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Association Health Plans Taking Action to Provide Affordable Health Insurance Options for Our Members The Top Priority for Our Members MARY BETH SEWALD PRESIDENT & CEO ne of the challenges that I often hear from Chamber’s quick action as the national leader in working our members is their struggle to pay for to establish such a plan. the high cost of health insurance. Many O small businesses would like to provide I had the chance to sit down with Secretary Acosta and health insurance to attract and retain interview him for our Like Nobody’s Business television great employees, but it's very difficult for them to find show about AHPs, as well as his workforce development affordable options. In fact, some of our sole proprietors priorities. You can see the interview this month on Cox have told us they have been forced to get second jobs YurView LV channels 96 and 1096. It premieres on just to pay for health coverage. Sunday, August 5. Check your local listings for viewing times or watch it on the Chamber’s YouTube channel. Before the Affordable Care Act was fully implemented, the Las Vegas Chamber offered a health insurance plan The re-establishment of AHPs is just one example of the that helped our small businesses provide affordable effectiveness of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber engaging insurance. The Chamber offered its health plan for about in federal policy issues on your behalf and leading a 20 years and it covered roughly 20,000 lives. We know delegation of members to Washington, D.C. each year. how disappointed many of our members were when that This year, 100 business and community leaders joined us plan went away. on the trip and served as your voice on Capitol Hill. We advocated on several issues important to the future of That’s why it was such great news that, thanks to our state, such as Interstate 11, Yucca Mountain, Homeland an executive order signed by President Trump last Security funding, water, and public lands. fall, Association Health Plans (AHPs) will soon be available again. The Las Vegas Metro Chamber has Bringing back an affordable health plan for you is our been a leader in working to bring back an AHP for top priority. The Chamber is moving quickly to work Nevada’s businesses since the President made the with a provider partner to develop an insurance plan for announcement. And when the Department of Labor our members. We are doing all we can to give you plan released the new regulations for AHPs in June, the options by this fall. Chamber immediately announced its intention of once again offering a health plan to our members. To hear the latest information, please join me on the monthly Chamber Call on Wednesday, August 15, from I met with Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta when 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. (See the Chamber calendar on page 20 he was in Las Vegas in June, and we were honored to for registration details). have Secretary Acosta address our 200 guests at the Nevada State Dinner Gala in washington, D.C. about the We truly value your membership, and this is one more importance of AHPs to bringing down the cost of health way the Chamber is working to provide you with value. insurance for small businesses and sole proprietors. He As always, please feel free to reach out to me if you have and President Trump have applauded the Las Vegas any questions or if there is something I can do for you. LAS VEGAS METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AUGUST 2018 BUSINESS VOICE 3 BV Business Voice VOLUME 39 NUMBER 8 Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce 575 Symphony Park Avenue, Ste. 100 Las Vegas, NV 89106 702.641.5822 • LVChamber.com Mary Beth Sewald President & CEO Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce 2018 Board of Trustees Trustees Past Chairmen Executive Committee Michael Bolognini Joseph Asher Berlyn Miller 1979 Chairman William Hill US Cox Communications Phil Arce 1984 Lisa Beckley Terrance Shirey The Beckley Group Elaina Blake 1985 Chairman Elect Nevada State Bank Kevin Bethel Dave Vlaming 1986 NV Energy Bill Noonan Jeffrey A. Silver 1988 Danielle Bisterfeldt Immediate Past Chairman Peter Thomas 1989 Boyd Gaming Corporation The Howard Hughes Corporation William Martin 1991 Hugh Anderson Michael Bonner HighTower Las Vegas Greenberg Traurig Bob Maxey 1992 Jay Barrett Bob Brown Denny Weddle 1993 The JABarrett Company Opportunity Village David Smith 1994 Gina Bongiovi Todd Brown Bongiovi Law Firm KVVU Fox 5 Ted Wiens, Jr. 1995 Tom Burns Kerry Bubolz John O’Reilly 1996 Cragin & Pike Insurance Vegas Golden Knights Diane Dickerson 1997 John Guedry Senator Richard Bryan Bank of Nevada Fennemore Craig Edward Crispell 1998 Lori Nelson Tyler Corder Bill Wells 2001 Station Casinos, LLC Findlay Automotive Jay Kornmayer 2002 Ellen Schulhofer Michael Dominguez Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck MGM Resorts International Lou Emmert 2003 Bruce Spotleson Michael Feder Tim Cashman 2004 Dickinson Wright Vegas PBS Hugh Anderson 2005 Jeff Grace Ryan Woodward John Wilcox 2006 JP Morgan Chase NetEffect Lisa Howfield Fafie Moore 2008 KLAS-TV Steve Hill 2009 Production Team Gregory Lee Kristin McMillan 2010 Eureka Casino Resort Michael Bonner 2011 Cara Clarke Dr. Rex Liu, DDS Executive Editor Family & Cosmetic Dentistry Kevin Orrock 2012 Pomai Weall Napoleon McCallum Jay Barrett 2013 Production Coordinator The Las Vegas Sands Corp. 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The Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce welcomes input, ideas and suggestions from our members. As with any periodical, we must adhere to strict deadlines and we reserve the right to edit all materials submitted for publication. Commentaries that are marked as such do not necessarily reflect the opinion or position of the Chamber, its trustees or employees. The Chamber cannot guarantee the validity or accuracy of the contents of paid advertisements. Questions or concerns about content of the Business Voice can be addressed to Vice President of Marketing, Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, 575 Symphony Park Avenue, Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89106. Table Association Health Plans of 14 Contents AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE OPTIONS FOR OUR MEMBERS AUGUST 2018 6 Chamber News 7 For Your Benefit 8 News You Need 10 Working For You 14 Association Health Plans 33 22 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! ACCESS LAS VEGAS 18 Net Neutrality 20 What's Happening 22 Access Las Vegas 24 Member Spotlights 26 Your scene | You’re seen 28 Member News 30 Ribbon Cuttings 34 18 MEMBER TO MEMBER NET NEUTRALITY 32 Public Policy Leadership Series 33 Welcome New Members! 34 Member to Member 36 Vegas Young Professionals 38 The Final Word 28 30 36 MEMBER NEWS RIBBON CUTTINGS VEGAS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS LAS VEGAS METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AUGUST 2018 BUSINESS VOICE 5 Chamber News Applications Open! The Public Policy Leadership (PPL) Series is now accepting applications for its Fall 2018 classes. The PPL Series is a partnership between the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and the Leadership Foundation of Greater Las Vegas. The PPL Series offers two programs, including a General Governance track that educates participants on understanding the functions and structure of government in Nevada as well as an Education track that prepares participants on the types of responsibilities associated with serving on boards of education. The Fall 2018 classes begin Thursday, September 6, and meet for six consecutive Thursday evenings, from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. For more information and to apply, visit leadership.vegas. Joyce Goedeke Takes Role of VP, Marketing & Brand Strategy Mingle All Night at Joyce Goedeke has been hired to lead the VYP’s 13th Annual Metro Chamber’s marketing efforts as vice president, marketing & brand strategy. In White Hot Mixer her role, Goedeke will be charged with bolstering the Chamber’s brand through a Wear all white and get ready for variety of new opportunities in digital, social a whole lot of mingling at Vegas media, video, website, and other content Young Professional’s annual White platforms. She will also be working with Hot extravaganza at VooDoo other departments, volunteers, and partners in the community to develop Rooftop Lounge. Come dressed targeted marketing strategies for the Chamber, drive market research, to impress in your coolest summer and reach Chamber audiences on multiple levels. Prior to joining the whites and enjoy the high-energy Chamber, Joyce worked as the vice president of marketing and public atmosphere at VooDoo during relations for Southern Hills Hospital. VYP’s biggest event of the year. Snap a photo at the photo booth, participate in the charity giveaway, Make New Connections at the and make some meaningful connections with the premier group Networking Power Lunch of young professionals in Southern Nevada. White Hot will be held Take out those business cards and get ready to make some meaningful Thursday, August 16, at VooDoo business connections during the next Networking Power Lunch.