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The Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on Thursday, April 23 to examine various health care reform proposals that will guarantee quality and affordable health insurance coverage for all Americans.
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Witnesses:
- Karen Davenport » Director of Health Policy Center for American Progress
- David Himmelstein » Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard University
- Michael Langan » Principal Towers Perrin
- William Oemichen » President and CEO Cooperative Network Madison, Wisc.
- Ron Pollack » Executive Director FamiliesUSA
- Janet Trautwein » Executive Vice President and CEO National Association of Health Underwriters
- William Vaughan » Senior Health Policy Analyst Consumers Union
The Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing to examine ways to increase health care insurance coverage for Americans through their employer. While nearly 47 million Americans currently have no health insurance at all, more than 27 million of those uninsured have jobs.
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Witnesses:
- Mark Derbyshire » Small Business Owner Aberdeen, Maryland
- Bruce Pyenson » Principal and Consulting Actuary Milliman Inc.
- John Sheridan » CEO Cooper University Hospital
- Kenneth Thorpe » Chair of the Health Policy and Management Department Emory University
- E. Neil Trautwein » Vice President and Employee Benefits Counsel National Retail Federation
- Jim Winkler » Health Management Practice Leader Hewitt Associates