To receive testimony on the Defense Health Program in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 1999 and the Future Years Defense Program.

Witnesses:

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.

Mr. W. Hal Franck
Director, Retiree Affairs Program, Mountain Home AFB

Captain Calvin C. Dudley, USN (Ret.)
President of the Georgia Federal/Military Retiree Coalition

Panel II

Mr. Gary Christopherson
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

Lieutenant General Ronald R. Blanck, USA
Surgeon General of the Army

Vice Admiral Harold M. Koenig, USN
Surgeon General of the Navy

Lieutenant General Charles E. Roadman, II, USAF
Surgeon General of the Air Force

Panel III

Mr. Michael W. Lord
Co-chair, Health Care Committee
The Military Coalition

Mr. Charles C. Partridge
Chairman of Medical Committee
National Military and Veterans Alliance

Ms. Sydney Hickey
The Military Coalition