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From: Linda L. Spence, CMC/CVC <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Friday, March 31, 2000 3:40 PM
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>> From: External Affairs <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Subject: Spending your health care dollar...
>> Date: Friday, March 31, 2000 12:47 PM
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>> Don't miss out! Seats are going fast.
>>
>> Drugs in the Pipeline: The Coming Cost Wave
>>
>> After nearly a decade of single-digit increases, health insurance
>premiums
>> may swell by as much as 12 percent this year, a good part of which is
>> attributable to the rising cost of pharmaceuticals. But this is only the
>> first crest of an approaching storm. To learn the full forecast of the
>cost
>> of new pipeline drugs, please join the Blue Cross and Blue Shield
>> Association and the Health Insurance Association of America for the
>> symposium Pipeline Pharmaceuticals: How They Will Affect the Cost of
>Health
>> Care. Hear researchers from the University of Maryland present a new
>study,
>> and get reaction from a panel of experts and industry leaders.
>>
>> Dates and times:
>> Washington, D.C.-April 13, 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
>> New York City-April 14, 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
>>
>> The symposium and all meals are free of charge.
>>
>> For schedule information and/or to reserve your place, please click on
>the
>> following web link: www.hiaa.org/yourhealthdollar/index.html
>> <http://www.hiaa.org/yourhealthdollar/index.html>
>>
>>
>> If you have already registered for the symposium, please disregard this
>> notice. You will receive your confirmation letter shortly.
>>
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