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TOMMY THOMPSON, FORMER US SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, VICENTE FOX, PRESIDENT OF MEXICO, JOHN PHILIP COGHLAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, VISA USA, AND DAVID BRAILER, FIRST NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TO KEYNOTE 2007 CDHC EXPO IN LAS VEGAS, FEBRUARY 26–28

Expo To Feature Over 75 Speakers In Two Tracks With Nine In-Depth Workshops

HBO’s Richard Jeni To Headline Inaugural CDHC Awards


Nashua, NH, November 13, 2006 – Prepaid Media, a leading provider of business-to-business, integrated media and information services to the emerging consumer-driven health care (CDHC) industry, today announced that Tommy Thompson, former US Secretary of Health, Vicente Fox, President of Mexico, John Philip Coghlan, President and CEO, Visa USA, and David Brailer, first National Coordinator for Health and Information Technology, will keynote the 2007 CDHC Expo in Las Vegas. The 2007 CDHC Expo has begun accepting online registrations and will feature over 75 speakers in two tracks along with nine in-depth industry workshops. HBO comedian Richard Jeni will headline the Inaugural CDHC Awards Dinner.

“ We are extremely pleased to have these four prominent leaders and visionaries keynote the 2007 CDHC Expo,” said Jonathan A. Weiner, president of Prepaid Media. “We created the CDHC Expo by expanding the Health Care track from the sold-out 2006 Prepaid Card Expo, into a stand-alone co-located show, which will make the CDHC Expo the largest industry conference focused on the convergence of healthcare and financial services as well as employer solutions.”

The 2007 CDHC Expo is sponsored by a number of industry leading companies. The expo Gold Sponsor is Visa. Silver and Track Sponsors include: Connect Your Care, MasterCard Worldwide, and MDVIP. Additional Sponsors include:

Bank of America Benefit Solutions, Bank First, Bryan Cave, Discover Network, eFunds, Evolution Benefits, First Data, FSV Payment Systems, Galileo, Lighthouse1, mbi, Meta Payment Systems, Metavante, mPay Gateway, TSYS Prepaid, and UMB Healthcare Services.

Employer Association Endorsements include: Council For Affordable Health Insurance, National Association of the Self Employed, National Federation of Independent Business, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council.

Media Sponsors include: 2HSA.com, AIS Inside Consumer Directed Healthcare, American Banker, Benefits & Compensation Solutions, BusinessWire, Canopy Financial Services, CDHC Solutions, CDHCI, Consumer Driven Market Report, Corporate Research Group, eHealth Insider, Employee Benefit News, Health Data Management, Healthcare Financial Management Association, HSA Insider, HSAFinder.com, Information Strategies, Managed Healthcare Market Report, Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NBPCA), US Banker, and Virtual Press Office

About Prepaid Media

Prepaid Media provides a host of business-to-business media and information services to numerous emerging industries. Areas of focus include the rapidly growing network branded prepaid and stored value card industry, and the consumer-driven health care (CDHC) industry. Prepaid Media’s properties include Expo Properties – Prepaid Card Expo and co-located CDHC Expo, and Integrated Media Properties – PayBefore.com, Prepaid Card Report (PCR), and Prepaid Card Report Newsletter (PCR Newsletter). Prepaid Media also produces the Prepaid Buyers Guide, Prepaid Card Data, the Prepaid Card Awards, and the CDHC Awards.

As the various markets served by Prepaid Media continue to evolve, Prepaid Media serves as a trusted partner, providing compelling learning, buying and selling, and organized networking opportunities to key market participants. For more information on Prepaid Media, please visit: www.prepaidmedia.com.

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