Alt Benefit Consultants Sponsors Luncheon to Discuss Why Health Insurance is So Expensive

Fort Worth, TX – August 10, 2007 – Why does health insurance cost so much? A question that is asked so often that most people can’t answer. So ABC is going to give you the answer, lots of answers actually, at the FWAHU monthly luncheon at the Cacharel Restaurant on August 9, 2007 at 11:30 a.m.

There are a number of cost drivers that affect the premiums our clients have to pay. To discuss these cost drivers, the Fort Worth Association of Health Underwriters has an excellent panel of experts lined up: Vice President of Network Development for Humana, Celina Burns, New Business Underwriting Manager for Aetna, Ken Reed and Chief Marketing Officer for Elite Wellness, Gretchen Weber.

Sharon Alt, president of ABC says health care isn’t expensive because of health insurance; health insurance is expensive because health care is expensive. As we discussed last month, eliminating health insurance companies and moving to a single-payer, government-run system won’t address the underlying cause of the health care crisis in this country: the cost of health care.

To register for the lunch and/or CE, please go to www.fwahu.org and click on “upcoming events.”

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About Alt Benefit Consultants

Alt Benefit Consultants is a privately owned employee benefits compliance firm that works with small to midsized businesses to create competitive and innovative healthcare benefit packages for employers and employees alike. The company specializes in lowering employer and employee healthcare costs through better education and tax incentives that increase employer control while also increasing employee benefit choices. ABC is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas and offers expertise in such programs as health reimbursement arrangements (105 HRA), flexible spending accounts (125 FSA), health savings accounts (HSAs), and COBRA and HIPAA administration. More information can be accessed at www.altbenefits.com or by calling 817.731.6258.


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