The Subcommittee on Health kicked off a series of hearings on “Making Health Care Work for American Families” with a hearing titled, “Designing a High Performing Healthcare System” at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing explored options for making the health system work better and for designing a high performing healthcare system.

Witness List

• Doug Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office
• Glenn Hackbarth, Chairman, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
• Jack C. Ebeler, Vice Chair, Committee on Health Insurance Status and Its Consequences, Institute of Medicine
• Alan Levine, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
• Atul Gawande, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor at the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health
• M. Todd Williamson, M.D., President, Medical Association of Georgia Policy Studies

Documents

• Chair Pallone's Opening Statement
• Chair Waxman's Opening Statement
• Testimony of Doug Elmendorf
• Testimony of Glenn Hackbarth
• Testimony of Jack C. Ebeler
• Testimony of Alan Levine
• Testimony of Atul Gawande
• Testimony of M. Todd Williamson
• Preliminary Transcript

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