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- Representative Carolyn Maloney Opening Statement - 10May2006
- Bennett: "Consumer Driven Health Care is Working"
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- Vice Chairman Bennett's Opening Statement
- JEC Issues Report on Levels of Drug Coverage Washington, D.C. – The Joint Economic Committee, chaired by Senator Bob Bennett (R-Utah), released a new report today, “Medicare Beneficiaries’ Links to Drug Coverage.” “Make no mistake, too many seniors are without adequate prescription drug coverage, or worse, any coverage at all. Congress needs to act,” Bennett said. “However, as we work to create a new Medicare drug benefit, we must pay attention to the coverage that already exists.”
- Alieta Eck Testimony
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- Bennett Explores the Burdens of Health Services Regulation... Washington, DC—In conjunction with Cover the Uninsured Week, Joint Economic Committee Chairman Robert F. Bennett held a hearing today to explore how over-regulating health care services has created significant increases in cost, and hampered quality and accessibility of care for many Americans. The committee also released a study today on “The Complex Challenge of the Uninsured.” The report takes a look at who is uninsured, the reasons they may be insured and ways that health care can be made more affordable. Senator Bennett issued the following statement at the hearing: “Health care is certainly a vital item in all our lives, and some regulations can improve its quality and even reduce its cost. However, there is a significant risk that the promised benefits of health services regulations will fall short of their costs if we don’t seek to rein them in. “Health care is one of the most intensively regulated sectors of the U.S. economy. It is also one of the largest, accounting for $1.7 trillion annual spending, which is more than 15% of gross domestic product (GDP). “Much health regulation is premised on the judgment that most health care consumers don’t know, don’t want to know, and cannot know enough to make important decisions for themselves. I don’t know if that’s true often enough to justify the level of health regulation we have, but we hope to find that out today. “Patients, consumers, and taxpayers are the ones who bear their ultimate costs of unnecessary regulation. Excessive regulatory burdens can also harm our most vulnerable individuals, and prevent the uninsured and lower-income health care consumers from accessing the health care they need.” The Joint Economic Committee Report on “The Complex Challenge of the Uninsured” can be viewed at https://www.jec.senate.gov/_files/Uninsured.pdf.
- Prescription Drugs Are Only One Reason Why Medicare Needs Reform Washington, DC— According to a report released today by the Joint Economic Committee, Medicare faces enormous fiscal challenges as the “Baby Boom” generation retires and as the program expands to cover prescription drugs. Congress is now focused on the need to extend prescription drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries. That need is certainly important, but it is not the only reason that Medicare needs reform.
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- David Hyman Testimony
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- Milstein, Arnold - 5/10/2006 Milstein, Arnold - 5/10/2006
- Vice Chairman Bennett's Opening Statement
- Vicki Gottlich Testimony
- Kemper, Donald W. - 10May2006 Kemper, Donald W. - 10May2006
- Bernard Kaminetsky Testimony
- Bennett Explores Relationship Between Advances in Technology and Rising... Washington, DC—Senator Bennett, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, held a hearing today on how technology and innovation affect health care costs. In other sectors, new technologies usually lead to greater efficiency and lower costs in goods and services, yet it is unclear whether the same is true for health care. Bennett welcomed witnesses from the Administration and leading medical research institutions to explore the various ways that technology influences health care costs. Panelists included Dr. Mark McClellan, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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- Recent JEC Health Care Related Charts This document contains thumbnails and links to downloadable copies of recent JEC charts related to the current health care debate.
- Mark V. Pauly Testimony - 9/22/2004
- Hearing on "The Performance and Potential of Consumer Driven Health Care" Washington, DC—Joint Economic Committee Chairman Robert F. Bennett will host a hearing to explore the development of consumer driven health care. Consumer driven health care allows for greater flexibility in choosing and paying for health care based on a consumer’s own needs and preferences. The hearing will take a look at recent data from providers and employer plans that have been involved in the consumer driven health care market in the last two years and will explore its long term potential.
- Raising the Cost Curve House Democrats' tri-committee bill "SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDS"* health cost growth even without inclusion of proposed Medicaid expansion and Medicare changes. * CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf, testimony before Senate Budget Committee on H.R.3200, "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009," July 16, 2009.
- Robert Berenson Testimony
- Carolyn M. Clancy
- The Health Benefit Tax Exclusion Distorts the Health Insurance Market Washington, DC - The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) today released a study on how federal tax policy has influenced the way the U.S. health insurance market has developed over the past sixty years since the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a special ruling that the portion of employees’ health insurance paid by employers is treated as a tax -free benefit.
- Daniel Mulholland Testimony
- Cave, Douglas G. - 10May2006 Cave, Douglas G. - 10May2006
- Parkinson, Michael D. - 10May2006 Parkinson, Michael D. - 10May2006
- Linda J. Blumberg Testimony - 9/22/2004
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- Robert S. Berry Testimony
- Jeffrey Closs Testimony - 9/22/2004
- Chairman Bennett Explores Ways to Reshape the Future of America's Health Washington, DC—Senator Bob Bennett, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), hosted a roundtable discussion today to explore ways to improve the health of Americans, and thereby reduce future health care costs. The roundtable featured U.S. Surgeon General, Richard Carmona. The panel also included Jim Oatman of FortisHealth, who brought to light innovations that health insurers are developing to encourage wellness, and Dr. Diane Rowland, a national expert on issues involving Medicaid and the uninsured.