Full Committee Hearing

Cost and Payment Plans of Medicare Part D

Date: September 22, 2005

Time: 2:30pm

Location: Senate Dirksen Building, SD-342

Agenda:

This hearing will examine the cost and payment plans for the Medicare Modernization Act and if the new legislation will meet the needs of seniors.

Witnesses

Deputy Administrator

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

American Enterprise Institute

Director of Special Projects

Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative

American Institutes for Research