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HEALTH PLANNING AMENDMENTS OF 1978

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2410

TO AMEND TITLES XV AND XVI OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO REVISE AND EXTEND THE AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS UNDER THOSE TITLES FOR HEALTH PLANNING AND HEALTH RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

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FEBRUARY 2, 3, AND 6, 1978

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Human Resources

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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine
DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island

S. I. HAYAKAWA, California

STEPHEN J. PARADISE, General Counsel and Staff Director
MARJORIE M. WHITTAKER, Chief Clerk
DON A. ZIMMERMAN, Minority Counsel
GREGORY FUsco, Minority Staff Director

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Glasser, Melvin A., director, social security department, United Auto Page Workers

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Hollander, Neil, vice president of health care services, Blue Cross Association and Henry A. Diprete, second vice president, group operations, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., a panel_. Grimm, Richard, president, Technicare Corp.; Harold Buzzell, president, Health Industry Manufacturers Association; Dr. Walter Robb, vice president and general manager, medical systems division, General Electric Co.; and Bob Haggland, president, EMI Medical Inc., a panel_______ 1023

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STATEMENTS

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Bert Seidman, director, department of social security, prepared statement with appendix_

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Robert E. McGarrah, Jr., public policy counsel, public policy analysis department. prepared amendment.

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American Health Planning Association, Anthony Mott, executive director, prepared statement___

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American Hospital Association, prepared statement_
American Medical Association, prepared statement.

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Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Georgia legal services program, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp., and the National Health Law Program, Inc.. legal services clients, prepared statements..

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Blue Cross Association, Neil Hollander, vice preident of health care services, prepared statement.

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Champion, Hale, Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, accompanied by Julius Richmond, Assistant Secretary for Health: Dr. Karen Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (Health), and Henry Foley, Administrator of Health Resources Administration

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Checkoway, Barry, assistant professor of urban and regional planning, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign; Champaign County Health Care Consumers

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Prepared statement

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Clark, Hon. Dick, a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa.

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Prepared statement (with proposed amendments).

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Consumer Coalition for Health, Herbert Semmel, director, prepared statement

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Czerwinski, Joe, State representative from Wisconsin, prepared statement Federation of American Hospitals, Michael D. Bromberg. Esq.. executive director, prepared statement...__

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Fenerty, Anne, Consumer Coalition for Health, Boulder, Colo
Prepared statement

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Garrahy, Hon. J. Joseph, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, chairman,
National Governors' Association Subcomimttee on Health Policy.
Prepared statement

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Glasser eMlvin A., director, social security department, United Auto
Workers

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Prepared statement

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Grimm, Richard, president. Technicare Corp.: Harold Buzzell, president,
Health Industry Manufacturers Association; Dr. Walter Robb, vice presi-
dent and general manager, medical systems division, General Electric
Co.; and Bob Hagglud, president, EMI Medical Inc., a panel__
Prepared statement_

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Health Industry Manufacturers Association, Harold Buzzell, president prepared statement____

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Health Insurance Association of America. Henry A. Diprete, second vice president, group operations, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.. Prepared statement_

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Herschler. Hon. Edward, Governor of the State of Wyoming..

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