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The House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 23 on the forthcoming draft proposal for health care reform developed by the House Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor Committees. The draft proposal is designed to achieve President Obama’s goals of controlling health care costs, preserving health care choices, and ensuring quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
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Witnesses:
- Panel I
- Dr. Christina Romer » Chair Council of Economic Advisers Washington, DC
- Panel II
- Ron Pollack » Founding Executive Director FamiliesUSA Washington, DC
- Gerald Shea » Assistant to the President AFL-CIO Washington, DC
- Paul J. Speranza, Jr. » Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Rochester, NY
- Dr. Jacob Hacker » Professor and Co-Director of the Berkeley Center on Health, Economic, and Family Security University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA
- Michael J. Stapley » President and Chief Executive Officer Deseret Mutual Salt Lake City, UT
- John Arensmeyer » Chief Executive Officer Small Business Majority Sausalito, CA
- Fran Visco » President National Breast Cancer Coalition Washington, DC
- Panel III
- Karen Pollitz » Research Professor and Project Director of the Health Policy Institute Georgetown University Washington, DC
- Celia Wcislo » Assistant Division Director SEIU Boston, MA
- James A. Klein » President American Benefits Council Washington, DC
- William Vaughan » Senior Health Policy Analyst Consumers Union Washington, DC
- Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D. » Director Center for Health Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation Washington, DC
- ReShonda Young » Small Business Owner Alpha Express, Inc. on behalf of the Main Street Alliance Waterloo, IA
- Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan » Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy George Washington University Washington, DC
Items submitted for the record:
Dr. Christina Romer's PowerPoint Slides
Small Business Majority state survey
Dr. Christina Romer's PowerPoint Slides
Small Business Majority state survey
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Witnesses:
- U.S. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) »
- Marcia Angell, M.D » Senior Lecturer in Social Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
- David Gratzer » Senior Fellow Manhattan Institute
- Geri Jenkins, R.N. » Co-President California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee San Diego, CA
- Walter Tsou, M.D., M.P.H. » National Board Advisor Physicians for a National Health Program Philadelphia, PA
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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