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Following a meeting with President George W. Bush, Congressional leaders spoke to reporters about Medicare reform legislation that provided prescription drug coverage. Following their…

Representative Thomas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced a coalition of congressmen to announce an agreement on a new Medicare prescription drug benefit. While…

House and Senate negotiators debated Medicare prescription drug legislation. Two very different bills were passed by the House and the Senate and the committee worked toward reconciling…

House and Senate leaders met in a conference to resolve differences in tax cut legislation. Several Democratic members raised questions about the process by which agreement had been reached…

House and Senate members met to work out differences between House and Senate versions of energy legislation.

Following a meeting with President Bush, participants spoke to reporters outside the White House about the meeting and plans to improve Medicare. Among the topics they addressed were plans…

The House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee met in a joint meeting and heard testimony from Secretary O’Neill about the solvency of the Medicare and Social Security…

Following the president’s Medicare plan announcement, Congressmen and health care officials talked with reporters about the plan.

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…

Participants 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…

Senator John Breaux and Representative Bill Thomas talked about how to improve the Medicare system. Senator Breaux proposed establishing a Medicare Board which would regulate the program and set…

Participants discussed current health care issues and the role government has in the policy. They stressed the need to end budget reductions in Medicare and Medicaid which limits the amount…

Representatives 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…

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…

The 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…

In 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…

In a meeting on Capitol Hill, members discussed challenges facing Medicare and heard witness testimony on how best to improve the system.

In 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 prescription drugs. A panel…

The 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…

The National Medicare Commission met to discuss the commission agenda and timetable and made opening statements about what the commission hopes to accomplish.