On Capitol Hill, More Hearings on the
Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) |
Dec. 4, 2013-Congress' oversight function was on full display Wednesday as three House committees considered various aspects of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Higher profile hearings featuring Administration officials occurred several weeks ago; many of the witnesses at today's hearings were from various think tanks. |
Oversight and Government Reform
Committee (full committee) Chairman: Darell E. Issa (R-CA) Ranking Member: Elijah Cummings (D-MD) "The Roll Out of HealthCare.gov: The Limitations of Big Government" Witnesses Dr. Veronique de Rugy - Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University Dr. Clifford Winston - Searle Freedom Trust Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution Dr. Mark A. Calabria - Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute Dr. Karen Krus Thomas - Historian and Communications Associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health External Affairs |
Energy and Commerce
Committee-Health Subcommittee Chairman: Joe Pitts (R-PA) Ranking Member: Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) Medicare Advantage: What Beneficiaries Should Expect Under the President's Health Care Plan Witnesses Douglas Holtz-Eakin - President, American Action Forum Bob Margolis - CEO, HealthCare Partners and Co-Chairman, DaVita HealthCare Partners Jon Kaplan - Senior Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group Joe Baker - President, Medicare Rights Center Marsha Gold - Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research |
Ways and Means Committee-Health
Subcommittee Chairman: Kevin Brady (R-TX) Ranking Member: Jim McDermott (D-WA) The Challenges of the Affordable Care Act Witnesses Grace-Marie Turner - Founder, President and Trustee, Galen Institute Scott Gottlieb - Resident Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute Chris Carlson, FSA, MAAA - Principal, Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting, Inc. The Honorable Mike Kreidler - Insurance Commissioner, Washington State |
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