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October 2013


www.hamptonroadsmessenger.com Governor McDonnell Announces


McDonnell has announced additional appointments to his administration under the Executive Mansion and Press Office. He also announced appointments to eleven Virginia boards and commissions. Further announcements regarding additional appointments in the McDonnell administration will continue to be made in the months ahead.


Executive Mansion Sarah Kate Traynham, Director of


the Mansion - Sarah Kate Traynham began interning at the Governor's Mansion in 2010 and returned to the Mansion in early 2013. Previously, she worked in Government Relations for the Vectre Corporation in Richmond and held various fundraising and development positions. Traynham is a native of Richmond, where she graduated from Saint Gertrude High School in 2006. She continued her studies at George Mason University, where she graduated with degrees in English and Communication.


Press Office Abigail Sigler, Deputy Press


Secretary - Abigail Sigler began serving in the McDonnell administration in June 2013 as a Governor's Fellow in communications. Prior to her fellowship, she interned at both the University of Virginia's Center for Politics and Pilot Media. Sigler is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where she majored in political science and minored in religious studies. She is a native of Virginia Beach and currently resides in Richmond.


Board Appointments


• A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership Board of Trustees


• James E. Atkinson* of Char- lottesville, Vice President and Co-Founder of Mikro Systems, Inc.


• Marilyn Hanover of Penhook, Plant Manager for Sartomer USA, LLC


• Tamea Franco Woodward of Roanoke, CEO of Global Metal Finishings


Board of Accountancy


• James M. "Jim" Holland of North Chesterfield, Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and Supervisor with the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors


Board of Medicine


• Syed Salman Ali of Vienna, Hema- tologist-Oncologist with Fauquier Health Physician Services


• Deborah DeMoss Fonseca of Springfield, Realtor with Long and Foster


• David C. Giammittorio, MD, FACOG of Lorton, CEO of The Physician and Midwife Collaborative Practice


Radiation Advisory Board


Administration and Board Appointments RICHMOND - Governor Bob


The Hampton Roads Messenger


Affordable Care Act: Marketplace Premiums Lower than Expected


BY JEANNE LAMBREW At the center of


the Affordable Care Act is the premise that we need to make health care more affordable and accessible for more Americans, and a new report demonstrates just how affordable insurance will be. The report, released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), finds that in state after state, affordable options will be available through the Health Insurance Marketplace in 2014.


• Les P. Foldesi, CHP of Richmond, Former Director of the Virginia Department of Health, Division of Radiological Health Program


Small Business Commission


• Robert G. Marcus* of Portsmouth, Corporate Secretary with Blaustein & Reich, Inc.


• Nicole Riley* of Richmond, Virginia State Director for the National Federation of Independent Business


State Water Control Board


• Ben Grumbles of Arlington, President of the US Water Alliance


Veterans Services Foundation


• Tom Gordy of Bristow, President of the Armed Forces Marketing Council


Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth


• January M. Britt of Henrico, Teacher


Virginia Geographic


Information Network Advisory Board


• John M. Palatiello of Reston, President of John M. Palatiello and Associates, Inc.


• • Elaine Roop of Roanoke, VA811


Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development


Douglas Richmond Virginia Soybean Board


• Linda V. Smith* of West Point, Consultant with Old Dominion Grain, a division of The Mennel Milling Company of Virginia, Inc.


• Gerald L. Underwood* of Chesapeake, Grain Manager with Perdue Agribusiness


Virginia Waste Management Board


• Amarjit Singh Riat of Haymarket, Retired, Former Construction Manager and Deputy Director of the Solid Waste Management Program with Fairfax County


*Denotes re-appointment


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Nearly all eligible uninsured


Americans (about 95%) live in states with average premiums below earlier projections. And nearly all consumers (about 95%) will have a choice of health insurance companies, each of which offers a number of different plans. Competition and transparency are driving a new set of affordable options for consumers -- it is how the law was designed. This new report shows the real impact it could have – a working a family with income of $50,000 could pay less than $100 per month for the lowest bronze plan, after tax credits.


The Marketplace will be run in


partnership with States or fully by the HHS in 36 states. In these states, on average, consumers will have a choice of 53 health plans (bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans). Young adults will have the additional option of low-cost catastrophic or youth plans. And, about one in four of these insurance companies are newly offering plans in the individual market, a sign of healthy competition.


And competition is helping to


lower costs. States with the lowest premiums have more than twice


5


the number of insurance companies offering plans than states with the highest premiums. In the 48 States (including the District of Columbia) where premiums are available, the average premium for the lowest cost silver plan in the Marketplace is more than 16 percent lower than projected.


Premiums are even lower for


workers and families qualifying for tax credits. For example, in Texas, an average 27-year-old with income of $25,000 could pay $83 for the lowest-cost bronze plan, $133 for the lowest-cost silver plan, and $145 per month for the second lowest-cost silver plan after tax credits. For a family of four in Texas with income of $50,000, they could pay $57 per month for the lowest bronze plan, $239 for the lowest silver plan, and $282 per month for the second lowest-cost silver plan.


And based on the law’s provisions


(the premium tax credit and Medicaid expansion), nearly 6 in 10 of the uninsured will pay $100 or less per month for health coverage.


From October to March 2014,


more Americans will be able to check out their choices at HealthCare.gov and find health plans that fit their lives and their budgets.


For more information, go to HealthCare.gov. President Obama Announces 2013


White House Tribal Nations Conference WASHINGTON, DC – On


Wednesday, November 13, President Obama will host the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior. The conference will provide leaders from the 566 federally recognized tribes the opportunity to interact directly with the President and members of the White House Council on Native American Affairs. Each federally recognized tribe will be


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classrooms, an engineering and science building, and University Apartments at Ettrick, all under Moore’s tenure.


Prior to VSU, Moore was treasurer


of the Commonwealth of Virginia, where he served on 18 state boards and had oversight authority for more than $20 billion of Virginia’s assets. He also served as comptroller at the College of William and Mary. Before entering the public sector, Moore had a corporate career with Gulf Oil Corporation, where he worked in accounting.


He earned his bachelor of science


degree in accounting from Penn State in 1968 and his MBA from the


invited to send one representative to the conference. This will be the fifth White House Tribal Nations Conference for the Obama Administration, and continues to build upon the President’s commitment to strengthen the govern- ment-to-government relationship with Indian Country and to improve the lives of Native Americans. Additional details about the conference will be released at a later date.


University of Pittsburgh in 1975. He is a Vietnam War veteran, who is a recipient of the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement. Moore has earned several awards including the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award from the College of William and Mary. He holds honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees from VSU and St. Paul’s College. He also received the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Funds Leadership Award, the Dominion Virginia Power’s Strong Men/Women In Leadership Award, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Penn State in 1999 and the U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Award, in addition to numerous other awards and honors.


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