S. HRG. 100-1038, PT. 2

THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND HEALTH

OF THE

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS

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JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

[Created pursuant to sec. 5(a) of Public Law 304, 79th Congress]

CONTENTS

WITNESSES AND STATEMENTS

TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1988

Page

Scheuer, Hon. James H., chairman of the Subcommittee on Education and

Health: Opening statement.....

1

Brody, Jacob A., M.D., dean, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at

Chicago

Williams, T. Franklin, M.D., Director, National Institute on Aging, National

Institutes of Health...

Pawlson, L. Gregory, M.D., director, Center for Aging Studies and Services,
and chairman, Department of Health Care Sciences, George Washington
University, Washington, DC.

Wilson, Hon. Pete, member of the Subcommittee on Education and Health:

Opening statement..

Wiener, Joshua M., senior fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC .

Holahan, John, director, and Korbin Liu, senior research associate, Health

Policy Center, Urban Institute..

Moon, Marilyn, director, Public Policy Institute, American Association of

Retired Persons

97

Eggert, Gerald M., executive director, Monroe County Long Term Care Pro-

gram, Inc./Access, Rochester, NY.

115

THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1988

Scheuer, Hon. James H., chairman of the Subcommittee on Education and

Health: Opening statement......

167

Johnston, Hon. Philip W., secretary, Massachusetts Department of Human

Services, accompanied by Karen Smith, health policy office.

Sessa, Ernest, J., executive director, Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Contain-

ment Council.

Hill-Chinn, Linda, director, Community Programs for Affordable Health Care.

Somers, Stephen A., senior program officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Wardrop, Richard, director, health cost management, Aluminum Co. of Amer-

ica.....

Saunders, Lee, assistant director of research, American Federation of State,

County, and Municipal Employees

253

TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1988

Scheuer, Hon. James H., chairman of the Subcommittee on Education and

Health: Opening statement..

303

Abram, Morris B., attorney, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and

member, National Leadership Commission on Health Care

Wolf, Susan M., associate for law, Hastings Center..

305

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Scofield, Giles R., staff counsel, Concern for Dying

344

Neale, Ann, vice president, Bon Secours Health System, Inc..

356

Lynn, Joanne, M.D., acting director, Center for Aging Studies and Services,

George Washington University, and medical director, the Washington

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Coleman, Nancy, director, Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly,

American Bar Association....

402

Bogutz, Allan D., attorney, Bogutz & Gordon

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