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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Meeting of the Citizens’ Health Care
Working Group
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, this notice announces the first
meeting of the Citizens’ Health Care
Working Group mandated by section
1014 of the Medicare Modernization
Act.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, May 11 and Thursday, May
12, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Friday, May 13, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Hampton Inn & Suites Reagan
National Airport, 2000 Jefferson Davis
Highway, Arlington, Virginia. The
meeting is open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken
Cohen, Citizens’ Health Care Working
Group, at (301) 443–1489 or
citizenshealth@ahrq.gov. If sign
language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodation for a
disability is needed, please contact Mr.
Donald L. Inniss, Director, Office of
Equal Employment Opportunity
Program, Program Support Center, on
(301) 443–1144 no later than May 2,
2005.
The agenda and roster will be
available on the Citizens’ Health Care
Working Group Web site,
www.citizenshealth.ahrq.gov, which
will be operational in early May. When
a transcription of the Working Group’s
April 11 and 12 meeting is completed,
it will be made available on the website.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1014 of Public Law 108–173, the
Medicare Modernization Act (42 U.S.C.
299 note) directs the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), acting through the
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, to establish a Citizens’ Health
Care Working Group (Working Group).
The statute charges the Working Group
to: (1) Identify options for changing our
health care system so that every
American has the ability to obtain
quality, affordable health care coverage;
(2) provide for a nationwide public
debate about improving the health care
system; and (3) submit their
recommendations to the President and
the Congress.
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The Citizens’ Health Care Working
Group is composed of 15 members: the
Secretary of DHHS is designated as a
member by the statute and the
Comptroller General of the U.S.
Government Accountability Office
(GAO) is directed to appoint the
remaining 14 members. The Comptroller
General announced the 14 appointments
on February 28, 2005. A list of the
Working Group members is available on
the GAO Web site (https://www.gao.gov.).
Agenda
This meeting will include three
components: (1) Briefings for the
Working Group on aspects of the health
care system that the statute requires
then to address; (2) hearings on two
broad topics, the uninsured and drivers
of health care costs; and (3) a portion of
each day will be devoted to ongoing
Working Group business.
The briefings will address the
following topics: overview of the health
care system, public insurance programs
(Medicare, Medicaid, and State
Childrens’ Health Insurance Program),
the private health insurance market, the
uninsured, and drivers of health care
costs.
The hearings portion of the meeting is
expected to address the following
issues: public and private sector
initiatives to expand health insurance
coverage and public or private sector
initiatives to control costs.
The business portions of the meeting
on each day will include discussions of
future field hearings, the required
Report of the American People, and
begin the discussion of approaches for
conducting the community meetings
required by the statute.
The official agenda will be available
on the Working Group’s website.
Submission of Written Information
Individuals or organizations wishing
to provide written information for
consideration by the Working Group
should submit information
electronically to
citizenshealth@ahrq.gov. Targeted but
separate submissions that address the
following topics are encouraged: (1) The
issues that will be addressed to the May
meeting; (2) the issues that the statute
requires the Report to the American
People to address; (3) examples of
innovative public or private sector
initiatives to address the issues that the
statute requires the hearings or Report to
address; or (4) approaches that the
Working Group should consider in
developing the strategies and framework
for the community meetings envisioned
in the statute. If an individual or
organization wishes to address more
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than one of these topics, separate
submissions are requested. Because all
electronic submissions will be posted
on the Working Group web site, separate
submissions will facilitate review of
ideas submitted on each topic by the
Working Group and the public.
Dated: April 25, 2005.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Meeting of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, this notice announces the first meeting of the Citizens'
Health Care Working Group mandated by section 1014 of the Medicare
Modernization Act.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 11 and Thursday, May
12, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, May 13, 2005 from 8:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites Reagan
National Airport, 2000 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia.
The meeting is open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Cohen, Citizens' Health Care
Working Group, at (301) 443-1489 or citizenshealth@ahrq.gov. If sign
language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation for a
disability is needed, please contact Mr. Donald L. Inniss, Director,
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Program, Program Support Center,
on (301) 443-1144 no later than May 2, 2005.
The agenda and roster will be available on the Citizens' Health
Care Working Group Web site, www.citizenshealth.ahrq.gov, which will be
operational in early May. When a transcription of the Working Group's
April 11 and 12 meeting is completed, it will be made available on the
website.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1014 of Public Law 108-173, the
Medicare Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 299 note) directs the Secretary
of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), acting through
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to establish a
Citizens' Health Care Working Group (Working Group). The statute
charges the Working Group to: (1) Identify options for changing our
health care system so that every American has the ability to obtain
quality, affordable health care coverage; (2) provide for a nationwide
public debate about improving the health care system; and (3) submit
their recommendations to the President and the Congress.
The Citizens' Health Care Working Group is composed of 15 members:
the Secretary of DHHS is designated as a member by the statute and the
Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
is directed to appoint the remaining 14 members. The Comptroller
General announced the 14 appointments on February 28, 2005. A list of
the Working Group members is available on the GAO Web site (https://
www.gao.gov.).
Agenda
This meeting will include three components: (1) Briefings for the
Working Group on aspects of the health care system that the statute
requires then to address; (2) hearings on two broad topics, the
uninsured and drivers of health care costs; and (3) a portion of each
day will be devoted to ongoing Working Group business.
The briefings will address the following topics: overview of the
health care system, public insurance programs (Medicare, Medicaid, and
State Childrens' Health Insurance Program), the private health
insurance market, the uninsured, and drivers of health care costs.
The hearings portion of the meeting is expected to address the
following issues: public and private sector initiatives to expand
health insurance coverage and public or private sector initiatives to
control costs.
The business portions of the meeting on each day will include
discussions of future field hearings, the required Report of the
American People, and begin the discussion of approaches for conducting
the community meetings required by the statute.
The official agenda will be available on the Working Group's
website.
Submission of Written Information
Individuals or organizations wishing to provide written information
for consideration by the Working Group should submit information
electronically to citizenshealth@ahrq.gov. Targeted but separate
submissions that address the following topics are encouraged: (1) The
issues that will be addressed to the May meeting; (2) the issues that
the statute requires the Report to the American People to address; (3)
examples of innovative public or private sector initiatives to address
the issues that the statute requires the hearings or Report to address;
or (4) approaches that the Working Group should consider in developing
the strategies and framework for the community meetings envisioned in
the statute. If an individual or organization wishes to address more
than one of these topics, separate submissions are requested. Because
all electronic submissions will be posted on the Working Group web
site, separate submissions will facilitate review of ideas submitted on
each topic by the Working Group and the public.
Dated: April 25, 2005.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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