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alliance/16mar09
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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:On Monday, March 16 at 12:15 p.m. ET,=
 the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Alliance for Health Reform will co-ho=
st a briefing with a panel of experts discussing the Medicare program. Medi=
care covers nearly  45 million beneficiaries, including 38 million seniors =
and 7 million younger adults with permanent disabilities. The program is ex=
pected to cost the federal government approximately $477 billion in 2009, a=
ccounting for 13 percent of federal spending and 19 percent of total nation=
al health expenditures.=0D=0A=0D=0APanelists will address questions such as=
: =0D=0A* Whom does Medicare serve and what services does it cover?  What a=
re Medicare Parts A, B, C and D?=0D=0A* How is it structured and financed? =
 What drives Medicare=92s costs?  How does Medicare reimburse providers and=
 hospitals? =0D=0A* What future challenges face the program?=0D=0A=0D=0AA l=
ive webcast of the discussion will be provided by kaisernetwork.org.  =0D=
=0A=0D=0AWHO: Ed Howard, JD, executive vice president of the Alliance for H=
ealth Reform and Diane Rowland, ScD, executive vice president, Kaiser Famil=
y Foundation and executive director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the =
Uninsured will co-moderate the discussion with panelists:=0D=0A=0D=0A> Juli=
ette Cubanski, PhD, principal policy analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation=0D=
=0A> Marilyn Moon, PhD, vice president and director, American Institutes fo=
r Research=0D=0A> Tom Gustafson, PhD, senior policy advisor, Arnold & Porte=
r LLC=0D=0A=0D=0AWHERE: Watch the live webcast on kaisernetwork.org:  http:=
//www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/alliance/16mar09=0D=0A=0D=0APlease note:=
 If you have never viewed a webcast before, please test your media player i=
n advance of the live webcast at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/ho=
wtoview.=0D=0A=0D=0A
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:LIVE Webcast: Medicare 101
PRIORITY:3
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