On October 12, 2011, the Senate Special Committee on Aging is holding a hearing entitled “A Time for Solutions: Finding Consensus in the Medicare Reform Debate.”  Also on October 12, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is holding a hearing on “The State of Chronic Disease Prevention.”  On October 13, the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health is holding a hearing on “Regulations, Costs, and Uncertainty in Employer Provided Health Care.”