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title: "[Video] Mastercard SMART 2018 Fireside Chat: \"The Future of Healthcare,\" featuring Accresa CEO William Short"
description: Accresa CEO William Short joins Mastercard for a Fireside Chat discussing the future of healthcare and how it relates to the employee benefits world.
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# \[Video\] Mastercard SMART 2018 Fireside Chat: "The Future of Healthcare," featuring Accresa CEO William Short

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by Accresa Team 

October 23, 2018

Listen in as Accresa CEO William Short discusses "The Future of Healthcare" alongside Marie Aloisi, SVP, US Business Development & Healthcare at Mastercard at Mastercard's 2018 SMART Conference.

Discussion topics include:

- The difference between 'healthcare' and 'healthcare insurance', and how the two interact with one another
- The main factors contributing to the rising cost of healthcare
- How the Affordable Care Act and other emerging requirements are creating competition among providers for the employee benefits market
- ... and more!

*Mastercard 2018 SMART Conference in Austin, Texas (Fireside Chat Series) on October 2, 2018. **Video provided courtesy of Mastercard.*

 

 

 

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