National Health Insurance: Hearings Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session ... May 21, 22, and 23, 1974U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974 - 740 pages |
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... Medicare except that there would be no upper limits on the number of hospital days . Hospital expenses thus would be covered from the 61st day on . The patient would be responsible for copay- ments equal to $ 21 per day , as under Medicare ...
... Medicare except that there would be no upper limits on the number of hospital days . Hospital expenses thus would be covered from the 61st day on . The patient would be responsible for copay- ments equal to $ 21 per day , as under Medicare ...
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... Medicare's cost controls and reimbursement mechanisms . It would be financed out of general revenues and is estimated to cost $ 5.3 billion per year above present Federal - State Medicaid expenditures . States would continue to pay a ...
... Medicare's cost controls and reimbursement mechanisms . It would be financed out of general revenues and is estimated to cost $ 5.3 billion per year above present Federal - State Medicaid expenditures . States would continue to pay a ...
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... Medicare , the Catastrophic program or the Low - income Plan . Additionally , the Secretary would report back to the Congress in three years on the extent to which the private health insurance industry had succeeded in making certified ...
... Medicare , the Catastrophic program or the Low - income Plan . Additionally , the Secretary would report back to the Congress in three years on the extent to which the private health insurance industry had succeeded in making certified ...
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... Medicare's administrative capacity . A fully - federalized health insurance program would , of course , pose enormous administrative burdens well beyond the Medicare program . Imposing a giant new federal health program would only ...
... Medicare's administrative capacity . A fully - federalized health insurance program would , of course , pose enormous administrative burdens well beyond the Medicare program . Imposing a giant new federal health program would only ...
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... medicare by employer and employee contribu- tions to the medicare trust fund as at present . No new taxes and no new tax increase would be required for any feature of the adminis- tration plan . at The benefits and services covered are ...
... medicare by employer and employee contribu- tions to the medicare trust fund as at present . No new taxes and no new tax increase would be required for any feature of the adminis- tration plan . at The benefits and services covered are ...
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