United States, Congress. • enate Committee

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on Labor and Humand Resources. Subcommittee.

HOSPITAL COST CONTAINMENT ACT OF 1979
Health and Scientifre Research

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 570

TO ESTABLISH VOLUNTARY LIMITS ON THE ANNUAL IN-
CREASES IN TOTAL HOSPITAL EXPENSES, AND TO PROVIDE
FOR MANDATORY LIMITS ON THE ANNUAL INCREASES IN
HOSPITAL INPATIENT REVENUES TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE VOLUNTARY LIMITS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE

MARCH 9 AND 15, 1979

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1979

Califano, Hon. Joseph A., Jr., Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and

Welfare, accompanied by Karen Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Plan-

ning and Evaluation

Schultze, Charles L., Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers

McMahon, John Alexander, president of the American Hospital Association;

John Horty, president, National Council of Community Hospitals; and Mi-

chael D. Bromberg, executive director, and Andrew W. Miller, president,

Federation of American Hospitals, a panel

THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1979

Czerwinski, Joseph, State representative from Wisconsin, on behalf of the

National Conference of State Legislators, accompanied by Russ Hereford and

Dick Merritt, National Conference of State Legislators....

Feldstein, Martin S., president, National Bureau of Economic Research and

professor of economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; Walter Mc-

Clure, director, Health Policy Group, Interstudy, Excelsior, Minn.; and Clark

C. Havighurst, consultant, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commis-

sion, Washington, D.C., a panel

Booth, Paul, assistant to the director, Council 31, American Federation of State,

County, and Municipal Employees; Robert W. Welsh, Jr., assistant to the

international president, Service Employees International Union; and Judy

Berek, legislative director, District 1199, Retail, Wholesale, and Department

Store Union, accompanied by Dr. Stanley Wisniewski, a panel

McCarthy, Carol M., president, Delaware Valley Hospital Council, Philadel-

phia, Pa.; and James H. Sammons, executive vice president, American

Medical Association, accompanied by Robert Hunter, chairman of the board

of trustees, AMA; and Harry Peterson, director, legislative department,

AMA.

Miller, Morton D., vice chairman, board of directors, Equitable Life assurance

Society of the United States, accompanied by David Robbins, vice president,

Health Insurance Association of America; and Larry Morris, senior vice

president, Blue Cross Association/Blue Shield Association, accompanied by

Neil Hollander, vice president, a panel

Hutton, William R., executive director, National Council of Senior Citizens, and

James M. Hacking, assistant legislative counsel, National Retired Teachers

Association/American of Retired Persons, a panel

STATEMENTS

Booth, Paul, assistant to the director, Council 31, American Federation of State,

County, and Municipal Employees; Robert W. Welsh, Jr., assistant to the

international president, Service Employees International Union; and Judy

Berek, legislative director, District 1199, Retail, Wholesale, and Department

Store Union, accompanied by Dr. Stanley Wisniewski, a panel

Prepared statement

Bromberg, Michael D., executive director, and Andrew W. Miller, president,

Federation of American Hospitals, joint prepared statement

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