Rep. Waxman hosts a briefing to examine how the new Medicare drug benefit is working. Medicare beneficiaries, doctors, and pharmacists, as well as state health officials, testify about their experiences with the benefit's implementation. A witness list and testimonies appear below.
Documents and Links
Rep. Waxman's Opening Statement (96 KB)
Rep. Waxman's Opening Statement (Microsoft Word) (31 KB)- Testimony of Dr. Jack Hoadley, Georgetown University (35 KB)
- Testimony of Dr. Maurice Wright, Medical Director of So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.) (33 KB)
- Testimony of Dr. Steven Schondelmeyer, PRIME Institute, University of Minnesota (44 KB)
- Testimony of Jude Walsh, Governor's Office of Healh Policy and Finance, Maine (103 KB)
- Testimony of Pat Virden, Medicare Beneficiary (19 KB)
- Testimony of Robert Maruca, D.C. Medicaid Director (31 KB)
- Testimony of Ruth Grunberg, Medicare Beneficiary (207 KB)
- Testimony of Tim Tucker, Pharmacist and APhA Representative (41 KB)
- Witness List (181 KB)
