Del. Rust Honored by Virginia Association of Health Plans
Herndon's Tom Rust was awarded the distinguished public service award.
Herndon's Del. Tom Rust (R-86) was honored by the membership of the Virginia Association of Health Plans at their Legislative Fall Forum on Dec. 3.
Rust was presented with the 2012 Distinguished Public Service Award. The award is given to a member of the Virginia House of Delegates as well as a member of the Virginia Senate.
VAHP's Executive Director Doug Gray said Rust's long-standing public service and work on health care issues were some of the reasons for the selection.
Upon accepting the award, Rust thanked the Virginia Association of Health Plans and said he will continue to work to improve health and access to health care for all Virginians.
Rust is a board member of the Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic, which has expanded its facilities and increased its client base during his tenure. He also carried legislation that was instrumental in implementing most of the aspects of the federal healthcare law once it became law.
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William House
11:40 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
Real Grass Roots (if you're a plutocrat)
Virginia Association of Health Plans.
Corporate Affiliate Members
Corporate Affiliate Members
Abbott Laboratories
Amgen, Inc.
Astellas Pharma
Availity, Inc.
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Daiichi-Sankyo Pharma
Eli Lilly
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
Genentech
Genzyme
GlaxoSmithKline
Medco Health Solutions
Merck & Co. Inc
Novo-Nordisk, Inc.
OptumHealth
Pfizer, Inc.
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
http://www.vahp.org/membership/corporate-affiliate-members/
Member Health Plans
Aetna Inc.
Amerigroup Corporation
Anthem BlueCross and BlueShield
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
CIGNA HealthCare
Coventry Health Care of Virginia, Inc.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
Sentara Healthcare
MajestaCare
UnitedHealthcare
Virginia Premier
http://www.vahp.org/membership/full-members/
William House
11:41 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
News Flash: Republican gets award from a Republican Group.
Virginia Association of Health Plans is in league with:
Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia, Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business and Karl Roves group, American Crossroads.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2011/01/a_bill_sponsored_by_a.html
William House
11:42 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
Exposed: The Other ALECs' Corporate Playbook
By Steve Horn and Sarah Blaskey
21 June 2012
...Big business in the United States has perfected a legislative "playbook" - a methodical strategy for turning the wish list of multinational corporations into a state-level policy agenda with bipartisan support.
...To the extent there has been any discussion of this playbook at all, it has centered almost exclusively on the role of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its model legislation process.
full article:
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9889-exposed-the-other-alecs-corporate-playbook
William House
12:29 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012
Virginia Association of Health Plans
About:
Private Sector Solutions
Our Mission:
...The Association is committed to cultivating a regulatory and marketplace environment that facilitates private sector health care solutions.
http://www.vahp.org/about-us/