Women's Needs and Medicare Reform: A Century Foundation Institute for Women's Policy Research Policy Discussion

2/6/2003

From: Christy Hicks of the Century Foundation, 212-452-7723 hicks@tcf.org

News Advisory:

What: Women's Needs and Medicare Reform: A Century Foundation/Institute for Women's Policy Research Policy Discussion

When: Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003 - 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Where: The National Press Club, 14th & F Streets, NW

Participants: -- Marilyn Moon, senior fellow, The Urban Institute and author, with Pamela Herd, of "A Place at the Table: Women's Needs and Medicare Reform" -- Patricia Neuman, vice president, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation -- John Rother, director, Policy and Strategy, AARP

Moderator: Heidi Hartmann, president/CEO, Institute for Women's Policy Research

RSVP: Laurie Ahlrich, ahlrich@tcf.org or 212/452-7722

Women have a big stake in the current debate over Medicare reform. Women are more likely to require long-term care services because they live longer than men and are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases. Proposals such as those being promoted by President Bush may have serious flaws. If implemented without proper safeguards, beneficiaries may face steeply higher out-of-pocket costs. Women are among those most likely to be affected by such plans. In a Place at the Table, Marilyn Moon offers recommendations for effectively implementing reforms to the Medicare system. She will be joined by a distinguished panel of experts to discuss her proposals and other important issues in the Medicare reform debate.

Portions of A Place at the Table will be available on The Century Foundation's website at http://www.tcf.org, or on The Century Foundation's Medicare Project website at http://www.medicarewatch.org.

The Century Foundation is a research foundation that undertakes tmely, critical, and analytical studies of major economic, political, and social institutions and issues. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, TCF was founded in 1919 and endowed by Edward A. Filene.