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| For Immediate Release January 28, 2000 | |
NCPA Briefing: "The Right Prescription For Medicare Reform"
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WASHINGTON (January 28, 2000) -- Why do many seniors lack insurance coverage for prescription drugs? Is there a way to give them prescription drug coverage without costing the taxpayers more money? If we do add a prescription drug benefit, should it be added to the current Medicare program, or should it be a part of comprehensive Medicare reform? These are just a few of the questions to be discussed in a briefing sponsored by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
At the briefing, Public Health Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) will discuss the Breaux-Frist-Kerrey-Hagel Medicare reform plan. Sen. Frist was a member of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare and is a medical doctor.
The briefing will also include a panel discussion chaired by NCPA President John C. Goodman. Participants will include NCPA Senior Fellow Robert Goldberg, and Mark Litow from Milliman & Robertson, a leading health care actuarial firm. At the briefing, the NCPA will release a new Milliman & Robertson study which offers a way to provide prescription drug coverage without adding to the government's current costs.
WHO: Senator Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN), Chairman, Public Health Subcommittee; John C. Goodman, Ph.D.,
President, NCPA; Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, NCPA; Mark Litow, Milliman & Robertson
WHAT: NCPA Briefing -- The Right Prescription For Medicare Reform
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, 9:00 to 11:00 A.M.
WHERE: Room 708, Hart Senate Office Building,.Washington, D.C.
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