Health Care: Selected Congressional Hearings/Testimony on Health Care Policy

• "Hearing Series on Medicare Reform," Hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, February 28, 2001
• "Nation's Uninsured," Hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, April 4, 2001
• "The Health Care Crisis of the Uninsured: What Are the Solutions?" Hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, March 12, 2002
• "Patient Access Crisis: The Role of Medical Litigation," Hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, February 11, 2003
• "What's Driving Health Care Costs for the Uninsured?" Hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, January 28, 2004
• "Hearing on the Uninsured," Hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, March 9, 2004
• "Testimony on Estimating the Cost of the Medicare Modernization Act," Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Congressional Budget Office Director, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, March 24, 2004
• "Testimony on the Cost and Financing of Long-Term Care Services," Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Congressional Budget Office Director, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, April 19, 2005
• "Small Businesses and Health Insurance: Easing Costs and Expanding Access," Hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, April 21, 2005
• "Examining Pay-for-Performance Measures and Other Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Care," Meredith B. Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Health Economics and Policy, Harvard School of Public Health, Testimony before House Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, May 23, 2005
• "Transparency in Health Care: The Time Has Come," Sara R. Collins, Senior Program Officer, and Karen Davis, President, The Commonwealth Fund, Testimony before House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, March 15, 2006
• "Testimony on Medicaid Spending Growth and Options for Controlling Costs," Donald B. Marron, Acting Congressional Budget Office Director, Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, July 13, 2006
• "Medicare Physician Payment: Are We Getting What We Pay For? Are We Paying for What We Want?" Stuart Guterman, Senior Program Officer, Program on Medicare's Future, The Commonwealth Fund, Testimony before Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, July 25, 2006
• "Health Savings Accounts: Early Enrollee Experiences with Accounts and Eligible Health Plans," John E. Dicken, GAO Director, Health Care, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health Care, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, September 26, 2006
• "Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans: Why They Won't Cure What Ails U.S. Health Care," Sara R. Collins, Assistant Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund, Testimony before Senate Committee on Finance, Subcommittee on Health, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, September 26, 2006
• "Health Care Coverage and Access: Challenges and Opportunities," Hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, January 10, 2007
• "Learning from High Performance Health Systems around the Globe," Karen Davis, President, The Commonwealth Fund, Testimony before Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, January 10, 2007
• Jeanne Lambrew, "Covering the Uninsured Through the Eyes of a Child," Testimony Before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives, February 14, 2007
• "Caring for an Aging America," Mary Jane Koren, Assistant Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund, Testimony before House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, U.S. House of Representatives, February 15, 2007
• "Health Care Spending: Public Payers Face Burden of Entitlement Program Growth, While All Payers Face Rising Prices and Increasing Use of Services," A. Bruce Steinwald, GAO Director, Health Care, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, February 15, 2007
• "Testimony on Medicare's Payments to Physicians: Options for Changing the Sustainable Growth Rate," Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office Director, Committee on Finance, United States Senate, March 1, 2007
• "Children's Health Insurance: States' SCHIP Enrollment and Spending Experiences and Considerations for Reauthorization," Kathryn G. Allen, GAO Director, Health Care, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, March 1, 2007
• "Testimony on the Medicare Advantage Program: Trends and Options," Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office Director, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, March 21, 2007
• "Testimony on the Medicare Advantage Program: Enrollment Trends and Budgetary Effects," Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office Director, Committee on Finance, United States Senate, April 11, 2007
• Tom Daschle, "Achieving Universal Health Coverage," Testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives, April 25, 2007
• Jeanne Lambrew, "Achieving Universal Health Coverage," Testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives, April 25, 2007
• "Testimony on Research on the Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments: Options for an Expanded Federal Role," Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office Director, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, June 12, 2007
• "Testimony on Health Care and the Budget: Issues and Challenges for Reform," Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office Director, Committee on the Budget, United States Senate, June 21, 2007
• "Universal Health Insurance: Why It Is Essential to Achieving a High Performance Health System and Why Design Matters," S. R. Collins, Assistant Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund, Testimony before the Senate Committee on the Budget, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, June 26, 2007
• "Medicare Advantage and the Federal Budget," Mark B. McClellan, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution, Testimony before the House Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representative, June 28, 2007
• "Concerns with Health Care Reform," Henry J. Aaron, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution, Testimony before the Senate Committee on the Budget, U.S. Senate, September 11, 2007
• "Funding the Veterans Affairs of the Future," Henry J. Aaron, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution, Testimony before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, October 3, 2007
• "Testimony on Projecting the Costs to Care for Veterans of U.S. Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan," Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office Director, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, October 17, 2007
• "Widening Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: The Need for Universal Coverage," S. R. Collins, Assistant Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, November 14, 2007
• "Testimony on Growth in Health Care Costs," Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office Director, January 31, 2008

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