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Nov. 28 Webinar to Address Impact of Obamas Re-election on Health Insurance Exchanges

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(PRWEB) November 16, 2012

Atlantic Information Services is pleased to announce its Nov. 28 webinar, The Impact of November Elections on Insurance Exchanges: What Health Plans, Providers and Brokers Need to Know About the Second Obama Administration, a discussion featuring three health industry leaders on the postelection landscape for insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.

With President Barack Obamas re-election, and new faces in state capitals, the pace of implementing state exchanges should accelerate dramatically. And Republican-led states that were hoping a Romney win would get them off the hook must scramble and start making hard decisions.

On Nov. 28, a three-person panel will address questions on essential health benefits, IT systems, qualified health plan selection and other key issues:


What impact will election results have on the pre-Nov. 6 timetable and agenda for exchange implementation?
What factors have just changed in health plan determinations as to whether they should participate in a federally facilitated exchange?
What is likely to be the new timetable for issuance of federal guidance that is needed for states to move forward?
What key exchange-related issues should plans, providers and brokers now be aware of?

After a 60-minute presentation, a concluding question and answer session will allow webinar participants to pose individual questions to the speakers:

Chris Condeluci, of counsel at Venable LLP in Washington, D.C. He practices in the employee benefits and tax policy areas, with particular emphasis on health care reform and retirement and compensation policy.
Jordan Battani, managing director of the Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices at CSC, where she leads a team of industry experts responsible for identifying, researching and writing about trends and innovations in health care particularly as they relate to the application of information technology solutions.
Daniel Schuyler, a director at Leavitt Partners who helps guide the firms health insurance exchange practice. He brings to the firm applied experience in the development and implementation of health insurance exchanges.

Visit http://aishealth.com/marketplace/c2r42_112812 for more details and registration information.

About AIS

Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (AIS) is a publishing and information company that has been serving the health care industry for more than 25 years. It develops highly targeted news, data and strategic information for managers in hospitals, health plans, medical group practices, pharmaceutical companies and other health care organizations. AIS products include print and electronic newsletters, websites, looseleafs, books, strategic reports, databases, webinars and conferences. Learn more at http://www.AISHealth.com.







Nomi Prins on Bernanke’s testimony, Obama’s Mortgage Plan and Greece’s missed “Bailout” Deadline

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Follow us @ twitter.com twitter.com Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the Senate today – last week he testified before the House – and the media wanted to hear if the “good” US jobs report, which came out since he last spoke, changes anything about monetary policy. The jobs report has been deemed “good” because the headline unemployment number went down a little to 8.3%. Bernanke actually said this understates the weakness of the labor market, but do these monthly numbers matter at all? People who crunch the numbers seem to say no. David Stockman, Ronald Reagan’s former budget director in an email that’s been made public wrote you basically can pick and choose what you want from the reports to support your thesis but, “In short, if you spend a little time with these numbers you will know that they are being made up.” John Mauldin, financial expert was writing about something similar that these numbers are subject to large revisions up or down – so take them with a grain of salt. So if that’s the case and the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the emperor wearing no clothes, coming out with these meaningless numbers each month, why are markets and the media glued to them? We will be speaking with Nomi Prins during the show, and will ask her what she things about this purported oddity of markets hanging on news that the may see as highly dubious. And speaking of news the markets and media hang on – Greek leaders are still in talks over a debt deal – and the …
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Watch President Obama’s Full Speech on Mideast Policy

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For more: to.pbs.org In what was described as a major policy speech at the State Department, President Obama pledged aid to Arab nations that are shifting toward democracy and renewed calls for an Israeli-Palestinian two-state settlement. The president said “people of the Middle East and North Africa are casting off the burdens of the past” in what is now known as the Arab Spring.

Rare Coin Wholesalers Releases Gold Prices and Inflation Fears Article

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Irvine, CA (PRWEB) August 06, 2012

Rare Coin Wholesalers (RCW) announced the release of their latest article, Gold Prices and Inflation Fears. In the article, Dr. Scott Sumner, economist and writer for RCW, claims that the internet is full of commentators predicting high inflation, and they are using that argument to sell gold. He explains that since July 2008 inflation has averaged only about 1.2%, the lowest rate over any similar period since the mid-1950s.

The article describes how the fear of inflation is driven by two factors, large budget deficit and rapid increases in the money supply. Sumner presents research that suggests monetary policy has a much more powerful impact on demand and inflation rather than fiscal stimulus.

The article addresses how the current state of our economy is not likely to produce inflation. Inflation is a concept widely misunderstood by the public, Sumner explains. And as the economy recovers and interest rates rise closer to normal levels, the Fed intends to raise the interest rate it pays on reserves, so that they wont all suddenly spill out into the economy, causing inflation. Specifically, he explains how the increased demand for reserves has prevented money to enter the marketplace.

The full version of the article is available by clicking the following link.

A sample of the article is reproduced below:

Many recall being taught that deficit spending boosts aggregate demand for goods, which is inflationary. Indeed, the Obama administration enacted its $ 800 billion stimulus package for exactly that reason. Yet, recent research suggests that monetary policy has a much more powerful impact on demand and inflation, than fiscal stimulus. If we continue to run large deficits, we may eventually reach the limit of what people (and foreign governments) are willing to lend to the U.S. government. At some point we may be forced to literally print money to pay our bills. And it is quite true that virtually every major hyperinflation from Germany in the early 1920s to Zimbabwe in the 2000s, has been caused by excessive government debts. Despite the connection between debt crises and hyperinflation, this argument doesnt apply to the U.S., for several reasons.

To read the full article, please click the following link.

About the Author:

Scott Sumner studied economics at the University of Wisconsin, and received a PhD from the University of Chicago. He has done extensive research on the role of the gold standard in the Great Depression and is currently a professor of economics at Bentley University, where he has taught since 1982. Sumner also writes economic articles for Rare Coin Wholesalers and a blog on monetary policy called TheMoneyIllusion.com.







Gene Simmons Slams President Obama’s Israel Policy.

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Born in Israel under the name Chaim Witz, Gene Simmons relocated to Brooklyn at the age of 9 with his mother, a Hungarian immigrant and the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. Once in the States his name was changed to the more American-sounding Gene Klein, and he struggled to advance his understanding of English through watching television and reading comics. During his school years, he developed an interest in horror and science fiction, for a while even publishing his own comics fanzine; but the Beatles phenomenon inspired a stronger urge to become a musician, and in 1967 he secured a second hand guitar from his mother to realize his ambitions. Participation in a series of different bands followed, amongst which were The Missing Links and The Long Island Sounds. After high school Simmons enrolled in college and began working towards a degree in education, performing at night as a member of Bullfrog Bheer and later in the folk duo Coffee. A period was spent as a teacher in Spanish Harlem and then as a personal assistant for the editor of Vogue, but by this time he had met Paul Stanley and, after a series of unsuccessful attempts, the two founded Kiss in 1973. It was at this point that he adopted the name Gene Simmons. Rabbi Chaim Richman answers Obama’s speech in Cairo 2009. youtu.be Rabbi Chaim Richman’s Response to Obama’s speech at the 2011 (AIPAC) youtu.be

Generation Opportunity: April Unemployment Numbers and Young Americans

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Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 04, 2012

Generation Opportunity President Paul T. Conway, former Chief of Staff of the United States Department of Labor (DOL) and the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) responds to the April 2012 jobs numbers:

These numbers tell a heartbreaking story about the reality young Americans face each day. Young Americans continue to suffer the impacts of the President and his administrations bad economic policies, the resulting poor economy, and the overall lack of opportunity. The administration has failed to listen closely to the needs of young adults they want meaningful, full-time jobs in a career path of their choice to get on with their own lives. Instead, the Obama administration continues to push a vision that offers less hope and less opportunity. Nearly every week, administration officials appear on college campuses and at gatherings of young Americans to brag about how the federal government is expanding to take over more of their healthcare, education, job training, and other decisions where is the hope in that?

Generation Opportunity commissioned a poll with the polling company, inc./WomanTrend (April 16 22, 2011, +/- 4% margin of error) and highlighted results for all young Americans ages 18-29 appears below:

Young Americans Majority Disapprove of President Obamas Management of Youth Unemployment, Washington Out-of-Touch:

Cardinal George: ‘Some of Obamas policies are simply wrong

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Cardinal George: 'Some of Obamas policies are simply wrong

Cardinal George: ‘Some of Obamas policies are simply wrong’ October 8, 2009. Miles away from home Cardinal Francis George took the mic at University of Lateranense, ready to discuss his latest book: The Difference God Makes. A book, the President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops says is about relationships and the role religion plays in peoples lives. But aside from his written message, others are also interested in the relationship between US bishops and the White House. Card. Francis George President US Conference of Catholic Bishops I think our country can be proud from having slavery in our constitution in the beginning to now having an African-American president, and we are proud of that”. But bishops in the US are not proud of all the policies set by President Barack Obama, he calls some divisive. Card. Francis George President US Conference of Catholic Bishops Some of his policies are simply wrong, and those moments we do what we can in a free country which is to criticize the polices of our government”. In particular Cardinal George is referring to the protection of human life, the use of tax money to support abortion oversees and the potential use of tax money to support abortion in the country, part of the ongoing contentious health care debate. However there are other issues some like the new US ambassador to the Vatican are more optimistic about. Ambassador Miguel Diaz who also attended the book signing, has said hes convinced there is wide potential …
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