HEALTH PLANNING AMENDMENTS OF 1978 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES 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 25-122 O FEBRUARY 2, 3, AND 6, 1978 ᏢᎪᎡᎢ 1 Printed for the use of the Committee on Human Resources COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island S. I. HAYAKAWA, California STEPHEN J. PARADISE, General Counsel and Staff Director Garrahy, Hon, J. Joseph, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, chairman, National Governors' Association Subcommittee on Health Policy ---- Champion, Hale, Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, ac- companied 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 Admin- Herschler, Hon. Edward, Governor of the State of Wyoming__ Semmel, Herbert, Director, Consumer Coalition for Health, Washington, D.C., Steve Suitts, executive director, Southern Regional Council, At- lanta, Ga., and Willie Mitchell, national health law program, Newman, Checkoway, Barry, assistant professor of urban and regional planning, Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Champaign County Health Fenerty, Anne, Consumer Coalition for Health, Boulder, Colo_- Pitts, Hon. Terrance, supervisor, Milwaukee County, Wis., on behalf of the National Association of Counties, accompanied by Mike Gemmell, NACO associate director for health and education___ McMahon, John Alexander, American Hospital Association; accompanied by Leo J. Gehrig, M.D., senior vice president; and Paul W. Earle, vice president; Frank J. Jirka, M.D., vice chairman, American Medical Asso- ciation Board of Trustees; accompanied by Archie Johnson, M.D., mem- ber of AMA's ad hoc committee on planning and practicing physician from Raleigh, N.C.; and Harry N. Peterson, director, AMA legislative department: Michael Bromberg, director, Federation of American Hos- Mott, Anthony, executive director, Finger Lakes HSA, Rochester, N.Y.; James Suter, executive director, West Virginia HSA, Inc., Charleston, W. Va.; and Dorothy Hoskin, chairman of the governing body, Western Colorado HSA, Grand Junction, Colo., a panel. Martin, Richard, manager, Health Services Industry Relations, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio; John Brown, director of employee benefits, Genesco, Inc., Nashville, Tenn., and Willis Goldbeck, director, Seidman, Bert, director, department of social security, AFL-CIO, accom- panied by Richard Shoemaker, assistant director.. Wisniewski, Stanley, research director, Service Employees International Glasser, Melvin A., director, social security department, United Auto Page Workers 967 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 981 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. 886 960 American Health Planning Association, Anthony Mott, executive director, prepared statement___ 748 American Hospital Association, prepared statement_ 664 612 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.. 412 Blue Cross Association, Neil Hollander, vice preident of health care services, prepared statement. 986 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 Checkoway, Barry, assistant professor of urban and regional planning, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign; Champaign County Health Care Consumers 388 Prepared statement 391 Clark, Hon. Dick, a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa. 862 Prepared statement (with proposed amendments). 866 Consumer Coalition for Health, Herbert Semmel, director, prepared statement 152 Czerwinski, Joe, State representative from Wisconsin, prepared statement Federation of American Hospitals, Michael D. Bromberg. Esq.. executive director, prepared statement...__ 566 621 Fenerty, Anne, Consumer Coalition for Health, Boulder, Colo 395 397 Garrahy, Hon. J. Joseph, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, chairman, 41 47 Glasser eMlvin A., director, social security department, United Auto 967 Prepared statement 972 Grimm, Richard, president. Technicare Corp.: Harold Buzzell, president, 1023 1037 Health Industry Manufacturers Association, Harold Buzzell, president prepared statement____ 1037 Health Insurance Association of America. Henry A. Diprete, second vice president, group operations, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.. Prepared statement_ 1012 Herschler. Hon. Edward, Governor of the State of Wyoming.. 138 |