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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:37:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Miracle Making Business (14 May 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Registration deadline: Monday, May 11th 5:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 36px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Miracle Making Business&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;The present will share the experience of his father as a high-cost claimant during COVID in 2021.&amp;nbsp; Covering&lt;img src="https://texomahr.org/resources/Pictures/Mark_McKendrick_headshot.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="344" height="344" align="left" style="margin: 10px;"&gt; how the US healthcare system was established, how companies finance healthcare, and the importance of effectively navigating our healthcare system for the wellbeing of ourselves and our employees.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;How does my company pay for my healthcare? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;The six different ways employers pay for healthcare:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Professional Employer Organizations (PEO's)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;How do we buy prescription drugs?&amp;nbsp; Why is it so complicated? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;An overview of the prescription drug market will be presented as well as the role of:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;

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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;We will also touch on how the Affordable Care Act impacted healthcare.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;The presentation will end on current state of healthcare.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;

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  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lunch is included with your registration!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Calibri Light, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;About our speaker...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Mark McKendrick is an Employee Benefits Advisor at Marsh McLennan Agency. His primary focus is partnering with HR leaders &amp;amp; business owners to design and implement cost-effective total rewards strategies that enable organizations to make informed decisions while enhancing employee well-being and serving their company culture.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Mark is on the Talent Task Force for the Dallas Regional Chamber and supports initiatives focused on solving employers’ most pressing talent challenges, including how companies attract, retain, and develop talent. He is also on the Board of Directors for a non-profit documentary film company called Fotolanthropy that shares true stories of strength and hope. Mark lives in Dallas with his wife Caroline and their two young daughters who love unicorns.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®)&amp;nbsp; criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://texomahr.org/event-6639500</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Texoma HR Annual Legal Symposium (21 Aug 2026)</title>
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  &lt;strong&gt;Lunch is included with your registration!&lt;/strong&gt;
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;Texoma HR&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;invites you to our&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Friday, August&amp;nbsp; 21, 2026, 8:30am - 3:30pm&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;City of Sherman Municipal Ballroom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;405 N. Rusk Street, Sherman, TX&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://texomahr.org/event-6546238</link>
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