Who We Are

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We are educators, brokers and healthcare administrators interested in providing excellent health insurance education.

We read the books and articles that brokers would like to read – but are too busy. We attend the conferences that brokers would like to attend -- but are too busy. We then synthesize, summarize and present the material in easy-to-understand classes. 



 

Testimonials

On our online courses:

     Fascinating courses, the best available online. Clearly, concisely presented.
     Our brokers love them.

               Jeff Rich, Managing Principle, Massachusetts Business Association
               Intermediary working with 1000+ independent brokers

On our live lectures:

     Thought provoking content. They lecture here every month.

               Lisa Farnham, Training Manager, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
               America's #1 Commercial Health Insurer
               NCQA and US News & World Report 2008

On Healthcare Problems and Solutions by Gary Fradin:

     I required my staff to read this book. It provides the background they need to speak
     knowledgeably about a range of health insurance issues.

               Jim Conlon, J.F. Conlon & Associates

On Moral Hazard in American Healthcare by Gary Fradin:

     A must read for anyone involved in creating a solution to our healthcare dilemma...a rare
     understandable dialogue on a very complex issue.

               Robert A. Was, The Was Insurance Agency

On Overtreated by Shannon Brownlee:

     This book could save your life...Brownlee explains how well-insured Americans get
     much more high-tech medicare care...than they need...often endangering patient's
     lives.

               Marcia Angell, Harvard Medical School; former editor in chief of the New
               England Journal of Medicine

Comparing our ethics course Market Conduct Ethics to the competition:

     Their course consisted ot terms and definitions followed by documented examples. It
     was text book equivalent and tough to follow.

     Your course was very different as it specialized in health insurance and used
     current materials as examples. It was fluent, easy to read and very informative, making
     you think and actually putting you in the situation, asking 'What would I do?'

     I would definitely choose yours over the other. I enjoyed reading the information and
     understood it well. Not to mention it took me less time to read!

               Email from Massachusetts broker

Group Pricing

We offer attractive pricing to large groups of brokers. Contact us for details.


 

Lecture Bureau

Some of our authors and lecturers are available to present live CE lectures or to speak at conferences. We have several live lectures approved for CE credits in various states.

Contact us with your specific requirements.


 

Authors / Presenters

Bob Carey owns RLCarey Consulting, a health and welfare benefits consulting firm. He previously held senior management positions at the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority and the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission. He holds a masters degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

Gary Fradin holds graduate degrees from London and Harvard Universities. He is a licensed insurance broker in Massachusetts and author of Moral Hazard in American Healthcare (2007) and Healthcare Problems and Solutions (2008)

Dr. Atul Gawande (author of Better) is a surgeon and professor jointly at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He's also a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine and a former Rhodes Scholar. Dr. Gawande wrote Complications (2002) and Better (2007).

Phillip Longman (author of Best Care Anywhere) is a senior fellow at the New America Foundation and author of several books including Born to Pay: The New Politics of Aging in American (1987), The Return of Thrift: How the Collapse of the Middle Class Welfare State Will Reawaken Values in America (1996) and The Empty Cradle (2004). 

Shannon Brownlee (author of Overtreated) is a senior fellow at the New American Foundation and a visiting scholar at the National Institute. She holds a masters degree in biology and has written for the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine, the New Republic and Time.


 

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