United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
Hearings

Choosing A Health Plan: Providing Beneficiaries With The Right Tools

May 6, 1998



The Senate Special Committee on Aging will hear how the government plans to give Medicare beneficiaries more information to help them sort through the increased number of health care options they face. The committee also will release a new General Accounting Office (GAO) report on the disenrollment of beneficiaries from Medicare managed care plans.



Date: May 6, 1998
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Room: 562 Dirksen


Statement of Committee Members

  1. Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman, Iowa
  2. Senator John Breaux, Ranking Member, Louisiana


Witness Testimony Panel 1
  1. Michael Hash, Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration

Witness Testimony Panel 2
  1. William Scanlon, Director, Health Finance and System Issues Area, General Accounting Office

Witness Testimony Panel 3
  1. Susan Kleimann, Ph.D., Kleimann Communications Group, LLC

  2. Geri Dallek, MPH, Project Director, Institute for Healthcare Research and Policy, Georgetown University

  3. David Abernethy, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, HIP Health Plans


Hearing Publications
  • Committee on Aging Print: 105-22