COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Chairman Herger Announces Hearing on Medicare Premium Support Proposals

Apr 27, 2012

Focus of the Hearing:
The hearing will review the bipartisan support for implementing a premium support system in order to modernize the Medicare benefit while also improving the program’s long-term financial solvency.

Hearing Advisory:
Chairman Herger Announces Hearing on Medicare Premium Support Proposals

Witness List:

The Honorable John B. Breaux
Senior Counsel, Patton Boggs LLP
Testimony
(Truth in Testimony)

Alice M. Rivlin, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings 
Testimony
(Truth in Testimony)

Joseph R. Antos, Ph.D.
Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute
Testimony
(Truth in Testimony)

Henry J. Aaron, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings 
Testimony
(Truth in Testimony)