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WASHINGTON, June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just as Congress begins to consider the largest expansion of federal support for health insurance since Medicare became law in 1965, Hudson Institute will debate the long-term fiscal implications of health care reform on June 17th.

Health costs will define the long-term fiscal challenge for America. The complex implications of future health care costs will be the topic of the Hudson panel.

Visiting Fellow Hanns Kuttner will present his new Hudson Institute paper on the risks and risk management options of health care reform. The paper can be downloaded here.

Who: James C. Capretta, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center, and Former Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget

Alice Rivlin, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Former Director of the Congressional Office and Office of Management and Budget

Eugene Steuerle, Vice President, Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Former Senior Fellow, Urban Institute

Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Former Assistant Director, Congressional Budget Office

Hanns Kuttner, Visiting Fellow, Hudson Institute, Moderator

When: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Where: Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center

Hudson Institute

1015 15th Street, NW, 6th Floor

Washington, D.C. 20005

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