Media Advisory | |
| For Immediate Release March 23, 2001 | |
What Are The Prospects For Medicare Reform This Year? |
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 23, 2001) -- The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) and the National Association for Business Economics' (NABE) Health Economics Roundtable will co-sponsor a Capitol Hill briefing to answer some of the critical questions about the chances for Medicare reforms this Congress. The briefing, which comes a day before the House Ways & Means Committee hearing on Medicare related issues, will feature two of the nation's leading experts on Medicare and prescription drug policy.
Some of the questions to be addressed at the briefing include:
WHO: National Center For Policy Analysis, National Association For Business Economics, Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D., Chair, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; John M. Olin Senior Fellow, Project Hope; Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, NCPA. Moderators: John C. Goodman, Ph.D., President, NCPA Founding Member, NABE Health Policy Roundtable; Jim Rodgers, V.P., NABE Health Policy Roundtable, V.P., Health Policy, American Medical Association
WHAT: "Medicare's Future: How Congress Intends To Address Prescription Drug Benefits And Market Competition"
WHEN: Monday, March 26, 2001, 4:00 To 5:15 PM EST
WHERE: 2168 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
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