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2000 CIS H 40134
TITLE: Federal
Employees Health Benefits Program As a Model for Medicare Reform
CIS-NO:
2000-H401-34
SOURCE: Committee on Government Reform. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: May 22, 1999
LENGTH:
iii+108 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1016-A; 1016-B
SUDOC: Y4.G74/7:EM7/23
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2000-10800
CIS
DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-50. Hearing in
Sanford, Fla., before the Subcom on Civil Service to examine National Bipartisan
Commission on the Future of Medicare (Medicare Commission) recommendation to
model medicare reform on the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)
to permit medicare beneficiaries to choose among private managed health care
plans.
Includes audience participation (p. 107-108).
CONTENT-NOTATION: Medicare managed care
reform proposal
DESCRIPTORS:
FLORIDA; MEDICARE; FEDERAL EMPLOYEES; SANFORD, FLA.;
NATIONAL BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF MEDICARE; MANAGED HEALTH CARE
00-H401-34 TESTIMONY NO: 1 May 22, 1999 p. 4-108
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
LEMIEUX,
JEFFREY (Staff Economist, Medicare Commission)
ARNETT,
GRACE-MARIE (President, Galen Institute)
CHERNEY, BECKEY
(President, Central Florida Health Care Coalition)
RUSTIA,
CLIFF
KELTON, HAL (both representing National Association
of Retired Federal Employees)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Explanation and merits of Medicare Commission
recommendation to model medicare reform on the FEHBP; need for medicare reform
to improve services for current and future beneficiaries; support for proposals
to permit medicare recipients to choose managed care plans; pros and cons of
Medicare Commission reform proposal.
INSERTIONS:
a. Francis, Walton, "Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program As a Model for Medicare Reform" with bibliography (p. 25-56).
b. Mahkorn, Sandra (Heritage Fdn), "Why an Unreformed
Medicare System Is Hazardous to Your Health" June 18, 1999 (p. 83-99).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Medicare managed
care reform proposal
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
GALEN INSTITUTE; BIBLIOGRAPHIES
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001 
