One City Built to Last

publishers note
ISSUE 63 | NOV 2014
Publisher
Erwin E. Kantor
Managing Editor
Michael Gordon
Editor in Chief
Helen Moss
Editorial
Robert Jordan
Sean Goldstein
Rachel Feinstein
Staff Writers
L. A. Rivera
Matt Camara
David Gordon
A. Marie Velthuizen
Judy Magness
Enid Burns
Felix Badea
Peter Suciu
David Stein
Amy M. Armstrong
Annabelle Preston
Illustrators
Paul Kales
Steve Delmonte
Steve Smeltzer
Norman Jung
Marketing / Advertising
Monica Link
Sean Rome
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MEDICAL QUAGMIRE?
The news is in: On November
7, 2014, the justices announced
they would decide on a lawsuit
claiming that the language of
the Affordable Care Act doesn’t allow
the government to provide tax-credits
to low-and-moderate-income health
insurance consumers using federally
funded Obamacare exchanges operating
in more than 30 states.
Indeed, there’s a medical quagmire.
And there is a lack of communication
between doctors, staffing and patients.
For example, the Affordable Care Act
isn’t just about insurance coverage. The
legislation is also about transforming
the way health care is provided. In fact,
it has brought in new competitors, services
and business practices, which are
in turn producing substantial industry
shifts that affect all players along health
care’s value chain. Read Amy Armstrongs
story on page 16.
On page 21, our reporter Judy Magness,
profiles companies all over the
country making incredible advances.
Take a look at Functional Medicine and
the driving breakthroughs in breast
cancer while looking at conventional
and alternative healthcare approaches.
In addition, we featured Scott Petinga,
Chairman and CEO of The Scott Petinga
Group.
The article looks at the 7 business lessons
learned from Cancer and his views
on the way people commit to change,
on page 14.
Outside of Health, we look into the
problems of climate change. How New
York City has embarked on an aggressive
plan to curb the predicted impacts
of global warming.
In the end, as the clock winds down
on 2014, we look forward to another
year shaped with change and innovation
in health and technology. It’s
quite an issue. Take some time to read
and learn from great innovators, entrepreneurs,
and experts from around the
country. And as always we invite you to
visit our website at www.thesuitmagazine.com
and let us know what you
think.
Best,
Erwin Kantor
Erwin Kantor, Publisher