Full Committee Hearing

Cost and Payment Plans of Medicare Part D

Date: September 22, 2005
Time: 2:30pm
Location: Senate Dirksen Building, SD-342
Agenda:

This hearing will examine the cost and payment plans for the Medicare Modernization Act and if the new legislation will meet the needs of seniors.

Witnesses

Panel 1

Leslie V.

Norwalk

Deputy Administrator

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Panel 1

Dr.

Joe

Antos

American Enterprise Institute

Panel 1

Jagadeesh

Gokhale, Ph.D.

Director of Special Projects

Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative

Panel 1

Dr.

Marilyn

Moon

American Institutes for Research