Health Care Reform: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 |
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Page 427 - These comments are submitted on behalf of the American Lung Association and its medical section, the American Thoracic Society.
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Page 31 - THE JOINT COUNCIL ON ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY The Joint Council of Allergy and Immunology is a professional, nonprofit organization that is sponsored by the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology and the American College of Allergy and Immunology. We represent over 4,000 clinicians and researchers in allergy and immunology who are working to alleviate the suffering of the 35 million Americans with allergic and immune disorders.
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Page 434 - ... dependents. Under this proposal, the employer could, for example, provide health care benefits directly as a self-insured program or purchase a group plan as long as the benefits financed by the employer include at a minimum all the services listed in the Benefits section on page 3. Employers would certainly be free to offer benefits above and beyond those mandated. Individuals also would be allowed to purchase supplemental coverage on their own, if they so choose. It may also be necessary to...
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