PO BOX , DALLAS, TX 75380

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1 PO BOX , DALLAS, TX President s Message: The Final Word I find it hard to believe my year as President is up. Like many things in life the year goes by fast. Right when you figure things out it is time to move on. So let s recap the year and see what we have done! Objective #1 Provide timely updates on Healthcare Reform in Washington, Texas and Dallas. August- Town Hall Meeting with Congressman Pete Sessions September- Update and Panel with John Stacy from Not in Texas October-Dr. Devon Herrick from the Goodman Foundation on solutions for Healthcare costs March-Texas Representative Carl Isett from Lubbock discussing his ideas on HCR. April- Author Dave Racer discussing the new law. June-Janet Trautwein provide the latest from Washington on the progress of detailing the bill. Objective #2 We saw membership drop in the low 350 at the beginning of the year. Then as we started 2010 things changed. Our dynamic membership team of Lisa Lilley and Doris Waller hit their stride. We started to grow and when April came we were at 390 members! Our goal was 370 members and a retention level of 78%. We did both and because of their hard work and dedication we were recognized as the Large Chapter of the Year for Texas! Objective #3 Provide a Strong Educational Focus (CE s) dealing with Legislative issues and Educate the Community on the HCR debate Tamela Southan & Jacqueline St Hilaire lead the way for us in Texas with both serving on the TAHU State Board in Legislative positions. Attended the Washington DC Fly in July. (Tamela, Diane Vickers, Patrick Skinner (Legislative team) and Donna McCright (trustee) Organized Town Hall Meetings in Summer & Fall. Diane Vickers & Rosemary Deininger lead the way including meetings in Rockwall, Arlington & Lewisville. Mike Ryan JUNE 2010 Inside this issue: President s Message Continued... 2 July Luncheon Announcement 3 Save the Dates Award Winners 5 DAHU wants to know... 6 TX Legislative Update 7

2 P AGE 2 By Mike Ryan, DAHU State Outgoing President The Final Word Continued... Cobra Seminar in January- 6 hours of CE provided by Ouida Peterson from Conexis. SB 80 Panel in February-Carrier panel with representatives from BC, Humana and United. SB 79 CE- 8 hours of CE provided under the watchful eyes of Patrick Skinner. Objective #4 Represent our Chapter for all Health Underwriter functions throughout the year. Attend Quarterly State Board Meetings for TAHU in Austin January-Attended Day at the Capital Meeting in Austin. Patrick Skinner lead our team. March-Attended Capital in Washington DC. Diane Vickers set the lobbying agenda. June-NAHU Conference in Chicago. One of the largest Chapter s for attendance. Objective #5 Be good stewards of our Annual Budget, raise Funds for Charity, give time back to our Community. We did better than our annual budget thanks to watchful eyes of Stu Dunkle our Treasurer. Raised $8,000 for Jonathon s Kid s through our annual golf tournament under Mike Symons our tournament director great effort. Held Jingle Jam in December and raised $1,000 of toys and cash for Toys for Tots. Great job Sandy Brown! Special thanks to Carolyn Goodwin, Rosemary Deininger and others for their dedication to offering CHIP enrollment at Mesquite and Arlington ISD to help provide insurance for about 1,000 uninsured children! Thanks to others on the board for their ongoing help throughout the year. Chris Higman for keeping our Education requirements for CE credits straight, Larry French spreading the word and pictures to the media about what we were doing, and Taryn Starling for keeping us documented for record keeping as our Secretary! Finally please keep up the fight in the next year to Save our Private Healthcare System! It is the best in the World. Good luck to David Cheek and the new board! I hope that you will consider helping out this year. It is a great way to give back to your industry and a chance to work with some outstanding people! Thank You!!

3 P AGE 3 JUNE 2010 Member Expectations & NAHU Website Education Seminar Prestonwood Country Club, Dallas, TX $20 Member / $45 Non Member/Guest Please RSVP no later than July 20th at Noon. Wednesday, July 21st 11:15-11:30 Registration & Networking 11:30-12:00 Announcements, NAHU recap for annual convention. 12:00-12:15 Member Expectations from David Cheek 12:15-1:00 NAHU Website Education Seminar, Presented by: Diane Vickers 1st Place - Joe Bittner w/ Apex Global Partners - $300 2nd Place - Lisa Gajdica w/ Foster Benefit Resources - $200

4 JUNE 2010 P AGE 4 July 2010 July 21, 2010 DAHU Monthly Luncheon Member Expectations & NAHU Website Education Seminar August 18, 2010 DAHU Monthly Luncheon Todd Merrill, CEO of Global Crypto speaking on Hi Tech September 15, 2010 DAHU Monthly Luncheon Rusty Rice, Healthcare Update. Sun Mon Tue We Thu Fri Sat August 2010 Sun Mon Tue We Thu Fri Sat September 2010 Ad Space Available for monthly publication / website communication contact DAHU Newsletter Chair. Sun Mon Tue We Thu Fri Sat

5 Award Winners Congratulations to all the winners! If you were not there at our meeting and have not heard yet they were as follows: Doris Waller NOVA Award -New Energy and Accomplishment. Doris helped to plug a big hole in the retention area which allowed us to exceed our goal for the year! Kim O Neill Maciekowicz- The STELLAR Award -Steady and consistent participation in all DAHU Activities. Kim assisted the President in various tasks including our Newsletter and headed a project to change our registration process. Lisa Lilley & Diane Vickers- MVP Award - Single Most Significant Achievement during the year. Lisa was always looking for ways to add new members. She also provided leadership to Doris and others during the year including making sure our large events ran smoothly for our members who attended. Diane was a soldier on a mission this year to make sure members and her community understood the latest on Healthcare Reform. She constantly was on the streets speaking, writing articles for her newspaper and making sure we knew the latest from Washington! Patrick Skinner- The LEADERSHIP Award - Regular Involvement and Exceeded Expectations. Patrick helped to make sure our golf tournament was a great success. He lead our team to Austin for a Day at the Capital and orchestrated the first SB 79 session at our Chapter to bring 8 hours of CE s to our members and guests! BCBS- HENDERSHOT Award -The Company who supported our organization both financially and through involvement. BC was there for us as a Gold Sponsor for our Annual Charity Golf tournament. They also helped with our panel discussion on SB 80 and again sponsored our CE day for SB 79. Mike Ryan- HENERY DAWSON Award -Member who had the greatest contribution of time and support to our organization as voted on by membership. Dallas was recognized as the Large Chapter of the Year for Texas under his leadership. He helped to keep the focus on Healthcare Reform all year and saw the Chapter net membership growth by over 10%!

6 Doris Waller - Nova Award Kim Maciekowicz Stellar Award Lisa Lilly - MVP Patrick Skinner Leadership Award Diane Vickers MVP BCBS of TX Hendershot Award Mike Ryan Henry Dawson Award

7 JUNE 2010 P AGE 7 June 2010 Valued Sponsors & Speakers THANK YOU! Communication is critical to our Association and our partnership with our members. As we begin our new board year, we asked that you take a moment to make sure we have your current/correct contact information. Please send all changes and/or corrections to Doris Waller at dwaller@panamericanlife.com to ensure your contact information is updated at the local, state and national level. Become one of our monthly Luncheon Sponsors and you will receive a display area for your marketing materials and discuss your products and services at the monthly luncheon. Along with recognition in the monthly newsletter. Be seen by the people who matter most to your business!! Please contact Erik Clark for more details!!! eclark2@humana.com COMMITTEE VOLUNTEER FORM Our chapter continues to grow, but we need new talent, new ideas and new energy. As a non-profit association we look to our members for volunteer support. If you have a few hours a week to spare and would like to give back to your profession we have several critical committee positions we need to fill. The time commitment is minimal compared to the lifetime rewards! Committee Positions:!Membership!Sponsorship!Golf Tournament!Other Name:

8 LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY By: Ed Oleksiak - State Legislative Chair Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, TAHUs and DAHUs role important during Reform: The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission reviews the operation and efficiency of more than 130 state agencies. Most agencies undergo Sunset review every 12 years. The Sunset Commission is comprised of five members of the House, five Senate appointees and two public members make up the panel. Appointees conduct comprehensive evaluations of agencies such as the Texas Department of Transportation, the Railroad Commission, the Texas Public Utility Commission, and the Department of Insurance. Twenty-nine agencies are scheduled for Sunset reviews during the biennium. The Sunset Commission s meetings associated with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) have been tranquil due to the enormity of the impact which National Health Care Reform will have on TDI. Most of the 2011 recommendations are carryovers from the 2008 recommendations which were not passed during the last Legislative Session. DAHU/TAHU will play a critical role between now and 2014 representing and informing members on issues related to National Health Care Reform. HHS will be relying on State Insurance Commissioners to assist with the implementation process. We need to be very vocal. Stay involved at the local, State and National level. SB 79 certification was a huge success and a win-win for all involved especially DAHU and its members. Have you ever wondered how you can get a copy of the pictures taken at our monthly Luncheon / Events??? Well, you are in luck! They are now available at 4 x 6 Pictures can be purchased online for $1 per picture. DAHU will donate all the proceeds collected to Jonathan's Place, a non-profit organization that provides temporary shelter for abused, abandoned and neglected children and also offers Foster & Adoptive Family Programs.