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