"Health Insurance Challenges: Buyer Beware"
March 3 , 2003, at 9:30 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Member Statements:
Charles Grassley, IA Chairman Grassley's Opening and Closing Statements
Max Baucus, MT
Witness Statements:
Panel IMarie Almond, Victim of unauthorized health insurance plan, Albermarle, NC
Joan Pinatadosi, Wife of Albert Piantadosi, Victim of unauthorized health insurance plan, Deerfield Beach, FL
Panel II
Kathryn G. Allen, Director, Healthcare-Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Issues, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC
GAO Report to Congressional Requesters
Robert J. Cramer, Managing Director, Office of Special Investigations, U.S. General Accounting Office
Ann L. Combs, Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor, Washington, DC
Panel III
Fred Nepple, Chair of ERISA Working Group, National Association of Insurance, Austin, TX
Jose Montemayor, Commissioner of Insurance, Texas Department of Insurance, Austin, TX
Mila Kofman, Assistant Research Professor, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC