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|  January 9, 2007  |  Healthcare Web Summit  |  Phone 209.577.4888  |  e-mail infohws@healthwebsummit.com |

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Patty Jamison
Healthcare Web Summit
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The Democratic Congress and Consumer Driven Care
A Healthcare Web Summit Audio Conference Event

Thursday, January 18th, 2007 at 1PM EST

http://www.healthwebsummit.com/boyles07.htm

 

Please join us as guest speaker, Bill Boyles, Editor and Publisher, Consumer Driven Market Report and Health Market Survey, Washington, DC, provides analysis and insights into the potential impact of the new Democratic Congress on Consumer Driven Care, including perspectives shared from various stakeholders.

AUDIO CONFERENCE: The Democratic Congress and Consumer Driven Care

SPEAKER: William R. Boyles, Editor & Publisher of Consumer Driven Market Report

DATE: Thursday, January 18th, 2007

TIME: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern

LOCATION: Your office! (Audio Conference dial-in instructions and session presentation will be emailed to attendees in advance of session)

SUMMARY:

The future of CDH could be on the line. A watershed in political history this month is a turning point for HRAs and HSAs - the first Democratic Congress in half a generation. Because the entire lifeline of the Consumer Driven Health Care movement has been under Republicans in Congress, speculation is rampant that a change is coming. Some view the change as a threat and others see nothing dangerous on the political horizon. The Big Question: How will the change affect HSAs?

Bill Boyles has been covering Capitol Hill for 30 years and was the first to write about consumer-driven health care and its political implications. He has followed CDH from the early days of FSAs and lobbying for MSAs in the 90s, to the arrival of HRAs and HSAs. In this session he will start with a unique background check on how CDH politics got started, then dissect what happened in November from the point of view of its impact on products and employer support.

The audio-conference will feature a new analysis of the congressional committee makeup, and make predictions about what will get passed this year. One surprising conclusion: Democrats secretly want to buy into CDH if it becomes popular, but some want to kill it entirely. The way the industry responds to criticism from Democrats is the key to survival in the next two years.

SPEAKER:

William R. Boyles is the Editor & Publisher of Consumer Driven Market Report, an independent newsletter financed by subscriptions, and Health Market Survey, a subscription newsletter for health insurance leadership, financial analysts, CFOs, actuaries and marketing consultants. Mr. Boyles started working in health care in 1971 as a medical claims review analyst and has been writing about health insurance topics for over 30 years.

COST:

You can register for this event for $195, or you can register for the Future Care 2007 Web Summit package which includes this and two other audioconferences plus on-line presentations and podcasts for $395.

REGISTRATION:

1. Online: https://www.managedcarestore.com/summit.htm

2. Call: Healthcare Web Summit office at: 209.577.4888

3. Fax: Print off registration form at: https://www.managedcarestore.com/hwsorder.pdf and fax to: 209.577.3557

4. Mail: Print off registration form at: https://www.managedcarestore.com/hwsorder.pdf and mail to:

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