bWell-informed Health Plan Forecaster wins major industry award

BWELL-INFORMED™ HEALTH PLAN FORECASTER HONORED AS “MOST INNOVATIVE CDHC EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION TOOL” AT 2007 CDHC AWARDS IN LAS VEGAS

Award recognizes best product providing CDHC plan members timely access to appropriate and accurate information

bWell International’s flagship product, the bWell-informed™ Health Plan Forecaster, has been named the winner of the “Most Innovative CDHC Product or Solution – Employee/Member Education & Communication Tools” category at the 2007 CDHC Awards in Las Vegas. Created and produced by Prepaid Media, the CDHC Awards recognize noteworthy professionals, organizations, and programs throughout the consumer-driven health care industry.

“We are thrilled that the bWell-informed™ Health Plan Forecaster has been honored with this award,” said Phil Micali, founder and CEO of bWell International. “The forecaster is the only tool in the market that effectively educates consumers about CDHC plan options and then provides them with the ability to model the actual cost of individual health plan options over time based on their unique health profile. We’ve designed it to be innovative, and it’s gratifying to see it achieve such prominent industry recognition.”

“We want to congratulate all the companies that submitted their products, services, and professionals for consideration for the first annual CDHC Awards,” said Jonathan Weiner, president of Prepaid Media. “These winners represent some of the most innovative programs and products that have had significant impact in their respective categories in the past twelve months.”

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Insight from the Galen Institute: "Change is Inevitable."

Here at bWell we always love hearing from Grace-Marie Turner at the Galen Institute—as our CEO Phil Micali says, she's always "right on." Her most recent article in the Galen Institute Newsletter includes perceptive insight on how change is inevitable because the current system of job-based insurance that fit a post-World War II economy isn't working in the Information Age, and is today's required reading.

The take away? "... unless things change, the number of people without health insurance will continue to increase, and the threat of a government-controlled health care system will grow."