Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr.

Center for Medicare Advocacy

Joyce Dubow

AARP

Toby S. Edelman

Center for Medicare Advocacy

Sally Hart

Center for Medicare Advocacy

Diane E. Hoffmann

University of Maryland School of Law

Peter A. Hollmann

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island

Virginia Rowthorn

University of Maryland School of Law

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Center for Medicare Advocacy is indebted to the
The Commonwealth Fund for supporting this conference and
for the assistance of AARP.

The Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., and the members of the conference Steering Committee gratefully acknowledge the work of several individuals who are not otherwise acknowledged. We appreciate Michelle Serber of The Commonwealth Fund for her work as a project officer. The Center acknowledges Sherita Alexander at AARP, who assisted in the coordination of the conference. We also thank those individuals who served anonymously as peer-reviewers for the conference papers. We appreciate the efforts of several individuals at the Center. Jacqueline Bender and Michael Rubin worked tirelessly as assistants on this project. Carolyn Boyle provided administrative support for conference logistics. Susan Collins, Elizabeth Maldonado, and Matt Shepard were instrumental in producing conference publications and the conference website.