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It was great to see many of you at the Annual Meeting and I believe we had a very successful Forum session. Suzanne is working on the notes from the meeting and I will send those out once they are finished. As we're anxiously waiting on the Supreme Court decision for the Affordable Care Act, I am working on newspaper articles that will explain the decision in layman's terms. To do this, I have to create multiple drafts for multiple outcomes and I don't even have the reasoning; I'm just working on the implications. I am really struggling with this and could use any advice! What do you all think is going to happen? Overturned or not (Intrade is sitting at 65.3% ...

In recent NY Times article, "Waivers Aim at Talk of Dropping Health Coverage", a developing trend has been noticed by Reed Abelson - a bunch of waivers to maintain even minimal coverage far below the new law’s standards. Thanks to Mr. Abelson - for pointing to how much the administration can, or should, compromise in ways that could dilute the effect of the new law in the next few years is a subject of much debate, depending on the politics from state to state or the economic dynamics in a particular market. I urge you to read the article and share your thoughts. Is it possible to predict the waivers in a particular market? The article is available at: ...

The goals and objectives are in the making! I posted a draft for your review. We need you to join us and become a part of the progress. Please share with us what you think about what the goals and objectives of the Health Policy Faculty Network should be. Your participation is highly appreciated! Thanks, Riaz Ferdaus, PhD Chair-Elect Health Policy Faculty Network