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 ....

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Page 44 - Government willingness to accept responsibility for dealing with the problems is evidenced by the enactment of the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 (PL 93-641).
Page 542 - ... executive committee") composed, in accordance with subparagraph (C), of not more than twenty-five members of the governing body and has delegated to that unit the authority to take such action (other than the establishment and revision of the plans referred to in subparagraph (B)(ii)) as the governing body is authorized to take.
Page 159 - ... broadly representative of the social, economic, linguistic and racial populations, geographic areas of the health service area, and major purchasers of health care.
Page 661 - ... will assure that quality health services will be available and accessible in a manner which assures continuity of care, at reasonable cost, for all residents of the area...
Page 361 - Tillich." 41. Hannah Tillich, From Time to Time, p. 241. 42. For analysis of the horror of modern medical techniques, see Ivan Illich, Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health (New York: Pantheon, 1976). Illich discussed the use of "medicine," including lifeprolonging equipment, in the torture of political prisoners, in a talk at Harvard University in 1976.
Page 177 - AIP with the assistance of individuals and public and private entities in its health service area. (2) The agency may provide, in accordance with the priorities established in the AIP, technical assistance to individuals and public and private entities for the development of projects and programs which the agency determines are necessary to achieve the health systems described in the HSP, including assistance in meeting the requirements of the agency prescribed under section 1532(b).
Page 865 - Committee on and ordered to be printed Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed AMENDMENT Intended to be proposed by Mr.
Page iii - The achievement of equal access to quality health care at a reasonable cost is a priority of the Federal Government.
Page 500 - ... not, directly or through contractual or other arrangements, utilize criteria or methods of administration which have the effect of subjecting persons to discrimination because of their race, color, or national origin...
Page 886 - With the passage of the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 (PL 93-641), a new, nation-wide olanning structure was established.