“Examining Health Care Mergers in Pennsylvania”

April 2, 2007

NOTICE OF FULL COMMITTEE FIELD HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a field hearing on "Examining Health Care Mergers in Pennsylvania" for Monday, April 9, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. in Kirby Auditorium, National Constitution Center, 111 S. Independence Mall E, Philadelphia, PA.

Senator Specter will preside.

By order of the Chairman

The Highmark/Independence Blue Cross Merger:
Examining Competition and Choice in Pennsylvania's Health Insurance Markets A U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

April 9, 2007
Kirby Auditorium
The Constitution Center
Philadelphia

Senator Arlen Specter

Senator Robert P. Casey

Governor Edward G. Rendell

Joe Frick
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Independence Blue Cross
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Senator Don White
R-Indiana County
41st District, Pennsylvania
Indiana, Pennsylvania

Kenneth R. Melani, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Highmark, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lawton R. Burns
James Joo-Jin Kim Professor;
Professor of Health Care Systems and Management,
Director, Wharton Center for Health Management and Economics
Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

C. Richard Schott, M.D.
Vice Chairman
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

James Buckley
President
Delaware Valley Healthcare Coalition, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pedro Rodriguez
Executive Director
Action Alliance of Senior Citizens
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Joseph W. "Chip" Marshall III,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Temple University Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania