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NOTE--Change in MeetingLocation for this meeting!  
Bethesda Chevy Chase Services Center 
2nd Floor, Rooms A and B 
4805 Edgemoor Lane 
Bethesda, MD 
(directions,map, and parking) 

Congratulations! You've made the jump into a business of your own. Now,what should you do about health insurance? If you have COBRA coverage,it won't last much longer. And, if you're healthy, the policy COBRA guaranteesis almost certainly not the best buy. 

There are many health insurance options. The goal of this presentationis to teach you enough about how health insurance works, what it costs,how to get it, and what happens if you don't have it to enable you to makeinformed choices on what to buy when financially stressed during businessstartup. 
 
Speaker: Lloyd Brodsky has a doctoratein health care management and management information systems from Sloan,the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Althoughmost of his career has been in areas other than health care, Lloyd's mostrecent health care position was at Physia, where he was in charge of requirementsanalysis and the technical staff. He has also been a software engineerfor the Hewlett-Packard Medical Products Group, a consultant to Travelers'Insurance, and a professor of health care information systems at the Universityof Colorado. 
  

Agenda 

12:30  pm	Check-In
1:00 pm	Welcome & Announcements
1:10 pm	"And You Can Quote Me on That . . . "  Tax Updates & Accounting Tips, JinaEtienne, CPA
1:20 pm	Main presentation: The Health Insurance and Healthcare Marketplace:Fending for Yourself; Lloyd Brodsky, Ph.D.
2:45 pm	Q&A
3:00 pm	Closing announcements
3:05 pm	Informal queries, conversation, networking

PresentationDescription | Speaker Information | MeetingAgenda | Location  |Sponsors | Registration 

Parking: Large indoor garage--free on Saturdays! 

Metrorail: Across the street from Bethesda Metrorail Station,on the Red Line. 

Free and open to all  

Several times a year a smaller group (usually about 8 to 12) goes toNanny O'Brien's (directly across the street from the library at 3319 ConnecticutAvenue, NW, 202-686-9189, open 2 pm Saturday to 2 am Sunday) or anotherlocal establishment for continued conversation, networking, and refreshmentfollowing the meeting. (Participants pay for their own beverages and food.) 

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