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The iBaby Monitor M2 from iHealth is as mobile as your baby. Thanks to the magnetic base and rechargeable battery you can shift the camera to whatever room your baby is in for up to two hours. It also offers two-way audio, so you can communicate with your baby—no external speakers required.
Never miss a memory
The free iBaby View app saves photos to your iPhone and app libraries automatically whenever your baby's movement and sounds activate the motion sensors. And you're able to set the sensitivity level of the sensors depending on how much activity you want to capture. Up to four devices and four users can share control, so parents, grandparents, or caregivers can check in on baby at whenever they want.
- View your baby remotely on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch
- Takes still shots automatically when motion sensors are activated
- Two-way audio lets you listen, talk, and sing to your baby
- Rechargeable battery for up to two hours of use
- Free iBaby View app
Did you notice?Automatically takes pictures of your baby whenever its movement activates the built-in motion sensors.
Apple Recommends ForKeep an eye on your baby from anywhere on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.
What's in the Box?
- iBaby Monitor M2
- Magnetic camera base
- Power adapter
- Mounting kit
- Quick install guide
Tech Specs
- Height: 4.72 in./12 cm
- Width: 5.9 in./15 cm
- Weight: 1.62 lb./0.73 kg
- Length: 7.1 in./18 cm
System Requirements
- Free iBaby Monitor BM app, available via download from the App Store in iTunes.
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Part Number
- Mfr. Part Number: M2
- UPC or EAN No.: 855111003194
- Note: Products sold through this website that do not bear the Apple Brand name are serviced and supported exclusively by their manufacturers in accordance with terms and conditions packaged with the products. Apple's Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Please contact the manufacturer directly for technical support and customer service.
- Warranty: One-year from date of purchase
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iBaby View
Staying in touch with your baby has never been easier.
Designed to be used with our advanced iBaby Monitors M2 and M3s, the iBaby View companion app allows you to conveniently check on your adorable little one's status whether you are at home or on the road.
With iBaby View app, you can:
o Watch live stream of your baby 24/7 wherever you are
o Fully control your live video feed with a swipe of your finger (requires iBaby Monitor M3s)
o Communicate with your baby via two-way audio speakers
o Check on your baby's sleeping status with night-vision LED lights, motion and sound sensors.
o Track your baby's sleeping pattern using "Sleep-Record" function
You may also:
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o Apply photo effects to the captured images
o Share your photos with family and friends on your favorite social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
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Ratings & Reviews
Waste of Money
My husband and I needed a reliable monitor for our son because he has had a few seizures at night. After our first monitor died an My husband and I needed a reliable monitor for our son because he has had a few seizures at night. After our first monitor died and after carefully reading reviews, it looked like the iBaby was the best option out there for us, especially since we could see him everywhere and anywhere on our phones. Turns out we were completely wrong. The volume spontaneously changes on its own. Even at its highest setting, you can hardly hear anything. Every other time we would try to turn it on, there was a "network error." We'd have to turn on and off the camera and iPad several times to try and get them to sync. We even invested in a new router for better service, it didn't make a difference. We were finally so fed up when we kept getting the "network error" on our iPad and both iPhones. We spent over an hour trying to troubleshoot it and nothing worked. We also tried calling customer service and they are only available M-F 9am-5pm PST. This is an untrustworthy product. …
- Written by Caitlin C from Waltham
57 of 68 people found this useful
Not Ready of Prime Time
They need to go back to the drawing board with this one. I received mine on Friday. While my son was napping I set it up in the ki They need to go back to the drawing board with this one. I received mine on Friday. While my son was napping I set it up in the kitchen to test it out. Worked great! So easy to set up. After dinner I installed it in my son's room. This time I couldn't get it to work. Turns out they were having network issues, and I wasn't able to log back on until Saturday morning. Then it was unstable all weekend, so it kept cutting out. Monday it went down completely again. When it came back up it was still unstable. You're at their mercy since there is no option to locally stream the video. You must go through their network. Their response after I contacted them? "Network errors happen sometimes." Nice. Not even an attempt to assure me this is an unusual situation or that their network is usually more stable than what I'd seen in the short time I'd owned the product. In sum, the product is completely unreliable as a baby monitoring device, and even when it works it's not that great. The companion app is buggy, the video is decent, but the sound is horrendous. It goes up and down in volume on its own. The sound and motion alerts are way too sensitive. The user manual claims there is a setting to adjust the sensitivity, but that is wrong. Maybe they copied that tidbit over from the manual for the M3? The only option for those settings is on or off. Thank goodness Apple has a decent return policy! …
- Written by Dawn D from Groton
43 of 51 people found this useful
- pretty complicated to set up, having to plug the USB cord from your phone (instructions, were pretty useless)
- connection to t - pretty complicated to set up, having to plug the USB cord from your phone (instructions, were pretty useless)
- connection to the wifi (main floor) and camera (2nd floor) fails constantly.
- LOUD obnoxious double beep, happens every re-install software
- when it losses connection (because why else?) it (CAMERA) repeats said beeps! Waking up anyone sleeping in the vicinity (BABY!!)
-to reconnect, most times you just have to log back in and close (repeat x3-4) the ibaby app.
-there is no iBaby view in the AppStore. It's just iBaby.
-the delay is crazy. I seriously can't trust it to tell me on time what's going on. When you push the talk back button, talk then turn it back to listen, you will hear what you've said a few seconds later. That to me is too long of a delay to be trusted. (I've also accidentally pushed the talk button on the phone, a lot)
- you WILL have to re-install by plugging phone to camera
- zooms horrible
- sound crackles. It must have a sensor that amplifies the volume when there's sound. Or a fluff that landed near it and thought I was missing out.
-sometimes it will max out the volume for no reason, then just quit altogether
-it does alert you when there is no connection, but as it semi connects and glitches again, it starts over. So you might get the warning it's not working for 10 or so minutes. Or more. Seriously. I'm not making this up.
- amazing idea with it having the magnetic base.
- you can manually face it in any direction.
- pretty descent night vision.
- if the camera is in a good mod, it'll let you spy when you're not home.
- being able to use the big screen of iPad as a video monitor, awesome. (If you want the scratching static fairies to whip you awake over a snore)
- I don't get what the nighttime button is for.
- I love being able to snap a pic on the app (not phone)
-and having a milestones section in app …
- Written by Dawn M from drumheller
23 of 27 people found this useful
So far so good!
I purchased this monitor about 3 weeks ago and I must say - so far so good! We haven't had one network connection ( my main concer I purchased this monitor about 3 weeks ago and I must say - so far so good! We haven't had one network connection ( my main concern was losing connection during the night and not being able to see the baby ) and I haven't had to worry once. I am able to connect the device to my husbands cell phone so he is able to see our daughter while he's at work as well which is a great feature. I also enjoy uploading the photos to my Facebook that I get from the monitor, they come out crystal clear. Overall 10/10, love this monitor! …
- Written by Lisa M
I purchased the iBabyMonitor to use for my 2 month old son as my wife was having a difficult time at night knowing she couldn't se I purchased the iBabyMonitor to use for my 2 month old son as my wife was having a difficult time at night knowing she couldn't see him. One of the benefits I love about this monitor is that we are able to my son throughout the house which works great as we live in a 2 story home and his bedroom is upstairs. We have had no issues with the monitor nor the reception which is an issue we were having with our first borns monitor that we owned. So far so good and my wife is loving it - great reception, great image quality and great customer service! …
- Written by blake S
This monitor is useless. Worst thing I ever bought from Apple.
I know Apple didn't make this product. I am reminded over and over. The connection errors, firmware upgrades that didn't download. I know Apple didn't make this product. I am reminded over and over. The connection errors, firmware upgrades that didn't download. Constant freezing, poor audio. This monitor just doesn't work. iBaby certainly takes no responsibility for producing such a worthless product. No support. I wasted $150 and ended up much more satisfied with a $3 monitor app from the AppStore. Heed all the poor reviews. Keep your baby safe. Don't bother with this. …
- Written by Scott W from portland
1 of 1 people found this useful
Questions & Answers
Answers from the community
Which ibaby monitor has better features, M2 or M3?
- Asked by Prerna S
- Nov 15, 2013
Best Answer:
I bought M3 a year ago and was very happy with its quality, though it has taken me a while to set it I bought M3 a year ago and was very happy with its quality, though it has taken me a while to set it up (port forwarding on our double router home setup has not been easy). The only complain I have with the M3 is its lack of a built-in speaker. So I have been looking forward to the M2.
The M2 is much easier to setup, not port forwarding whatsoever. Pretty design, the magnetic stand is very chic, and speaker is built-in. One thing I missed sorely is you can no longer move the camera with the app, which I think is the most appealing function of the M3! …
- Answered by Michelle T from 港区
- Nov 24, 2013
hello :) i don't have wifi at home, only have 3G internet on my iphone which I use bluetooth to connect my laptop to for internet. can i use an ibaby?
- Asked by Eloise C from Sydney
- Feb 15, 2014
Is the lighting system infra-red?
- Asked by Jason J from Raleigh
- Dec 7, 2013
Answer now (Is the lighting system infra-red?)
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Can the ibaby M2 product be used when you travel (ie can you use it on vacation in a hotel or at the grandparent's house)?
- Asked by Jessica S from Louisville
- Nov 2, 2013
YES.... as long as you are in a hotel that offers Wi-Fi. All you have to do is connect your phone t YES.... as long as you are in a hotel that offers Wi-Fi. All you have to do is connect your phone to to the back of the unit program the M2 to the hotel's Wi-Fi, as long as you have wi-fi on your phone or iPad, you can see what's going on in the room. I use it to monitor my invalid mom. …
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- Nov 25, 2013


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I have no doubt that jobs can be created through government spending. But those billions must be taken from the private sector. Will those billions be used more wisely and efficiently and productively by federal bureaucrats than by private managers? If so, maybe the feds should guarantee a job for everyone who wants one. Using the Dodd formula, it would cost a mere $175 billion a year to employ all 7 million unemployed Americans.
Inexpensive T-shirts vs. outsourced jobs isn' t really the debate. According to research from the International Institute for Economics, Americans are $7,000 to $13,000 richer because of trade, and removing all trade barriers would permanently increase our wealth by $4,000 to $13,000 per household. And since the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect in 1994, America has added nearly 30 million net new jobs.
If what Richardson was saying is that American trade negotiators should demand foreign workers make the same as American workers or no trade deals, then what he is saying is no trade with India or China. Incomes in those countries are rising thanks to globalization, but there is a long way to go.
This is the myth that "China holds all the cards." Look, the Chinese government needs fast growth to hold down social unrest and justify the continued dominance of the Communist Party there. And the most likely cause of a slowdown there would be a slowdown here first. The last thing China wants to do is start dumping U.S. bonds and cause a recession here.
Well that ends your "weird economics" lesson for today. Stay tuned for more Democratic debates for future lessons.
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These are the questions we are most often asked. The first group are questions asked by people thinking about becoming occasional hosts to international students.
The second group are questions people ask after they have joined HOST and started hosting.
Before you decide to join HOST
Does it matter that I don't live near a university or college? (BACK TO TOP)
Not at all. Some students ask to visit a host near their place of study, but many are prepared to travel to meet a host in a different part of the country. Some students long to get out of the city and explore the countryside.
I live alone, so is it appropriate to be a host? (BACK TO TOP)
We are careful no to tell students that they will be staying with a 'family'. Quite a member of our hosts live alone. Students often appreicate the care and attention alone host can give them. But if you have the space, you may find it easier to welcome two students at once. HOST has a policy in place which allows single female hosts to take only female students and single male hosts to take only male students. This is to ensure the safety and comfort of both students and hosts.
I am old enough to be a student's grandparent, am I too old? (BACK TO TOP)
Many young people love visiting their grandparents! You have life experience to share with someone from another culture. But if our younger students (in their early 20's) are a bit too energetic for you, we can find you someone a little more mature.
It's very quiet where I live, won't they want some night-life? (BACK TO TOP)
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Does HOST know the students, or does anyone check up on them? (BACK TO TOP)
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What does a HOST visit involve? (BACK TO TOP)
Every visit is different, but these things are common to almost all visits: meeting the guest at your nearest rail or bus station, and returning them to the station at the end of the visit; having meals together (sometimes, cooking together); an outing or two to see your area (but not a touristic initiation into the whole county!); a chance to meet other people, especially if you live alone—perhaps your family, perhaps at a community event; plenty of chatting; and time to relax.
Will my guest speak English? (BACK TO TOP)
Yes. Some have English as their first language; some have been educated in English for a long time. All are in higher education here and must have enough English to cope with that. But some have had few opportunities to use English in a social context, and a HOST visit can really help with that. You may struggle to understand one another in the beginning, but you will find that you soon 'tune in'.
Will they eat what we do? (BACK TO TOP)
Some have dietary requirements, which you will be told about before you agree to invite them. Otherwise, they are looking forward to some home cooking, and real British food. Please be aware that some Chinese students will not be used to knives and forks, just as many British people are unused to chopsticks. But they will have fun learning!
What about the cost? (BACK TO TOP)
HOST is a voluntary activity, and we can only offer a small sum after the visit towards your expenses. (About 50% of our hosts choose not to claim this.) There will be costs for the extra food, and for your petrol. But please do not feel that you need to spend a lot of money entertaining your guest. It is not necessary to take them out for meals, nor to the theatre or cinema (although by all means do so if you wish). If you plan an outing which involves entrance money, please make it clear to your guest beforehand what they will need to pay—and offer a non-paying alternative as well, so your guest is not embarrassed.
Could I invite more than one student at a time? (BACK TO TOP)
Certainly. Sometimes friends apply together; sometimes we have married couples. But we can also put two students together (with their agreement) who do not know each other—we try to choose two from different universities and countries. Having two can add interest, and may take the pressure off the host, especially if you live alone.
What do I need to do to join HOST? (BACK TO TOP)
Please contact us. We will pass on your enquiry to our voluntary regional organiser (RO) for your area. This person will contact you, give you all the information you need, and will ask to come and meet you in your home. You will be asked to complete a registration form, and your details will be entered on our secure database.
What will happen next? (BACK TO TOP)
Your RO will be your link with HOST. They will call you when they have a student they think you might like to invite, taking into consideration all you have told them about your interest in hosting. You are under no obligation to offer an invitation, but if you do, the RO will give you and your guest each other's details, and then you make the arrangements directly with your guest. The RO will always be available for advice and support.
How much notice will I have before a visit? (BACK TO TOP)
This does vary, but usually at least two weeks, and sometimes a couple of months. You are welcome to tell your RO how much notice you prefer.
What level of commitment is HOST looking for? (BACK TO TOP)
There are two answers to this: total, and none!
Once a visit has been arranged, we hope for total commitment from host and student. At their best, students purchase tickets in advance, and plan their work and other engagements so that they can be free to enjoy their visit. (Illness, or the sudden imposition of deadlines, or projects involving their colleagues, can of course sometimes upset their plans.) We are grateful that hosts very rarely cancel, but of course if you are unable to go ahead with the visit, you must let your RO know and we will take care of it.
We ask for no commitment from hosts in terms of frequency of invitations. We hope you will enjoy your first experience of HOSTing, and that you will want to do it again—maybe a couple of times a year, maybe more—it is up to you.
After you have joined HOST
I have not heard from my guest - does this mean they are not coming? (BACK TO TOP)
If you have had no contact from your guest AT ALL, then it is most unlikely they will just turn up. But HOST does not want you to be in this situation.
After you and the student have received each other's details from your RO, please try to establish contact immediately. If you do not hear from your guest, they may be a little shy about approaching you first: a message of welcome from you will encourage them. But if you have not heard from them within A WEEK from issuing the invitation, please inform your RO.
Often students do make initial contact, but are very slow to confirm their arrival time. Please be sympathetic—they do work under intense pressure much of the time. But again, please encourage them with a message or phone call; and inform your RO if you still don't know their arrival time FIVE DAYS before the visit.
My guest didn't offer to pay for anything - is this right? (BACK TO TOP)
If you are asking this question, you are not alone! We are aware that some students appear to have more spending money than their hosts—yet they don't offer to pay their way. Why is this? Here are some possible answers:
- They have been informed by HOST that their visit is FREE, and that their hosts will treat them as friends of the family.
- In their culture, it would be insulting for a guest to offer to 'pay their way' (as it would imply that they thought their host was not generous).
- They are young people who are accustomed to adults picking up the bill, and they feel shy or embarrassed to 'treat', or offer money to, a much older person.
- They have not been given the chance to say they would rather not go on an outing which is too expensive for them.
As the host, you are in charge of the visit, and it is best if you lead the way as tactfully as you can. Before your guest even arrives, you can make suggestions as to what you might be able to do during the weekend, mentioning any entrance fees they might incur, and always offering a cheaper or free alternative activity. (HOST sometimes hears of guests being asked to pay for theatre tickets purchased in advance without any consultation—this is not fair.) If you choose to eat out during the weekend, please regard that as your treat since, by inviting them, you have undertaken to provide your guest's meals. On the other hand, there is no harm in suggesting that a student buys a snack to keep himself going on an outing until your next meal.
Could you please tell students...? (BACK TO TOP)
HOST does give students quite a lot of advice about how to conduct themselves on a visit to someone's home. You are very welcome to read all the advice on this website (see Student FAQ, and How to make yourself at home) and we have some printed material for students too.
What we cannot do is force them to read it, let alone heed it! And the more we throw at them, the less likely they are to take it in.
The vast majority of students have no intention to offend or inconvenience their hosts, and quite a lot worry beforehand that they might do this accidentally. If they behave inappropriately this may be through ignorance, inexperience, thoughtlessness, confusion, misunderstanding, shyness or lack of the right words to say what they mean politely.
We like to place all these errors under the umbrella of 'cultural difference', whether we mean the culture of a country, a generation or personal background. And it does work both ways. If guests are 'culturally different' from their hosts, then it follows that the hosts are 'culturally different' from their guests.
A sense of humour, and a tactful explanation, is often all that is needed to turn a potential offence into part of the fun and interest of a HOST visit.
But, if your guest is seriously out of order, please do not hesitate to call your RO for advice while it is still possible to do something about it.
Why are all the students you offer me Chinese? (BACK TO TOP)
Currently, just over half of our student applicants are from China, and if we add the ethnically Chinese students from other SE Asian countries, the proportion rises to two-thirds. If you live in an area with a high concentration of Chinese students, then the proportion may increase, because of the numbers of applicants requesting visits near their place of study.
HOST is aware that many hosts joined in order to 'welcome the world', and not just China. We do ask our ROs to distribute the non-Chinese students fairly. And we do try to encourage other nationalities to apply. However, there is a shortage of European applicants, since those from EU countries are not generally regarded by the universities as international students.
After the Chinese (from mainland China), our next biggest country group (a long way behind at only 8.8%) is the USA. This is almost entirely due to the American universities in London, which take students from the US for short 'study abroad' periods. These students are undergraduates aged 18-22, and a HOST visit is often their only chance to connect with British people. A few of these students are ethnically Chinese.


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The town of Bend, Ore. isn't known as the "outdoor playground for the West" for nothing. From biking to hiking, rock climbing, rafting, fishing and more, this central Oregon town and its surrounding area offers a playground with no boundaries, perfect temperatures and beautiful views.
Take a look below for a taste of the adventure opportunities, and then head over to Visit Bend to plan an end-of-summer vacation. For help planning a road trip around the state of Oregon, take advantage of the many tools and guides on the Travel Oregon site. You'll wish you had more vacation time this year!
Hiking - Green Lakes
With its close proximity to Bend, beautiful views and family-friendly terrain, The Green Lakes trail is one of the more popular trails in the area. The trailhead is 27 miles west of Bend on Century Drive, just past Mount Bachelor. Taking off from the Green Lakes trail, you'll reach the first of the lakes after 4.5 miles. Enjoy the views of the Green Lakes Basin and the magnificent South Sister Mountain. Turn around here for a solid 9-mile hike, or continue around the lakes to add another 3 miles.
This mostly-flat trail is also hugely popular among trail runners. If you're ambitious enough to tackle an 11.6 mile loop trail, check out this trail running overview from Trails.com.
Road Biking - Three Sisters Scenic Bikeway
You can't go to Bend without taking your bike. Oregon has committed to developing scenic bikeways, signed routes with views, historic sites and low traffic. For intermediate riders, head to Sisters, Ore. The small, Western-themed town is only 30 minutes from Bend and offers the best views of the Three Sisters. Enjoy lunch at one of the many cafes in town, and then start your ride on the Three Sisters Scenic Bikeway. The marked route will take you from Village Green City Park all the way to Smith Rock State Park 37 miles away, but you can ride as long as you want and turn around if you're looking for a shorter ride. Enjoy views of open farmland and make sure to stop at historic sites along the way, like the Camp Polk Meadow Preserve.
If mountain biking is more your scene, you're in luck! Mountain Bike Action magazine actually named Bend the best mountain biking town in the country. Check out a few of the popular Bend biking trails or head to a local bike shop to get tips from locals.
Rock Climbing - Smith Rock State Park
Smith Rock State Park is a gem of central Oregon and a must-visit destination. Just a 40 minute drive north of Bend, the park offers startling views of deep river canyons and the surrounding countryside. While there are great trails for hiking and mountain biking, the park is known around the world for its amazing rock climbing, offering more than a thousand bolted routes. Check out this video how beautiful (and somewhat terrifying!) the climbing here can be.
Learn more about guides and additional climbing options near Bend on Visit Bend.
Don't let this list confine your trip planning. If you have a favorite summer activity, you'll likely find opportunities in Bend. Let us know about some of your favorites in the comments below!


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Every time I think we may be returning too often and concentrating on the health care issue on this program, I'm upended by the plethora of stories coming from every quarter of the health care universe – most of them unearthing fraudulent or deceptive practices by a healthcare system run amok. To wit:
- Locally, the Health Care for All Minnesota group, which under its former banner, Minnesota Universal Health Care Coalition, is peopled by a mix of physicians, former healthcare providers and health insurer types, not to mention citizen advocates of extraordinary dedication to the idea that the medical and insurance system in the USA and Minnesota is riddled with uncaring incompetence and a focus on the money to be made or saved by providing the absolute minimum levels of care to everyone – or no care to many while their bottom lines bloat and their collection tactics smell (see Accretive Health and Fairview Medical). Attorney General Lori Swanson's report has blown up Fairview's management.
- From a Stateline (Pew) report on Medicaid fraud: "Nationwide, the federal government estimates it lost $22 billion of its share of Medicaid funding last year to what it calls "improper payments," according to its payment accuracy survey. This suggests that the loss to state treasuries was also in the tens of billions."
Improper payments refers to Medicaid paying out those billions to fraudulent providers. Do these stories hit the mainstream media? Rarely. How does the public generally view Medicaid (and welfare) fraud? As perpetrated by the legendary "welfare queens" so often heard about in drunken bar conversations and on Fox News. The tiniest percentage of assistance recipients may game the system – but it's a flea on a pinhead compared to the blanket billions of taxpayer dollars vacuumed up by thousands of doctors, dentists and other providers, each of whom can hit on the Medicaid Fund to the tune of millions per month, compared with a few thousand over a full year for an unscrupulous recipient.
- And not so finally, the health insurance industry whose sole purpose for being appears to be in denying, not supplying, health benefits. In fact, an assessment by one of Minnesota best-known health insurance analysts,Kip Sullivan, talks about the new wrinkle in what we used to call HMOs (health maintenance organizations) and are now called ACOs - accountable care organizations – although there are, indeed, some distinctions, namely the size of the risk, the number of enrollees (that's us) and the provider pool (the medical-dental-hospital community). Beyond this, this will involve Medicare and Medicaid recipients under the new Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare?). We'll learn more about these Monday, we trust.
But, the health insurance industry is a study unto itself. We've heard for years that any notion of a single-payer or healthcare for all system smacks of socialism or that it would be too costly and that "the Best Health Care System on the Planet" would be fatally compromised. The fact is, the insurance industry has claimed millions of lives and ruined others through its coordinated denial of health care services and exploded costs to the tune of 16% - or nearly ten times the overall national inflation rate – per year. This, from the former CIGNA executive, Wendell Potter, author ofDeadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans, whom Barack Obama cited as an authority in his quest for health care reform legislation. Potter, now a senior analyst at the The Center for Public Integrity, among other positions, was CIGNA's spinmeister, if you will.
Mr. Potter joins our discussion along with local insurance whistleblower, David Feinwachs and Dr. Ann Settgast of Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP). As usual so much to cover, but important in its own right and as a set up for the following Monday's show on a report – Beyond the Affordable Care Act Web.pdf – issued by our local progressive policy group, Growth & Justice on which we'll feature G&J's president, Dane Smith and the report's author, Amy Lange, RN, MS, CNM and Growth & Justice Policy Fellow on Health Care, and Dr. Elizabeth Frost, also of the PNHP and HCAMn.
TTT's ANDY DRISCOLL and MICHELLE ALIMORADI start this week with the status of state and national health insurers as we work our way toward full implementation of the Affordable Health Care Act – unless it's thrown out in the middle of our conversations with our reform advocates.
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WENDELL POTTER - Former health insurance executive turned whistleblower; author of Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans (Bloomsbury Press hardcover, November 2010, now in paperback)
Topics: HEALTH INSURANCE COMEUPPANCE
Topics: HEALTH INSURANCE COMEUPPANCE
DR. ANN SETTGAST - Practicing physician in Internal Medicine and board member, Physicians for a National Health Program
Topics: HEALTH INSURANCE COMEUPPANCE
Topics: HEALTH INSURANCE COMEUPPANCE
DR. DAVID FEINWACHS - Attorney; former Corporate counsel for Minnesota Hospital Association – Fired as a Whistleblower over indiscriminate taxpayer payments to HMOs
Topics: HEALTH INSURANCE COMEUPPANCE
Topics: HEALTH INSURANCE COMEUPPANCE
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There were times this year when Ramiro Huitanda made scoring goals look way too easy, especially considering all the obstacles in his way. He was the center of opposing teams' game plans. He received the majority of their defensive attention. He was the player they had to stop. But all of their attempts proved hopeless.
The Dalton High School senior forward set a single-season program record with 47 goals this year, breaking the mark of 35 he registered as a junior, and helped lead the Catamounts to an undefeated record and the Class 4A state championship. For his spectacular season, he has been selected as The Daily Citizen's 2013 All-Area Boys Soccer Player of the Year, the second straight time he has earned the honor.
Joining him on The Daily Citizen's All-Area Boys Soccer Team are three fellow Cats — Eder Mora, Alan Pantaleon and Salvador Rodriguez — plus North Murray's Ismael Cruz and Manuel Gonzalez; Northwest Whitfield's David Perez and Miguel Villa; and Southeast Whitfield's Isael Gutierrez, Jorge Hurtado and Alex Rosillo. All-Area honorees are chosen by the newspaper's sports staff based on input from local coaches.
Even when facing the opponents who knew him best — intracounty and Region 7-4A rivals Northwest and Southeast — Huitanda enjoyed some success in 2013, scoring five goals in the seven matches against the Bruins and Raiders. One of those goals came in Dalton's win against the latter in the state title match, a victory that allowed the Cats to win the program's second title — the first was a shared Class 4A championship with Heritage-Rockdale in 2003 — and finish 22-0.
Against other teams, Huitanda was simply prolific. He scored five goals in one match twice (against LaFayette and Cass), had four goals each versus Tennessee opponents Ooltewah and Siegel and recorded hat tricks in five other games. He was the most noticeable part of Dalton's offense, which rarely had trouble finding the net and won all but one game by two or more goals.
"Some players would tell us in the game 'Just end it already,'" Huitanda said.
Huitanda also set Dalton's career record for goals, finishing with 106 to top 2006 graduate Luis Salazar's mark of 76.
"He blew it away," Cats coach Matt Cheaves said.
And he did all of it in three years, with just two of them as a starter.
Huitanda began playing soccer when he was 10 and first joined a school team as a sixth-grader at Dalton Middle. He didn't play as a freshman at Dalton High but decided to return the following year.
"He came to tryouts and we were really impressed," Cheaves recalled. "In a practice game against Alexander, we put him in second at around the 20-minute mark and he scored within three minutes. He just immediately started scoring goals for us. It was good to know he'd be there and threatening all the time."
Huitanda scored 24 goals in 2011 but truly broke out as a junior, notching 35 goals and helping Dalton reach the Class 3A quarterfinals.
Entering his senior season, Huitanda received all the attention from opponents. But his speed and quickness without losing any control of the ball made him close to unstoppable.
"I wanted to break 35," Huitanda said. "I wanted to score at least 40. I had a good feeling I could do it.
"More people would try and guard me. I had man marks. I just outrun them. If they give me a little space, then I'm gone."
Said Cheaves, "Sometimes he'd just make them look clumsy."
But the 5-foot-6-inch, 160-pound Huitanda wasn't just a speedy forward. Whenever teams had a body on him, Cheaves said often he'd use it to his advantage.
"He is physically very strong, especially for his height and weight. I've seen guys run into him and he'll just take that momentum and accelerate off it," Cheaves said. "He has a real knack for scoring goals. Those players are rare and hard to find. It's so tough for anyone to mark him because he can turn on a dime and go to his right or left. If he tees up, you have to bite into it and then he turns and goes the other way."
On the rare occasion a defense presented a problem to Huitanda, he was still productive.
"He's never been one to shy away from passing the ball to others up front," Cheaves said. "And everyone pays so much attention to him that it opens up things for the others."
While he stood out even in a talented lineup, Huitanda was not Dalton's only offensive threat. The Cats scored 132 goals, and much of their success could be credited to the way they attacked opponents: relentlessly.
Huitanda had no trouble playing that way.
"If you have the ball on their side and the more we pressure, the more they get tired and give up the ball. And once they give it up, we attack," Huitanda said. "Put pressure on and stay with your man."
With records and a state title in his possession, Huitanda leaves Dalton believing he reached his potential and helped the Cats do the same.
"I'm satisfied with my career," he said. "I think I did what I was supposed to do, and the team, too. ... With this team, I'll miss it. I have a lot of memories right here."
Here's a look at the rest of this year's all-area honorees:
• Ismael Cruz, North Murray, MF: While leading the Mountain-eers to their second straight region championship, Cruz did a little bit of everything.
He could score. He could assist.
The senior was just "naturally gifted," coach Matt Chambers said.
"Another big thing was ball skills," Cheaves said. "He could take on two or three guys at once, and even if he didn't get the shot, it allowed other guys to move."
Cruz scored 24 times and assisted on 12 other goals. He also was the main leader of a team with state experience — North Murray reached the Class 2A quarterfinals last season — and helped the Mountaineers reach the second round of the Class 3A bracket this season. Playing in the center midfield position, he had the freedom to stretch himself to the outside on attacks or stay compact to control the middle.
But even as a leader, he let his actions make the most noise.
"For him, it wasn't talking. It was his intensity on the field," Chambers said. "When the game was on the line, he'd volunteer to (move) to forward. He'd do everything he could to get us a goal."
This is the second straight all-area selection for Cruz.
• Manuel Gonzalez, North Murray, GK: North Murray's defense wasn't as great as Dalton's — the Mountaineers allowed 17 goals in 19 games, while the Cats gave up just eight in 22 — but Gonzalez bailed his team out on numerous occasions en route to another region championship.
"He gets the defense where they need to be," Chambers said. "He also is incredibly athletic. He makes up for not being a huge keeper. He's made some incredibly difficult saves."
Some of those came in regulation time, and others while facing penalty kicks in game-deciding shootouts. In a victory versus Coahulla Creek, Gonzalez saved two penalty attempts to help North Murray earn a victory.
The junior also plays intelligently. Chambers said he knows what shots aren't effective and tricks the strikers into giving up a potentially better opportunity for an open one from further away. He made 84 saves and helped on 10 shutouts.
"If you talk about being a leader, he's a leader for sure," Chambers said. "A lot of times, he'll give them a shot if it's a bad shot. From there, his athleticism takes over."
This is his first all-area selection after earning honorable mention a year ago.
• Isael Gutierrez, Southeast, DEF: Although just a sophomore, he served as one of the team's captains.
And Raiders coach Kevin Kettenring summed him up with one word: consistent.
"As a defender, he's just real consistent in the back," Kettenring said. "He's just a great kid all around."
Gutierrez, the team's sweeper, helped the Raiders claim seven shutouts. In their 2-0 Class 4A state semifinals win versus Northwest, Gutierrez often covered the area behind his fellow defenders and reacted to over-the-top passes to the Bruins' strikers.
"He likes that middle-of-the-field rush, that central position where he keeps the game in front of him," Kettenring said.
Plus, his vocal leadership served well in a position where the entire field is in front of him.
"You can hear him probably more than anybody on the field," Kettenring said. "His command of the game and reading the game, and his quickness and all-out speed is great. But to me, his intelligence is what's great. I see him doing things way beyond what a sophomore would do. Just his ability to be calm under pressure and amid chaos."
This is his second straight all-area selection.
• Jorge Hurtado, Southeast, MF: Described as the "heart and soul" of the Raiders by Kettenring, the senior watched this year's final game from somewhere other than the field or sidelines.
But while he missed the Raiders' state title match against Dalton as a result of drawing a red card in the final minutes of a 2-0 overtime semifinals win at Northwest two days prior, Hurtado was a big part of the reason the team made their postseason run.
Scoring 11 times and tallying 20 assists, Hurtado has something Kettenring said you "have to have" in order to play center midfield: a great left foot and a great right foot.
"Not just shooting, but someone who can pass to either side of the field with confidence and accuracy," Kettenring said. "I wish it had finished better for him."
More quiet than Rosillo, Hurtado was a captain who led by actions.
"He was another guy in practice that was panting and laying on the ground because he exhausted himself in workouts," Kettenring said. "You don't see that often in players, where they challenge and push themselves even when no one is watching."
• Eder Mora, Dalton, MF: The only underclassman starting for the Cats, Mora showed the years without Huitanda and Pantaleon, who are lost to graduation, could still be productive thanks to the center midfielder who showed great potential and considerable success even as a sophomore.
Also an all-area football selection this school year — he also earned all-state honors for his play as a linebacker/defensive back — Mora scored 12 goals and accumulated 15 assists for Dalton.
"Eder is dominant in the middle of the field," Cheaves said. "Physically, he won't be pushed around by anybody. ... I've never seen anybody who works quite as hard as he does. In training and practice, the intensity is always high. There's never a lower gear."
Just because Mora has talent as a defender, passer and scorer doesn't mean Cheaves is considering switching his position with eight starters graduating. Cheaves said Mora will stay in the center midfield spot, where he can play the offense's quarterback role.
"A lot of times you describe your center midfielder like that, as a general," Cheaves said. "He's kind of involved in everything, part of the offense and part of the defense."
This is Mora's first all-area selection. He earned honorable mention as a freshman.
• Alan Pantaleon, Dalton, F: Pantaleon's 26 goals would have been a single-season record at most schools, Cheaves said. Just seven years ago, that list would have included Dalton — Salazar's 26 goals in 2006 gave way to Irvin Espinal's 28 in 2007 before Huitanda left those numbers far behind.
But playing in the shadow of Huitanda takes "a special individual" as well, Cheaves added.
A senior, the unselfish Pantaleon was the Robin to Huitanda's Batman, emerging when teams focused too much on the speedy forward.
"Ramiro and Alan, the tandem of them together, they're just so familiar with one another," Cheaves said. "He's the guy playing alongside the guy scoring all the goals and breaking the records. He's working just as hard and setting up a lot of those goals."
Pantaleon added 14 assists to his stats, but Cheaves will remember most his ability to score off volleys.
"Alan really shoots the ball well out of the air. (Dalton assistant coach Jim Wickes) and I were talking about that the other day," Cheaves said. "For a ball coming in on a cross, for him to get it completely square with it coming 80 miles an hour, he can strike that really well. He always got the sweet spot on the ball."
This is Pantaleon's first appearance on the all-area team.
• David Perez, Northwest, F: The senior broke a single-season school record with 25 goals, one year after Giovanni Aguero — an honorable mention to this year's all-area team — set the standard at 21.
More importantly, the "emotional leader" of the team was a driving force in the deepest postseason run in program history, just a year after the Bruins won a state playoffs game for the first time and reached the Class 4A quarterfinals.
"I think there's no doubt David was one of, if not the emotional leader on our team," coach Ryan Scoggins said. "He was always vocal in the huddles and before matches. ... If he was fiery and energetic, he knew the team would take on that. It was a good thing to always be able to count on. If we needed a late goal, we knew David would always fight as hard as he could to get it."
Scoggins noted Perez's speed and knack for getting into scoring position, even if he wasn't always the one finishing. He had 18 assists.
"He was so good with timing those runs and getting behind outside backs," Scoggins said. "I'd say he has double-digit penalty kicks with him getting behind defenders and getting fouled."
This is his second straight all-area selection.
• Salvador Rodriguez, Dalton, DEF: Eight goals. In 22 matches, the Cats allowed only eight goals.
They had 16 shutouts and allowed just one goal in the state tournament.
And without Rodriguez in the sweeper role, that doesn't happen.
"In a couple games, in my opinion, he was the player of the game," Cheaves said. "There'd be a breakaway and there was Salvador pulling the ball away and then moving the ball to the other side."
He went on to call Rodriguez, a junior, "probably the smartest soccer player on the team" before adding, "That's what you want from someone in that position. Communication from that spot is very important. One mistake and you give up a goal. He did a great job of communicating with the other guys. His timing on the ball and timing to know when to go clean up the play was perfect."
Additionally, Rodriguez scored two goals this season, including the first of the state title match versus Southeast, a shot that covered at least 40 yards before it arced over the keeper's head.
This is his first all-area selection.
• Alex Rosillo, Southeast, MF: While he played the same outside midfield position he had in 2012, Rosillo's role changed a bit from his junior to senior season.
Instead of being a prominent goal scorer, he became more of a supporting role player on offense — but he did that job very well.
One of the three captains, Rosillo, nicknamed "Bofo," tallied 16 assists.
"In our past formations, he was on the outside but more of a true wing player where he was supposed to be in the box and scoring," said Kettenring, who became the head coach this year after several seasons assisting Jamison Griffin, who resigned in 2012. "In my formation it was different. He was in more of a supportive role, a table-setter."
However, he could score when the team needed it. He did so 14 times.
"Bofo did play some up front, depending on who we were playing," Kettenring said. "He was a versatile player. A lot of times I'd look up and he had made the change already before I could change it. There was that understanding of the game and what we needed."
This is his first all-area recognition after earning honorable mention as a sophomore.
• Miguel Villa, Northwest, DEF: As a sophomore, the sweeper was good enough to make the all-area lineup. As a junior, the team began experimenting with his wide-ranging skills at other positions.
But it wasn't long — only a couple of games — before Scoggins knew where Villa needed to be.
"We started the season with him in the midfield," he said. "After we played Coahulla Creek and Ridgeland, we felt we needed Miguel in the back line. So we moved Cielo Nunez up to midfield from the back line. Miguel did a great job shifting defense around and changing the field if it was passed back to him. He even had the ability to send it over the top to the forwards from that sweeper position."
Northwest recorded six shutouts — including a 2-0 Sub-region 7B-4A win versus Southeast — and Villa's sweeper role was the most important out of the four defenders the Bruins used.
"I think for us, Miguel just demonstrates such an athleticism," Scoggins said. "He's so good at running balls down over the top of the back line and winning balls in the air. He has such a fearless mentality as the sweeper. If it was a one-on-one situation, then he'd do everything he could to stand them up.
"That's the mentality you need to have from your sweeper."
• Honorable mention: Christian Heritage — Hutch Crawford (Jr., MF); Coahulla Creek — Missael Fraire (So., GK), Sadoth Fraire, (Jr., MF), Pedro Garcia (Jr., F); Dalton — Raymundo Bahena (Sr., GK), Ryan Czyz (Sr., MF), Daniel Palacios (Sr., MF), Caleb Paniagua (Sr., DEF); Morris Innovative — Pedro Ulloa, (So., DEF); Murray County — Manny Bautista (Sr., DEF), Jose Ruiz (Jr., MF); Northwest — Giovanni Aguero (Sr., F), Kevin Centeno (Jr., D), Miguel Deanda (Sr., GK), David Franco (Jr., D), Christian Perez (Sr., MF), Bryan Villa (So., MF); Southeast — Victor Garcia (So., MF), Erik Salaises (Sr., F).