Final Meeting on Medicare Reform
Participants discussed various aspects of needed reform in the Medicare system. They focused on a proposal by Sen. Breaux that called for private competition within the system while increasi…
85 viewsParticipants discussed various aspects of needed reform in the Medicare system. They focused on a proposal by Sen. Breaux that called for private competition within the system while increasi…
85 viewsParticipants discussed a plan proposed by Senator Breaux to remodel Medicare in the image of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. The program would offer a fixed amount of money to…
112 viewsRepresentatives debated a proposal by Senator John Breaux, D-LA, which would raise the age of eligibility for Medicare and require that fifteen percent of the budget surplus be spent on Medi…
63 viewsSeveral 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…
106 viewsThe NATIONAL BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON MEDICARE heard testimony from its Remodeling Task Force, Reform Task Force, and Restructuring Task Force on a variety of issues. The first panel discuss…
123 viewsIn a meeting on Capitol Hill, members discussed the challenges facing Medicare, and heard witness testimony on how best to improve the system. They testified that challenges are not confined…
84 viewsIn a meeting on Capitol Hill, members discussed challenges facing Medicare and heard witness testimony on how best to improve the system.
70 viewsIn the second set of hearings by the bipartisan commission, health economists said that Medicare is not as good as most private health insurance because it does not cover some items such as …
77 viewsThe National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare met to hear testimony on the demographic changes in the U.S. population which would impact the Medicare program. This was the com…
97 viewsThe National Medicare Commission met to discuss the commission agenda and timetable and made opening statements about what the commission hopes to accomplish.
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