COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS EXECUTIVE PROCEEDINGS DISCUSSING PROPOSED HOSPITAL MAY 25, 1966 TRANSCRIPT ORDERED TO BE RELEASED BY THE CHAIRMAN Printed for the use of the Committee on Finance 1.-1/645 63-924 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1966 COMMITTEE ON FINANCE RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana, Chairman GEORGE A. SMATHERS, Florida PAUL H. DOUGLAS, Illinois HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia VANCE HARTKE, Indiana J. W. FULBRIGHT, Arkansas ABRAHAM A. RIBICOFF, Connecticut LEE METCALF, Montana II JOHN J. WILLIAMS, Delaware CARL T. CURTIS, Nebraska THRUSTON B. MORTON, Kentucky EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois TOM VAIL, Chief Counsel 1966 CONTENTS WITNESSES Ball, Hon. Robert M., Commissioner of Social Security, accompanied by Wilbur G. Cohen, Under Secretary; Alanson W. Willcox, General Coun- sel; Dr. William H. Stewart, Surgeon General; Robert G. Myers, Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration; Arthur E. Hess, Director, Bureau of Health Insurance, Social Security Administration; Dr. Edward Bost, Deputy Director, Bureau of Health Insurance, Social Security Administration; Kermit Gordon, Chairman, Health Insurance Benefits Advisory Council; and Charles E. Hawkins, legislative reference COMMUNICATIONS American Hospital Association, to Hon. Russell B. Long, Chairman, Committee on Finance, May 24, 1966_ Ball, Hon. Robert M., Commissioner of Social Security, to Hon. Clinton P. Anderson, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico, Memorandum_from_Mr. Alanson W. Willcox, General Counsel, to Hon. Robert M. Ball, Commissioner of Social Security, May 24, 1966_- - - Articles: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION "Accounting-Medicare Style," Insiders Newsletter, May 2, 1966--- "Nationwide Storm Looms on 'Socialized Medicine', Washington "Nursing Homes Here Plan for Medicare," Chicago Tribune, April "Nursing Homes Seek Medicare Rule Change," Chicago's American, "Reimbursement Under Medicare," Hospitals, JAHA, May 16, 1966. Staff of the Committee on Finance, "Proposed Medicare Reimburse- The Comptroller General of the United States, "Review of Proposed Principles of Reimbursement for Provider Costs Under Public 73 191 192 195 101 2 III |