ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Report Stating Medicare Faces Bankruptcy.

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TOPIC: An annual report by government trustees predicts Medicare will go bankrupt by 2019, according to an article by The Associated Press. The report claims the new Medicare prescription drug law is partly to blame as

EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story:

David Webster is founder and president of Webster Consulting Group, Inc., which provides consulting services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical industries. He is an expert regarding rising healthcare costs and prescription drug discount cards. 610-758-9500 dwebster@websterconsultinggroup.com

Professor Jonathan Gruber, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, is a full professor in one of the top ranked economics departments in the world. He is the author of more than 50 published papers, and his research spans a variety of topics in both health economics and public economics, including: the structure of the health insurance market; how the health insurance and labor markets interact; public health insurance programs (Medicare and Medicaid) and their impacts on health and well being; hospital and physician behavior and markets; and Social Security and retirement issues. 617-253-8892

Professor Surrey Walton, of the University of Illinois, Chicago, is well qualified as a consultant in the economics and business of pharmacies, particularly with regard to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. He has a Ph.D. in economics with emphasis in health and labor economics. 312-413-2775

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