SPEAKER DONOVAN'S WORKING GROUP STUDIES SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH CARE -- Leading Mass. Health Care Expert To Speak At 3 P.M. Monday, Jan. 9, In Room 1D OF LOB

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SPEAKER DONOVAN’S WORKING GROUP   

STUDIES SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH CARE

 

Leading Mass. Health Care Expert To Speak

At 3 P.M. Monday, Jan. 9, In Room 1D OF LOB

 

A working group of small business leaders and legislators convened by House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) will hear Patrick Holland, managing director of Wakely Consulting Group, give a presentation on health care reform in Massachusetts at 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, in Room 1D of the Legislative Office Building.

 

Holland was one of the leading figures in the implementation of health care reform in Massachusetts. As the first chief financial officer, he led the financial operations and health plan procurements for the Health Connector, a first in the nation health insurance exchange, from its inception in 2006 through February 2010.

 

The working group, chaired by Rep. Robert Megna (D-New Haven), House chair of the Insurance Committee, will also continue its discussion about obstacles and opportunities for small business owners seeking to purchase health insurance coverage for employees and their families. The group later will make recommendations on how best to address health insurance needs of the small business workforce.

 

 

WHO:             Patrick Holland, leader of health care reform in Massachusetts

                       

WHAT:           Meeting of Speaker Donovan’s Working Group on Small Business Health Care

 

WHEN:          3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9

 

WHERE:       Room 1D, Legislative Office Building, Hartford 

Dan Uhlinger
Press Secretary
House Democrats Office
Legislative Office Building, Rm. 5000
Hartford, CT 06106
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