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HEARING: Chairmen Johnson and Herger Announce a Hearing on Removing Social Security Numbers from Medicare Cards

1100 Longworth House Office Building at 9:30 AM
August 1, 2012 — Hearing   

Focus Of The Hearing:
The Subcommittees will examine options for removing SSNs from Medicare cards, including the cost and impact of doing so, along with why CMS has failed to develop and execute a plan to remove the SSN from beneficiary Medicare cards. 

Witness List:

Tony Trenkle
Chief Information Officer and Director, Office of Information Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD
Testimony

Kathleen King
Director, Health Care, accompanied by Daniel Bertoni, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office
Testimony

Chairman Johnson’s Opening Statement

Transcript

SUBCOMMITTEE: Health    SUBCOMMITTEE: Social Security