Medicare Rx Drug Benefit Hearing To Include MedPAC Members
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The Senate Governmental Affairs/Government Management Oversight Subcommittee will hear testimony from former MedPAC Chair Wilensky and current member DeParle.
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