INDIA NETWORK FOUNDATION, USA 

MAY 22, 2008

TO: ALL PARTICIPANTS OF INDIA NETWORK HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM

FROM: DR. KV RAO, PRESIDENT

RE:  IMPROVEMENTS IN 2008-09 PLAN YEAR

    I am very pleased to announce that India Network Health Plan added another year of extraordinary success and service to the community. Many families benefited from the program this year and quite few visitors availed medical evacuations and the emergency care offered through the pre-existing condition rider program. AIU Assist staff did a tremendous job in working with families in distress and organizing flights, co-ordination of family member travel, or working with funeral homes, whatever the need may be.

    We are able to keep the same premiums for the 2008-09 plan year, starting from June 1, 2008;  and we have increased the amount available for pre-existing problems from a maximum of $15,000 in the current plan year to $20,000 in 2008-09. This required a slight increase in rider premiums but well worth the additional amount.  There are some agents on the internet world that tried very hard to portray our plan offering pre-existing coverage as impossible feature. But they realized today that they have to follow India Network Leadership in this area. Many insurance companies now started to offer a small amount of coverage for pre-existing in a narrow sense than our broad program. However, I am pleased to bring this change in the health insurance industry to recognize India Network leadership and progressive approach to health insurance.

    We need your support and greater community participation to offer you many unimaginable improvements in health insurance coverage to our elderly that is envy of local citizens. Spreading our community dollars around thousand one insurance companies does not help anyone. Please take a moment to reflect what India Network has done to Indian Community in the United States in the last two decades – that is something unique and not done by any other community or social organization so far.  Let us put our dollars where we can make an impact. Law of Large numbers allow us to bring risky features but we need more numbers to add better coverage for our 70 plus visitors. If you like the program, tell to friends, friends of friends, and many others. If you don’t like the program for any reason, tell us and we will work hard to improve.

Community Grant Program – We have started community grant program to social and cultural organizations to help bring rural artists from India for programs in our cities and towns across US. If your organization is interested in applying for this grant program, please visit our foundation web site http://www.indnet.org.

Travel Grant Program – India Network continue to help researchers from India to attend national and international conferences in 2008.