the arbitrary time change & IL would join other states,” Manar tweeted. Manar said the idea for the bill came to him from a Carlinville
High School student. And in his tweet, he linked to a recen tNewsweek article that cited research that suggests the twiceyearly clock changes in most of the United States might have detrimental health impacts. Daylight Saving Time was used sporadically during the first half of the 20th century. The idea was to move one hour of daylight
from morning to evening in order to give people more daylight time after work or school. During Word War II, President Franklin Roosevelt instituted Daylight Saving Time year-round, calling it “War Time.” That ended after the Japanese surrender in August 1945 when the nation returned to “Peace Time.” See TIME Page A2
5 things to know about open enrollment Don’t wait too long to sign up for insurance, Medicare By Tom Collins and Ali Braboy NEWSTRIBUNE REPORTERS
Do you need health insurance? The time to get it is now. Nov. 1 marked the beginning of the “open enrollment period” when people can enroll in a health insurance plan for 2020. Through Dec. 15, people without health insurance can apply online or meet with a local insurance agent to discuss how to get coverage for themselves and their families. Here are five things to know about how it works. 1. KNOW WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR The term “open enrollment” is a confusing one because there are several products you can now sign up for. This happens to be the time of year to sign up for Medicare if you’re 65 or older and the enrollment cutoff for that is Dec. 7. Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru provides seniors a crash course in Medicare because even under that heading there are more products to choose from: There is the traditional government-run Medicare (including parts A, B, C and D) and then there is Medicare Advantage, which is private insurance companies offering products with different coverage, terms and conditions than traditional Medicare. Jane Friel, corporate compliance officer and managed care specialist for IVCH, said seniors need to look carefully at the differences of traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage.
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Don and Donna Dinges of Sublette review their Medicare portfolio with Clay Begly, co-principal at Senior Watchdog in La Salle. Local employees who work with insurance shared five things to know about open enrollment, which has a deadline that is fast approaching. Educating yourself on these differences may save you from some unpleasant surprises because government-vs.-private is an either-or proposition. “You’re not allowed to have both,” Friel said. “You really need to know what the two packages offer because those roads will not intersect.” For those under 65, you’re looking at the Affordable Care Act (aka: Obamacare) and the cutoff there is Dec. 15.
2. DON’T BE INTIMIDATED There are many different insurance products to choose from, but Bart Hartauer, owner of Hartauer Insurance Agency in La Salle, said the application process is not particularly cumbersome and should not make people hesitant about inquiring. “It sounds more daunting than it is. It’s a very simple application process, though it is a little more intrusive if you’re applying for a subsidy.”
3. STICKER SHOCK? Health insurance premiums represent a significant portion of the average American’s budget. And the better your coverage, the more you can expect to pay. But Hartauer said people shouldn’t necessarily brace for sticker shock during the open enrollment period. Based on your household income, you might be eligible for a government subsidy that could significantly reduce your out-of-pocket costs.
Hartauer said subsidies are available for households with earnings of less than $45,000, but above the threshold for Medicaid. He recently sold a client a policy for $935 per month, but the client was eligible for a subsidy that reduced the out-of-pocket cost to just $72. 4. DON’T DELAY Hartauer said the unless a client comes in with a “qualifying See INSURANCE Page A7
Details of Princeton manhunt come out at bond hearing By Kim Shute BUREAU-PUTNAM BUREAU CHIEF
PRINCETON — Less than 24 hours after a day-long manhunt for a traffic stop fugitive, a Miami-based suspect appeared in front of a judge facing multiple charges. Carlos D. Estades, 49, is facing a Class 4 felony charge of aggravated assault along with Class A misdemeanor charges of resisting a peace officer and fleeing and attempting to elude. Assistant State’s Attorney
Carlos Estades is escorted by Bureau County deputies Amy Drozda and Cris Spiegel for a bond hearing. The Miami man was subject of a massive search after fleeing a traffic stop.
Daniel Anderson laid out a case for probable cause against the defendant, alleging a Tuesday afternoon traffic stop that started as a warning, quickly took a wrong turn. Anderson said state trooper John Peyton pulled over Estades about 3:15 p.m. for following too close. Estades claimed he and a passenger were traveling from Los Angeles, Calif., to New York in a rented Toyota Rav-4 for which he didn’t have rental papers. Estades, while sitting in See DETAILS Page A2
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