March 17, 2004
* HHS OIG To Review Claim Medicare Cost Data Withheld From Public

  • HHS Secretary Thompson Calls for Investigation Into Whether Medicare Actuary Was Pressured To Withhold Estimates.

  • From the New York Times: Inquiry Ordered on Medicare Official's Charge

  • Mysterious Fax Adds to Intrigue Over the Medicare Bill's Cost

  • The Actuary and the Actor: "Actors were hired by the Department of Health and Human Services to pose as television journalists purveying faux upbeat "news" segments about the expanded Medicare coverage."