Barriers to Health Care for Older Americans: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First [-second] Session, Volumes 8-15U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974 |
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Page 678
... effect on the elderly of the administra- tion's health insurance proposal . In our consideration of national health insurance , we must hold firm to a basic premise that we will not accept cutbacks in health care for the elderly ...
... effect on the elderly of the administra- tion's health insurance proposal . In our consideration of national health insurance , we must hold firm to a basic premise that we will not accept cutbacks in health care for the elderly ...
Page 679
... effect . Medicare beneficiaries write us letter after letter of the burden of these increased medical costs , and asking how they can hope to pay medical bills even with increases in Social Security benefits . So , even as it exists ...
... effect . Medicare beneficiaries write us letter after letter of the burden of these increased medical costs , and asking how they can hope to pay medical bills even with increases in Social Security benefits . So , even as it exists ...
Page 681
... effect January 1 , 1974 , thus increasing the upward trend . In chart 4 , we see how the President's proposal to combine parts A and B of Medicare and impose a 20 percent coinsurance charge would affect costs for hospital stays . This ...
... effect January 1 , 1974 , thus increasing the upward trend . In chart 4 , we see how the President's proposal to combine parts A and B of Medicare and impose a 20 percent coinsurance charge would affect costs for hospital stays . This ...
Page 684
... effect that the relentless rise in the costs of Medicare to the consumer must be stopped , before this essential program becomes too expensive to help the people it was meant to serve . And yet , the administration has again come ...
... effect that the relentless rise in the costs of Medicare to the consumer must be stopped , before this essential program becomes too expensive to help the people it was meant to serve . And yet , the administration has again come ...
Page 686
... effects of the President's proposed comprehensive health insurance program is very welcome . As chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Wel- fare , I am very much concerned about the overall impact that CHIP would have upon ...
... effects of the President's proposed comprehensive health insurance program is very welcome . As chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Wel- fare , I am very much concerned about the overall impact that CHIP would have upon ...
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Page 993 - I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Page 811 - national of the United States" means — (A) a natural person who is a citizen of the United States or who owes permanent allegiance to the United States or is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, as defined by section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 USC 1101(aX20)); or (B) a corporation, partnership, or other business association which is organized under the laws of the United States...
Page 1040 - Income or others in similar financial circumstances, inpatient hospital services, outpatient hospital services, other laboratory and X-ray services, skilled nursing home services and home health care services for individuals aged 21 or over, early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment for individuals under 21, family planning services, and physicians' services (whether furnished in the office, the patient's home, a hospital or skilled nursing home, or elsewhere).
Page 1377 - Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no payment may be made under part A or part B for any expenses incurred for items or services — (1) which are not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member...
Page 1403 - Intermediate care facility (ICF): an institution licensed under state law to provide, on a regular basis, health-related care and services to individuals who do not require the degree of care...
Page 830 - ... (B) will take such action as may be necessary to assure that, where payment under this part for a service is on a charge basis, such charge will be reasonable and not higher than the charge applicable, for a comparable service and under comparable circumstances, to the policyholders and subscribers of the carrier...
Page 1394 - ... did not know and could not reasonably have been expected to know that the act ordered was unlawful.
Page 1462 - ... (5) medical supplies (other than drugs and biologicals), and the use of medical appliances, while under such a plan; (6) in the case of a home health agency which is affiliated or under common control with a hospital, medical services provided by an intern or resident-in-training of such hospital, under a teaching program of such hospital approved as provided in...
Page 747 - The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill (S. 1160) to clarify and protect the right of the public to information, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon, with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.