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                From:   Barbara Oles [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
                Sent:   Monday, April 03, 2000 9:08 AM
                To:     [log in to unmask]
                Subject:        Re: Spending your health care dollar...

                At 12:47 PM 3/31/2000 -0500, you wrote:
                >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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