| BearingPoint Predicts Rapid Expansion Of Health Savings Accounts If ...
BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE:BE), one of the world's largest management and technology consulting firms, eleased projections for the impact of the most widely touted health proposal across the presidential candidates' platforms - universal coverage - on multiple health constituents. Universal coverage as described in the presidential health platforms, is being applied in California and Massachusetts and requires coverage for all (or nearly all) residents through mandates or incentives, for insurance usually supplied through employers of all sizes. In application, this would increase the offering of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and their associated financial accounts. According to BearingPoint's forecast, the implementation of universal healthcare in the U.S. could further impact all health constituents, including increasing HSA projections beyond the current 2012 estimates of more than 20 million new accounts with more than $200 billion in assets.
Governor's Office Re-Opens In Western Mass.
In the vestibule, empty shelves soon will be filled with new brochures on state programs, grant applications, tourism and other topics of possible interest to visitors. Cardona, 39, a Springfield native appointed in January to run the office, said she receives a steady stream of calls from throughout the four-county region. Many people have questions about state services or suggestions on improving programs. Others need help with everything from starting a new business to understanding the state's health care insurance requirements. As word has spread that the office reopened, she said, drop-in visits have increased, too. "Our goal is to make this office as valuable a resource as possible," Cardona said. "The governor has clearly said his intention is to be the governor for the entire state, and I do believe he'll be using this office frequently." Full-time branch offices are common in many larger states nationwide, Massachusetts and Connecticut are the only New England states that have them.
Massachusetts Group Launches Campaign To Regulate Drug Maker Marketing
The newly formed Massachusetts Prescription Reform Coalition on Thursday announced an effort to curb pharmaceutical industry marketing in an attempt to bring down drug costs and health spending, the Boston Globe reports. The group contends that rapid drug spending growth is putting Massachusetts' health care law in jeopardy and hindering other initiatives to expand health insurance in the state.
The coalition has three objectives:
Prohibit gifts from drug makers to health care professionals who prescribe drugs;
Ban data-mining; and
Create a drug education program to provide unbiased information to physicians.The coalition was created by Health Care for All, and its members include AARP, the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, the American Heart Association, the American Stroke Association, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Neighborhood Health Plan.
Two murders and two life sentences won't alter one convict's ...
SAN ANTONIO—He was done signing autographs. Finished glad-handing fans. Complete with his first day of training camp as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. But, refreshingly, Wade Phillips was just getting started. As Phillips jogged into The Alamodome locker room tunnel last Wednesday afternoon, a man desperate for his attention fired a football that skidded, tumbled and bounced into the back of the coach's legs. An encore—or perhaps a fight—was inevitable. Phillips picked up the ball, tucked it under his arm and, after briefly pretending to jog toward the bowels of the stadium, returned to the field, signed some more and, just like that, created priceless goodwill. See, Bill Parcells, it ain't that damn hard. In four minutes the new coach produced more fan interaction than the former coach did in four years.
5W Public Relations Hosts Exclusive Beauty & Wellness Industry Event
5W Public Relations, named the fastest growing PR agency in the U.S., announced today that it will host its annual "Body Beautiful Media Symposium," showcasing exclusive consumer brands from 5W's Health & Beauty Division and beyond. The event is being held on Tuesday, April 22nd from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Providence, located at 311 West 57th Street, across from the Hearst building and near the Time Warner Center. .
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Bush Addresses Policy on Africa
FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH: Thank you very much, Mark. I get to speak first and introduce the President. Thank you, Mark, for your efforts to lead our country's efforts to defeat HIV/AIDS. Thank you very, very much for everything you do around the world. .
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