Member Statements

• Senator George V. Voinovich R (OH)
  2009-10-14-Senator Voinovich Statement (122k)
  
• Senator Susan M. Collins R (ME)
  2009-10-14-Senator Collins Statement (76k)
  
• Senator Paul G. Kirk, Jr. D (MA)
  2009-10-14-Senator Kirk Statement (46k)
  

Agenda

This was a joint hearing held by the Special Committee on Aging and the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, The Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia. The hearing examined the 25 percent increase in the monthly premium that nearly 150,000 enrollees in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) may soon face, the circumstances leading to the dramatic and unexpected increase, and options for ensuring the viability of this insurance coverage.

Click here to view today's hearing

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Ms.  Margaret Baptiste

  President

  National Association of Retired Federal Employees
  Download Testimony (153k)
  
• Mr.  Daniel Green

  Deputy Associate Director, Center for Employee and Family Support Policy

  Office of Personnel Management
  Download Testimony (43k)
  
• Ms.   Colleen M. Kelley

  National President

  National Treasury Employees Union
  Download Testimony (73k)
  
• Mr.  Chester Joy

  Individual Federal Long-Term Care Policy Holder
  Download Testimony (1720k)
  
• Ms.  Mary Beth Senkewicz

  Deputy Commissioner

  Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
  Download Testimony (93k)
  
• Ms.  Marianne Harrison

  President, Long-Term Care

  John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
  Download Testimony (62k)