Tavenner Fields Questions on Leaks, Premium Costs, Future Of Medicare

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., set the tone for a very-supportive Senate Finance Committee hearing on Marilyn Tavenner’s nomination to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. But Tavenner, who is acting administrator, did get questions about leaks to the press from Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, about a recent insurance actuary report on insurance premium costs, from Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and from Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., about moving away from fee-for-service Medicare. Here are excerpts of the hearing.

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<h1>Tavenner Fields Questions on Leaks, Premium Costs, Future Of Medicare</h1>
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			April 9, 2013		</time>
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<p>House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., set the tone for a very-supportive Senate Finance Committee hearing on Marilyn Tavenner’s nomination to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. But Tavenner, who is acting administrator, did get questions about leaks to the press from Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, about a recent insurance actuary report on insurance premium costs, from Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and from Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., about moving away from fee-for-service Medicare. Here are excerpts of the hearing.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/tavenner-hearing-excerpts/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/tavenner-hearing-excerpts/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/tavenner-hearing-excerpts/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Tavenner%20Fields%20Questions%20on%20Leaks%2C%20Premium%20Costs%2C%20Future%20Of%20Medicare&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Ftavenner-hearing-excerpts%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/tavenner-hearing-excerpts/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/tavenner-hearing-excerpts/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/tavenner-hearing-excerpts/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9701&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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