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Former government officials talked about the impact of hospital mergers and other consolidations on the cost of health care as well as the insurance market and consumers.

Former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) administrators talked about the challenges of implementation of health care policy such as the Affordable Care Act and the 2015 Medicare Access…

Witnesses testified about continuing concerns and immediate needs for health care in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.

Leslie Norwalk testified on the fiscal year 2008 budget proposal for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Leslie Norwalk talked about legislation to give the secretary of Health and Human Services authority to negotiate lower drug prices for Medicare participants. The House passed a bill to do t…

Leslie Norwalks talked about the Bush administration’s implementation of the Medicare Prescription Drug Program and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Representative Solis …

Leslie Norwalk talked about the Medicare Drug Program nad the deadline for enrollment in the Plan D portion. She also answered questions by telephone and electronic mail. May 15, 2006, was t…

Ms. Norwalk spoke about the Medicare Drug Plan. Senior citizen enrollment in the plan began on November 15, 2005. She discussed how the enrollment is going and the future of the plan. Ms. No…

Witnesses testified about a recent report on Social Security and Medicare trust funds. They focused on cost estimates for prescription drug benefits and miscalculations of the costs prior to…