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SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENTS OF 1970

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 17550

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO PROVIDE
INCREASES IN BENEFITS, TO IMPROVE COMPUTATION
METHODS, AND TO RAISE THE EARNINGS BASE UNDER
THE OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE
SYSTEM, TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEDICARE,
MEDICAID, AND MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PRO-
GRAMS WITH EMPHASIS UPON IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
OPERATING EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH PROGRAMS, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office

Washington, D.C. 20402 – Price $1.50

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Hon. John G. Veneman, Under Secretary, Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare; accompanied by:

Hon. Howard N. Newman, Commissioner, Medical Services Ad-

ministration;

Hon. Robert M. Ball, Commissioner of Social Security;
Thomas M. Tierney, Director, Bureau of Health Insurance; and
Irwin Wolkstein, Assistant Bureau Director, Division of Policy
and Standards, Bureau of Health Insurance, HEW..

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