Senators Allard (Chairman), Thurmond, McCain, Snowe, Cleland,
Kennedy, and Reed
WITNESSES |
UNITED STATES SENATE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
There will be a meeting of the
SUBCOMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL
Room SR-222
RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
Thursday, March 11, 1999 -- 4:00 p.m.
OPEN
To receive testimony on the Defense Health Program in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2000 and the Future Years Defense Program.
Panel I:
Mr. David J. McIntyre, Jr.
President and CEO, TriWest Healthcare Alliance
Mr. Robert E. Shields
President and CEO, Humana Military Healthcare Services Inc.
Panel II:
Dr. Sue Bailey
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Dr. H. James T. Sears
Executive Director, TRICARE
Major General John S. Parker, USA
(Statement of Lieutentant General Ronald Blanck, Army Surgeon General)
Commanding General
Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick
Vice Admiral Richard A. Nelson, USN
Surgeon General of the Navy
Lieutenant General Charles H. Roadman, II, USAF
Surgeon General of the Air Force
Panel III:
Ms. Virginia Torsch
Co-chair, Healthcare Committee
The Military Coalition
Mr. Charles C. Partridge
Chairman of Medical Committee
National Military and Veterans Alliance
Ms. Sydney T. Hickey
The Military Coalition
STATEMENTS FOR THE RECORD:
Chief Master Sergeant Joshua W. Krebs, USAF (Ret.)
Manager, Legislative Affairs
Mr. Stephen P. Backhus, Director
Veterans' Affairs and Military Health Care Issues
Health, Education, and Human Services Division