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In Our 23rd Year Issue No. 1941 December 2005 www.theacphoenix.com
Associate Consultants
Serving the Triad FREE
MEDICAID CUTS ■ A PRESCRIPTION
EOR DISASTER
Ike Vlahos, R. Ph.
PHARMACIST OFFERS
COST-SAVING SOLUTION
Patients receiving drug
benefits under the Medicaid
program may soon find
themseives without access to
their locai pharmacy, if
Medicaid drug benefit cuts
being proposed in the US
Congress are enacted. That
strong warning signai was sent
today by Dave Mariey,
THE GREATEST
GIETOEALL
Nina Shay
By Nina Shay
The best gifts often have
very iittie monetary value at
all. They’re gestures that
come straight from the heart.
it’s not the brand name, the
celebrity endorsement or high
“RRINGING IN A NEW SEASON
OE DESTINY”
Beverly D. Graham, R. Ph. David Mariey, Phd, RAS
Pharmacist & Owner
PharmD., of MARLEY DRUG,
INC. here in Winston-Saiem.
The Medicaid program covers
51 miliion poor and disabied
persons, more than 50 percent
of whom are children. Proposed
Medicaid cuts of $10 biliion
over five years are currentiy the
subject of heated discussion on
Capitol Hill.
“Community pharmacists are
in a unique position to help
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ticket price that makes a gift
special.
What determines the value
of a gift is the meaning and
the lasting impression it will
have on the recipient’s life.
Christmas is the perfect
example of the masterful “art
of giving” which was shown
to us by God himself.
The priceless treasure was
the gift of our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ (the rea
son for the season).
For God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten
son so that we may have
everlasting life.
He designed “the gift of
salvation” according to our
individual needs and he made
it affordable for each and
every one of us.
Truly there is no greater gift.
How wonderful to know that
we have already received the
greatest gift of all (Christ our
Savior).
May God Bless and Keep
You This Christmas Season!
Bishop John C. Parks & Pastor S. P. Mkansi
By: Bishop John C. Parks
Hope & Faith Crusade 2005 - Tzaneen, South Africa
The sense of realization set in once the heavy breathing
eased. A group of true believers from Winston Salem, North
Carolina was standing in South Africa on October 11,2005, It
was divine destiny unfolding. Hope & Faith Worldwide
Ministries was emerging into international ministry and a new
season of destiny.
Bishop John C Parks, Founder and Presiding Bishop of
Continued on Page 9
THE NETWORK
MARKETING
SYMPOSIIM
Tyrone Smith
The Watchful Network as apart of their
continued outreach to the community has
begun hosting a series of FREE Network
Marketing Symposiums throughout the year,
targeting those individuals that are laid off,
unemployed or simply tired of the 9-5 daily
grind.
Continued on Page 54
Merry Christmas!
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CHRISTMAS PAST
THROUGH
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