National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
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Meeting Agenda
Monday, June 1, 1998, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 2, 1998, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Adams Building, Room LA-202, Library of Congress,
corner of 2nd St. and Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C.
Monday, June 1, 1998 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Modeling Task Force Presentation, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
The Modeling Task Force has analyzed the challenges facing the Medicare program and the program's sensitivity to external forces. For Commission discussion, the task force will present various models, forecasting future expenditures and income as well as the impacts of changing key assumptions.
Discussion Sessions, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
The following three sessions will allow the full Commission the opportunity to discuss questions related to Medicare benefits, costs and eligibility. The discussion sessions are designed to help members explore the implications of any solution proposed by the Commission. The discussions also will allow Commission members to understand each other's perspectives and will help give the task forces more direction on further research.
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Modeling Task Force
Members*
J. Robert Kerrey
James McDermott
Deborah Steelman
Laura D'Andrea Tyson
Bruce Vladeck
*-Chairmen Breaux and
Thomas are members of all
task forces.
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Tuesday, June 2, 1998, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Discussion Sessions, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
The following two sessions will allow the full Commission the opportunity to discuss questions
related to Medicare management, administration and financing. The discussion sessions are
designed to help members explore the implications of any solution proposed by the
Commission. The discussions also will allow Commission members to understand each other's
perspectives and will help give the task forces more direction on further research.
Adjournment
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Reform Task Force Meeting
Tuesday, June 2, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Room H-137, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
This will be the organizational meeting for the Reform Task Force which will look for innovative solutions to improve the current Medicare program. At this meeting, members will
- discuss how the task force will conduct its work,
- review work done by the National Academy of Social Insurance (Paul Ginsburg and Joseph Newhouse, both of NASI, will attend the task force meeting),
- prioritize issues raised during the full Commission meeting, and
- determine next steps and short-term analyses.
This meeting is open to the public. The task force is scheduled to present its analyses in July at a meeting of the full Commission in Washington, D.C. (details to be announced).
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Reform Task Force
Members
Michael Bilirakis
John Dingell
Greg Ganske
Illene Gordon
John D. Rockefeller, IV
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