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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