Question by Nadia: Can someone explain these health insurance terms?
What does the real actual proper term of “socialized medicine?” What does the actual term means for “universal health care?” “Taxpayers”, “Democracy,” and “national health service” 10 points for explaining what these terms mean.

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Answer by Zarnev
≡socialized medicine and universal health care:
any of various systems to provide the entire population with complete medical care through government subsidization and regularization of medical and health services.

≡taxpayer: noun
1. a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.

2. a temporary building that yields rent sufficient only to pay the taxes on the property on which it stands.

≡democracy noun
1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

2. a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.

3. a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.

4. political or social equality; democratic spirit.

5. the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.

National Health Service n

Abbreviation: NHS (in Britain) the system of national medical services since 1948, financed mainly by taxation

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Hotel Deals for 2013 St. Croix Food & Wine Experience offer ‘A Taste of St. Croix’ with Car Rentals, Sailing Trips, Tickets to Events Featuring Celebrity Chefs and More

St. Croix Food & Wine Experience

St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (PRWEB) December 18, 2012

Hotels on the sun-soaked island of St. Croix have announced fun-filled and flavorful packages for the 2013 St. Croix Food & Wine Experience. From three night packages to week-long stays, each vacation package offers a different experience during the St. Croix Food & Wine Experience. Hotel taxes and service charges are additional unless noted. Packages need to be booked with the hotel. Packages are as follows:

The Buccaneer            

$ 2,990      Five nights, double occupancy

The Buccaneer Culinary Getaway is $ 2,990 includes five nights in oceanview accommodations, a five-day car rental, 2 tickets to A Taste of St. Croix, a culinary welcome turn-down amenity plus full American breakfast daily, welcome cocktail, live music entertainment nightly and much more. The Buccaneer offers two beaches, three restaurants, tennis, golf, a spa and 340-acres of oceanfront paradise. To book the Buccaneer Culinary Getaway Package call 800-255-388.

Caravelle Hotel                            

$ 799     Three nights, double occupancy

The waterfront Hotel Caravelle, located in the historic town of Christiansted, is offering a three-night package (April 17, 18, 19) based on double occupancy in a deluxe ocean-front room. The package is $ 799 and includes two tickets to A Taste of St Croix, breakfast daily and a relaxing sailing trip to Buck Island National Park. To book call Hotel Caravelle at 340-773-0687.

Divi Carina Bay Resort    

$ 1344    Three nights, double occupancy

Divi Carina Bay Beach Resort offers the “Early Bird Taste” room package for this year’s 2013 St. Croix Food & Wine Experience. The deal features a discounted room rate from April 13 through the 20th, oceanfront accommodations, all meals and beverages plus a ticket to the Taste of St. Croix, the wildly popular sampling and sipping event, which will once again be held on the resort’s beachfront on Thursday evening, April 18th. The package is $ 224 per person per night, based on double occupancy, with a three-night stay required. The booking window for the “Early Bird Taste” package is now until January 31, 2013. Book by calling 877-773-9700 and use code TOSC2013.

Renaissance St. Croix Carambola Beach Resort & Spa

$ 1280 Four nights, double occupancy

Renaissance St. Croix Carambola Beach Resort & Spa, a beachfront resort with tennis, golf and more, offers a four-night stay in deluxe guest room accommodations for their St. Croix Food & Wine Package. The offer includes two tickets to ‘A Taste of St. Croix’ on Thursday, April 18, full breakfast daily for two, as well as a welcome drink and VIP Food & Beverage amenity. The package is $ 1280 for four nights, double occupancy, including taxes and service charges. To book the package, call Carambola at 888-503-8760 or 340-778-3800 or reservations (at) carambolabeach (dot) com.

Tamarind Reef Resort        

$ 1190 Four nights, double occupancy

The beachfront Tamarind Reef Resort offers a four-night package for the St. Croix Food & Wine Experience that includes an ocean view room, two tickets to the Galleon Wine dinner on Wednesday, April 17 and two tickets to A Taste of St. Croix on Thursday, April 18. As an added bonus, guests who book the package receive two signature Tamarind Reef Resort t-shirts. On-site amenities include the Tamarind Spa with massage, skin and nail care; freshwater pool; tennis courts; beach with kayak and snorkel equipment, sailing charter boats to Buck Island, as well as the casual Deep End restaurant and the award-winning Galleon restaurant. To book the package, call Tamarind Reef Resort at 800-619-0014.

The schedule for the 2013 St. Croix Food & Wine Experience includes everything from wine dinners to cooking classes with celebrity chefs and talented island chefs. Celebrity chef guests include Josef DeSimone, Paula DaSilva, Todd Gray, Mike Lata and Simon Stojanovic. For a detailed list of events and to purchase tickets to additional events, visit http://www.stcroixfoodandwine.com. Follow the fun and receive updates at facebook.com/STCROIXFoodandWineExperience and on Twitter @STXFoodandWine.

About the St. Croix Food & Wine Experience

The St. Croix Food & Wine Experience, named one of the Ten Best International Food and Wine Festivals by Forbes Travel, showcases the diverse cuisine and wine available on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. The multi-day event includes gourmet dinners, wine seminars, wine auctions, and the annual culinary competition, A Taste of St. Croix. The event benefits the St. Croix Foundation (http://www.stxfoundation.org), a non-profit community foundation that serves the entire US Virgin Islands in the areas of education, historic preservation, community and economic development. The event was started in 2001 by restaurant owners Katherine Pugliese of Eat@CaneBay, and Kelly Odom of Tutto Bene, and is recognized as the pre-eminent food and wine event in the Caribbean. For more information visit stcroixfoodandwine.com.

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Question by djbod2006: Will the IRS send me a copy of my most recent tax return if I request it?
I sent in my tax return and I forgot to make a copy of it. Will they send me a copy of it, and if so, what information will they require from me to get that copy?

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Answer by Ryan M
They will send you a copy, however you will have to pay for it and it can take a few weeks. The info is all on their website.

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Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP Adds New Partner

Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) December 17, 2012

James S. Segarra, Managing Partner of Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP, one of the top CPA firms in Buffalo, NY, announced that James K. Frank, CPA, has joined the Firm as a Tax Partner.

Mr. Frank, a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Western New York native, will concentrate his practice in the Firm’s international services area, specializing in assisting clients engaged in international and Canadian/U.S. business. He brings nearly 30 years of large, national public accounting-firm experience to Tronconi Segarra & Associates and was most recently a partner in the Toronto office of Ernst & Young LLP. He will continue his practice at Tronconi Segarra & Associates, as he has done for the past 20 years, by identifying opportunities and delivering tax services for the Firm’s international business clients that are entering or expanding their operations into the U.S. either through start-up or acquisition.

In making this announcement, Mr. Segarra discussed the impact that Mr. Frank’s joining Tronconi Segarra & Associates will have on the Firm. “We have a long and successful history of assisting international clients with a variety of services – tax and entity selection, mergers & acquisitions, state & local tax, and general business consulting. With Jim joining our team, we have significantly added to our portfolio of expertise providing services to international clients with very sophisticated and complex issues and transactions. Jim’s experience should enable us to compete on a different level now regarding international clients.”

With this move, Tronconi Segarra & Associates now has 12 members in its partner group serving clients from its three Western New York offices – Williamsville (the Firm’s headquarters location); Niagara Falls – an office that has proved to be a convenience for the Firm’s Canadian clients; and Clarence, which was added in 2011 when the former Domachowski, Kempisty & Salvatore CPAs firm merged with Tronconi Segarra & Associates.

About Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP:

With over 50 CPAs and almost 90 associates, New York accountancy firm Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP has exhibited remarkable growth due to its reputation for client satisfaction, its diversity of public accounting services, and its progressive entrepreneurial spirit. Tronconi Segarra & Associates is a leader in providing both core accounting services such as auditing and tax consulting and compliance; as well as specialized services such as international tax planning and compliance, mergers & acquisitions, business valuations, senior-level financial management consulting, outsource services, corporate governance and internal control reviews, state & local tax consulting, employee benefit plan compliance, estate and succession planning, services to not-for-profit organizations, and services to franchisee owners. Tronconi Segarra & Associates is also a federal government General Services Administration (GSA) contract holder. Visit Tronconi Segarra & Associates at http://www.tsacpa.com or contact us at our Williamsville headquarters – 716.633.1373.

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Annual New Year’s Eve Gala Celebration at Mandarin Oriental, New York

New York, New York (PRWEB) December 05, 2012

Ring in 2013 in style with loved ones, family, good friends, and champagne at Manhattan’s celebration destination, Mandarin Oriental, New York at the annual New Year’s Eve Gala. Guests can also extend their festive celebrations by booking the New Year’s Eve Celebration Hotel Package.

Mandarin Oriental, New York’s New Year’s Eve Gala

Still searching for the perfect way to ring in 2013? Mandarin Oriental’s annual New Year’s Eve Gala Monday, December 31, 2012 brings back the essence of the iconic Manhattan New Year’s Eve parties in the hotel’s stunning 36th floor ballroom with one-of-a-kind spectacular Central Park and city skyline views. This elegant black-tie evening begins at 8:00 pm with an open bar cocktail hour, Louis Roederer Brut NV champagne and an array of delicious butler passed hors d’oeuvres. The evening includes a gala dinner with gourmet delicacies followed by an incredible dessert buffet display. Surprise entertainment and dinner show acts will delight guests throughout the evening. After dinner, live music with New York City’s legendary Hank Lane Orchestras will have everyone dancing their way into the New Year.

Tickets to Mandarin Oriental, New York’s New Year’s Eve Gala begin at USD 1,250 per person, plus tax and service charge. Tickets for groups of six or more begin at USD 1,000 per person, plus tax and service charge. For gala tickets please call +1 (212) 805 8858 or email NewYearsEveNYC(at)mohg(dot)com.

New Year’s Eve Celebration

Mandarin Oriental’s New Year’s Eve Celebration Hotel Package is the ultimate grand finale to 2012 and the perfect way to launch into 2013. The evening begins upon arrival to a stylishly-appointed room or suite with breathtaking views of Manhattan. New Year’s festivities commence Monday, December 31, 2012 in the 36th floor Ballroom with a black-tie evening that includes a premium open bar, a cocktails and hors d’oeuvres reception, Louis Roederer Brut NV champagne, gourmet dinner, dancing, live music and surprise entertainment throughout the evening.

New Year’s Eve Celebration Hotel Package includes:

    Accommodations for two nights in a deluxe room category or above for check-in on December 30 or 31, 2012
    Two tickets to the hotel’s annual black-tie New Year’s Eve Gala held in the Mandarin Ballroom
    Daily American breakfast for up to two guests to be enjoyed in-room or in signature restaurant Asiate
Rates for the New Year’s Eve Celebration hotel package begin at USD 4,860 plus taxes. For reservations, please call +1 (212) 805 8800 and mention “New Year’s Eve Package”. This package is based on availability and on double occupancy. A two-night stay is required and additional nights may be booked at best available rates. Package must be cancelled 14 days prior to arrival to avoid a 100% cancellation charge.

About Mandarin Oriental, New York

A stunning fusion of modern design with stylish Oriental flair, Mandarin Oriental, New York features 244 elegant guestrooms and suites — all with breathtaking views of Manhattan and Five-Star hospitality. Luxurious amenities include Asiate, the hotel’s elegant restaurant; MObar created by noted interior designer, Tony Chi; the Lobby Lounge with dramatic views of Central Park; a 14,500-square-foot, Five-Star Mandarin Oriental Spa; and a state-of-the-art fitness center with a 75-foot lap pool. In addition, there is premium meeting and event space, including a 6,000-square-foot pillar-less ballroom with three walls of windows overlooking Central Park. Located in Columbus Circle’s Time Warner Center, Mandarin Oriental, New York is in an idyllic location just steps away from world-class dining, shopping and entertainment, including the Broadway Theater District, Lincoln Center, Central Park, Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Time Warner Center’s collection of upscale retail shops and restaurants.

About Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is the award-winning owner and operator of some of the world’s most prestigious hotels and resorts. The Group now operates, or has under development, 45 hotels representing 11,000 rooms in 28 countries, with 19 hotels in Asia, 13 in The Americas and 13 in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. In addition, the Group operates, or has under development, 14 Residences at Mandarin Oriental connected to its properties.

Photography of Mandarin Oriental is available to download, in high and low resolution, in the Photo Library of our Media section, at http://www.mandarinoriental.com.

Visit Destination MO (http://www.destinationMO.info), the online version of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group’s bespoke publication, MO. News about our award-winning hotels, the best dining experiences, spa treatments, travel retreats and interviews with the Group’s celebrity fans is now just a click away.

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CICA Announces 2013 Conference Program “New Horizons” for Alternative Risk Insurance Professionals

Keynote Speaker, Ken Gronbach

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) December 06, 2012

The Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA) announces the conference line-up for the CICA 2013 International Conference March 10-12 at the Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, CA.

Dennis Harwick, CICA’s president, notes, “When the CICA Program Committee started putting the 2013 International Conference together, everyone was wondering what was just over the horizon in this era of change — so that is where we are focusing during the CICA 2013 International Conference – ‘New Horizons’!”

CICA attracts the perfect balance of captive owners, potential captive owners, captive managers, risk managers, domicile regulators and service providers. Key decision makers from the captive owners attend, along with many people who are just beginning the process to form a captive. They come to CICA because it is a neutral forum.

The CICA International Conference program opens on Monday, March 10 with a keynote address by Ken Gronbach, who will speak on the topic “Charting the Course through Demographic Change”. He is an internationally respected demographer who has been able to forecast societal, commercial, economic, cultural and political phenomena with uncanny accuracy. Ken’s unusual blend of marketing savvy and common sense demography, based on fourteen years of proprietary demographic study, set him apart.

Program and Speaker Highlights

New Captive Insurance Tax Issues on the Horizon – Procurement Taxes, Regulatory Issues, and NRRA- Kenneth Levinson, Partner, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP; Frederick Pomerantz, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP; Michael Lusk, Vice President-Insurance and Risk Management Archer Daniels Midland Company; Jason D. Kimpel, Partner, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

Value Driven Enterprise Risk Management for Captives – Jeffrey Driver, EVP/Chief Risk Officer, Stanford University Medical Indemnity Trust; John Celona, Stanford University Medical Center; Edward Hall, Stanford University Medical Center

Successful Strategies for the Exploding Small Captive Market – Dave Provost, Deputy Commissioner-Captive Insurance, State of Vermont; Chaz Lavelle, Partner, Bingham Greenbaum Doll LLP; Peter Kranz, Senior Vice President, Beecher Carlson, Les Boughner, Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Willis Captive Consulting

Advanced Tax Update:Tom Jones, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP; Bruce Wright, Partner, Sutherland Ashbill & Brennan LLP; Rick Irvine, Partner, Tax Services Limited, PwC Bermuda

Additional sessions cover topics such as Solvency II, Captive Governance, Captive 101 & 102, Captive Best Practices, new data for the CICA Captive Market Study (formerly the Fronting Survey) and much more. Get the full program.

About the Captive Insurance Companies Association

CICA is the only domicile-neutral captive insurance association. Founded in 1972 by risk managers for their collective benefit, CICA works to provide the foremost education, networking and leadership for captive and risk retention group professionals. Through CICA’s personal network focused on the common issues that concern captives and risk retention groups, members are constantly exploring new ways to broaden the use of their captives to increase flexibility in program design, stabilize long-term program costs and increase access to both domestic (U.S.) and offshore reinsurance capacity.

Contact: Dennis P. Harwick, CICA President

Phone: 954-960-2627

dharwick(at)CICAworld(dot)com

http://www.CICAworld.com


Captive Insurance Companies Association

4248 Park Glen Road

Minneapolis, MN 55416

Phone: 952-928-4655

meetings(at)CICAworld(dot)com

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