The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing titled, ‘Making Health Care Work for American Families: Ensuring Affordable Coverage’ at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. This hearing was the second in a series of hearings that will provide an overview of key health reform issues.

Witness List

• Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D., Professor of Political Economy, Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
• Sally C. Pipes, B.A., President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Research Institute
• Judy Feder, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund
• Mila Kofman, J.D., Superintendent of Insurance, State of Maine Bureau of Insurance
• Jon Kingsdale, Ph.D., Executive Director, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority
• Karen Pollitz, M.P.P., Research Professor, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
• Katherine Baicker, Ph.D., Professor of Health Economics, Harvard School of Public Health
• Edmund F. Haislmaier, B.A., Senior Research Fellow, Center for Health, Heritage Foundation

Documents

• Chair Pallone's Opening Statement
• Testimony of Uwe E. Reinhardt
• Testimony of Sally C. Pipes
• Testimony of Judy Feder
• Testimony of Mila Kofman
• Testimony of Jon Kingsdale
• Testimony of Karen Pollitz
• Testimony of Katherine Baicker
• Testimony of Edmund F. Haislmaier
• Preliminary Transcript

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