Social Security and Medicare Funding
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 T…
111 viewsThe 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 T…
111 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 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.
102 viewsHouse members and Senators held an informal debate concerning their views on health care reform policy. Ms. Roberts moderated and the members of Congress took questions from one another and …
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