Medicare Improvements
The Senate Finance Committee held this hearing about reforming Medicare policy to provide prescription drug benefits to seniors. Among the issues they addressed were the costs associated wit…
79 viewsThe Senate Finance Committee held this hearing about reforming Medicare policy to provide prescription drug benefits to seniors. Among the issues they addressed were the costs associated wit…
79 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…
90 viewsHouse and Senate Democrats heard testimony concerning both Democratic and Republican Medicare and Medicaid proposals. Several witnesses testified as to how these proposals would affect benef…
50 viewsSenator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) moderated a forum on private health care spending trends. Participants discussed the rising costs of public and private health care plans and how th…
34 viewsCommittee members heard testimony on the state of the government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs. Medicare provides health care to more than 36 million senior citizens and disabled individu…
80 viewsThe Alliance for Heath Care Reform hosted a panel discussion on the future of health care. The discussion focused on the impact of reforms on the U.S. economy, the health care industry and t…
65 viewsThe House Education and Labor Committee conducted a hearing to discuss health care reform, particularly H. 322, the health care plan proposed by Democratic Representative Jim Cooper of Tenne…
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