UNITED STATES SENATE

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Hearing on Perspectives on Medicare Reform

Wednesday, May 26, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

WITNESS LIST

The Honorable John B. Breaux, Senator from Louisiana; Washington, D.C.

The Honorable William M. Thomas; Representative from California; Washington, D.C.

• A panel consisting of:

William J. Scanlon, Ph.D., Director, Health Financing and Systems Issues, General Accounting Office; Washington, D.C.

Dan L. Crippen, Ph.D. , Director, Congressional Budget Office;

Washington, D.C.

Bruce M. Vladeck, Ph.D., Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; Former HCFA Administrator; New York, NY

Deborah Steelman, President, Steelman Health Strategies; Washington, D.C.

Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D., Vanselow Professor and Director, Institute of Health Services Research, Tulane University; New Orleans, LA

David B. Kendall, Senior Analyst, Health Priorities Project, Progressive Policy Institute; Washington, D.C.