Medicare System Restructuring
1998-09-09T01:02:00-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJkZWZhdWx0c1wvQ2FwaXRvbF9kZWZhdWx0LWltYWdlLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Several panels of health care experts and government officials discussed various means to reform and restructure the Medicare system in both the short and long term. Among the issues debated were universal health care, HMO regulation, the rising costs of medical service and equipment, and potential problems of servicing the baby boom generation.
Several panels of health care experts and government officials discussed various means to reform and restructure the Medicare system in both… read more
Several panels of health care experts and government officials discussed various means to reform and restructure the Medicare system in both the short and long term. Among the issues debated were universal health care, HMO regulation, the rising costs of medical service and equipment, and potential problems of servicing the baby boom generation. close
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- Tara Bachenheimer Representative Health Industry Distributors Association
- Abe Bloom Member Gray Panthers
- Robert Bohlman Representative National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
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- William Coughlan Representative National Association for Medical Equipment
- Karin Dufault Sister Sisters of Providence Health System
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- Timothy Gardner Officer Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Stephen Giroux Representative National Community Pharmacists Assn.
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- Charles Hawley Representative National Chronic Care Consortium
- Alan Hull Physician Renal Management Strategies
- Elizabeth Johnson Representative American Dietetic Association
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- David Lack President Council for Affordable Health Insurance
- Walter Leutz Representative Social HMO Consortium
- Mark Litow Representative Council for Affordable Health Insurance
- Diane Mahoney Representative National Assn. of Health Underwriters
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- Edith Rasell Economist Economic Policy Institute
- Judith Riggs Representative Alzheimer's Association
- Douglas Robins Physician Physicians for a National Health Program
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- Paul Rogers Spokesman National Coalition on Health Care
- Alan Rosenbloom Representative American Assn. Homes, Services for Aging
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- Bruce C. Vladeck Member National Bipartisan Cmsn. on Medicare
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