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We have detected that your browser blocked our video player. Please enable popups and try again. Thank you. Search for webcasts from November 2000 – May 2009. Access webcasts from June 2009 forward, on kff.org. Policy Workshop To Examine Implications of Medicare’s Funding Warning 3/6/2008 Barbara Jordan Conference Center, Washington, D.C.     Email this Webcast Share Del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Bookmarks Myspace Reddit   Support Files Speaker Biographies (.pdf) Additional Resources Kaiser Family Foundation: Medicare and the President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal Kaiser Family Foundation: Financing Medicare: An Issue Brief Kaiser Family Foundation: The Policy Implications of Medicare’s New Measure of Financial Health Kaiser Family Foundation: Medicare kaiserEDU: Medicare Issue Spotlight: Medicare Under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, the Medicare Trustees are required to estimate the year in which general revenues will exceed 45 percent or more of total Medicare spending. If, in two consecutive years, the trustees project the 45 percent level will be reached within the next seven years, they are required to issue a Medicare funding warning – which they did last April.   The Kaiser Family Foundation hosts a policy workshop examining the so-called "45 percent trigger" and its implications for this year’s budget debate and Medicare's long-term fiscal health. Full version: Video Podcast Transcript Speakers for this session:   Diane Rowland, Sc.D. Executive Vice-President, Kaiser Family Foundation Executive Director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured  Moderator     Peter Orszag Director Congressional Budget Office Slides     Marilyn Moon, Ph.D. Vice President and Director, Health Program American Institutes for Research     John Rother Director of Policy and Strategy AARP     Julie Goon Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy EMAIL ALERTS Sign up for email alerts and stay informed about upcoming HealthCasts, and the latest health policy issues, news and events.   FAQs How to disable a pop-up blocker How to view a webcast How to listen to a podcast More...   CONTACT US Contact us by email with any comments, problems, suggestions. Call the kaisernetwork.org Help Desk at 202-347-5270. ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... About Us     Privacy Policy      Help      Site Map