Vol. 3 # 6

The Latino community has grown within Health Partners the highest we have ever had
Frank Azan: A Cuban immigrant at the helm of Health Partners

Interviewed by: Carlos Acosta and Fernando Méndez

We could tell right from the start that Frank Azan is a busy man, but also a forgiving man. We were late because the traffic had been unusually heavy that morning. But we waited only a few minutes and then were led to his tidy office with a great view of the Philadelphia skyline. Frank Azan must wonder many days about the road that brought him to the top of this agency in Philadelphia. He was born in Cuba, and came to the United States at the age of 12. He attended High School in Easton, Pennsylvania and studied at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. Later, he worked for Chase in New York, and then a series of jobs in the health care industry: Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Delaware, Coventry in Delaware, and Tri-State in Baltimore. He worked as an accountant in New Jersey with Brother Consulting. He also worked as a COO, responsible for information, teaching, provider affairs, customer provider service, claims operations. He is married and has two children. His daughter is a teacher and his son works at MBNA. He has been with Health Partners for over a year. . . . Continue ...

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The American economy's shaky shape forced the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by a healthy half percentage point , pushing rates to their lowest in 41 years. The strong economic recovery that many had hoped would be here ...  Continue ...

 
Domestic politics in an international context

It is impossible to separate the two events. George W. Bush landed on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln to declare an end to the Iraqi conflict and a continuation of the war against terror...  Continue ...

 
Ortiz out, Ramos in 

Juan Ramos will be the new face of Hispanics in Philadelphia's City Council. For the first time in two decades, Angel Ortiz will not be a member of City Council. It might be true that for any number of reasons Ortiz was not able to build... Continue...

 
     
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Mark Schweiker has a very ambitious and far-reaching plan for Philadelphia. The former Pennsylvania governor intends to create a new identity for the Philadelphia region, placing the area as a competitor...Continue...

 
Castro refuses to look inside

Fidel Castro is still fighting the battles of the Sixties. He doesn't seem concerned with the fact that history has moved on and he is left behind with his anachronistic view of the world, of government, of the political realities of...Continue ...

 
Signs of the times

As we have seen in recent reports about the census, we are officially being recognized as the largest minority. We can also sense that new-found status by looking around us. In this issue we profile Frank Azan, a true community and business leader...Continue ...

 

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