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Senate Aging Committee
New Medicare Data to be Presented Thursday at Senate
Committee
Former Sen. Glenn, Jack Valenti Testified Today on
Older Workers
Sept. 20, 2004 At the hearing of the U.S. Senate
Special Committee on Aging today on rules for older workers, Chairman
Larry Craig (R-Idaho) announced a special hearing on Thursday to hear
updates on the Medicare drug discount card program.
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John Glenn, Sen. Larry Craig, Sen. John Breaux and Jack Valenti |
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Sen. Breaux Honored
Chairman Larry Craig (R-Idaho) presented ranking
member John Breaux (D-Louisiana) with a honorary gavel. Breaux
chaired the committee from June 2001 until the end of 2002, and
is retiring at the end of this year after 32 years in Congress.
Since you are chairing your last Aging hearing
today, it is only appropriate that you have your own gavel,
Craig said. It is presented with our utmost respect, affection,
and loyalty in recognition of your valuable leadership and
service on this committee. May it serve you well and be used in
fond remembrance of all the good work you have done on this
committee on behalf of our nations senior citizens.
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The forum, titled, Medicare Drug Discount Cards:
Measuring the Savings, will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, September
23, and will be held in room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Medicare Administrator Dr. Mark McClellan will join
Senator Craig in introducing the discussion at which participants will
spotlight Medicare drug discount card analyses conducted by the Lewin
Group, the American Enterprise Institute, the Kaiser Family Foundation,
and by Medicare itself. Dr. McClellan will also present new data his
agency has collected about the Medicare-approved drug discount programs
progress. A moderator- facilitated discussion will follow.
Senators and Administrator McClellan are not
scheduled to participate in the panel discussion. The event will be
moderated by James Firman, president and CEO of the National Council on
the Aging (NCOA).
The forum will be webcast under the Hearings
section of the Aging Committees
website and available for viewing later
at http://aging.senate.gov. Prepared
witness testimony will be available on that website once the hearing
begins.
Panelists
* Sharman Stevens, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
Washington, DC
* Julie James, Health Policy Alternatives and author of the Kaiser
Family Foundation study, Washington, DC
* Mary Grealy, Healthcare Leadership Council, which sponsored the Lewin
study, Washington, DC
* Robert Helms, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC
Todays hearing, "Breaking the Silver Ceiling: A
New Generation of Older Americans Redefining the New Rules of the
Workplace, is one called for and chaired by Sen. John Breaux
(D-Louisiana), ranking member, and is a follow-up to a hearing Craig
held last week that examined federal mandatory retirement rules.
At the hearing former U.S. Senator John Glenn, who
served on the Aging Committee, and Jack Valenti, the former head of
Motion Picture of America Association, presented testimony and answered
questions.
Testimony, a video and other information from this
hearing can be found by
clicking here.
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