Health Insurance Options: Proposals from the Provider CommunityU.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 67 pages |
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Page 30 - Building; *3 50 F Street, NW Suite 1 100 Washington. DC 20001 Telephone 202.638- 1 100 FAX NO. 102 626-2345 Statement of the American Hospital Association Before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means of the United States...
Page 31 - The problem of financing long-term care presents many challenges to our society, and the responsibility for its solution must be shared by all: individuals, the private sector, and state and federal governments. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF THE EMPLOYED The US health Insurance system currently is built on employer-provided insurance. About 85 percent of the 191 million privately Insured Americans now receive insurance through the workplace; federal and state tax policies clearly support this pattern....
Page 9 - We must work for a comprehensive and coordinated nation-wide program. Our recommendations address not only access to health care but also the cost of health care, quality of care, medical liability, administrative burdens and availability of health care facilities and personnel. All of these factors are interrelated. The College concludes "that nothing short of universal access to a level of basic health care will be fair in the long run," and "that the time has come for a thoughtful re-examination...
Page 7 - We must reaffirm the sanctity of humankind, the primacy of the patient, and the importance of good health for all our citizens, not just those who can afford it. The American College of Physicians joins the debate on access to health care after, much thoughtful discussion. We have concluded that nothing short of Universal access to a level of basic health care will be fair in the long run.
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Page 31 - ... Because the public expects needed care to be provided regardless of a patient's ability to pay, all members of society must participate in the financing of care provided to the medically indigent. This public responsibility does not mean, however, that government alone can or will resolve the problem. An enduring solution to the problem of medical indigence will require initiatives by both the public and private sectors to: • reduce the size of the medically indigent population through adequate...
Page 43 - NAPH consists of over 85 public and non-profit hospitals that serve as major referral centers, teaching hospitals, and hospitals of last resort for the poor in most of our nation's largest metropolitan areas. I...
Page 26 - STATEMENT OF PAUL C. RETTIG, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION Mr. RETTIG. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to be here on behalf of the American Hospital Association to discuss ways to address the growing need for reform of the health insurance system.
Page 31 - ... the workplace. There is considerable logic to the idea of extending coverage to many of these people by building on the existing system. The key policy question is how. Two approaches have been suggested: the use of mandates and the use of tax supports, public subsidies, and other incentives. Both approaches are necessary.
Page 30 - Dr. Carol M. McCarthy, president of the American Hospital Association. I am pleased to have the opportunity to be here today on behalf of the AHA's...