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For Immediate Release: July 30, 1998
Contact: Rusty Jabour

National Medicare Commission to Meet
on Monday, August 10, in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON (July 30) – The National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare will meet on Monday, August 10, in Washington, D.C., to hear from its three task forces and to explore several issues, including Medicare’s management and administration, its role in graduate medical education (GME), and the premium contribution approach to restructuring Medicare, Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) and Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) said today.

The National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare will meet on Monday, August 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the Cannon Caucus Room, 345 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

The Commission will open its daylong meeting with a discussion of graduate medical education (GME) and its relationship with Medicare, which provides extra payments to teaching hospitals when they treat Medicare patients.

The Commission also will hear from its three task forces -- Reform, Restructuring, and Modeling -- and will examine these topics: 1) management and administration, 2) the premium contribution approach to restructuring Medicare, and 3) formats for measuring the impacts of policy proposals.

Quick Facts About the Commission

The National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare was created by the Congress in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

The Commission is charged with examining the Medicare program and making recommendations by March 1, 1999, to strengthen and improve Medicare in time for the retirement of 77 million "Baby Boomers."

The members represent the public and private sectors and are some of the nation's top experts on Medicare, public policy, economics and health care.

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