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McNerney, Walter J., president, Blue Cross Association; accompanied by
Bert Tollefson, Jr., Washington representative, Blue Cross Association___
Letter to the committee..

Noehren, Dr. Walter A., Sandy, Oreg-
Saltonstall, Hon. Leverett, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts.
Schlotterbeck, Karl T., manager, Economic Security Department of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United States..

Schreiber, Jack, M.D., Canfield, Ohio; accompanied by John J. McDon-
ough, M.D., Mahoning County Medical Society, Youngstown, Ohio.__
Letter to Hon. Frank J. La sche..

Standard, Samuel, M.D., on behalf of Community Council of Greater New
York, Inc..

Terrenzio, Joseph V., executive director, the Brooklyn Hospital; accom-
panied by Dr. David B. Wilson, director of University Hospital, Jack-
son, Miss.; and Kenneth Williamson, associate director of the American
Hospital Association...

Thompson, Julia C., director, Washington office, American Nurses'
Association..

Volpitto, Perry P., M.D., president, American Society of Anesthesiologists,
Inc.; accompanied by John Lansdale, counsel._

Watts, Dr. Malcolm S. M., representing the American Society of Internal
Medicine; accompanied by Dr. James J. Feffer, and Dr. Joseph Wallace.
Wilbur, Dr. Richard S., Palo Alto Medical Clinic, Palo Alto, Calif..
Young, Dr. Edward L., chairman of the Physicians Forum, Inc. -
Zagri, Sidney, legislative counsel, International Brotherhood of Team-
sters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America......

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Additional continuing cost per year of administering the disability insurance benefit provisions as they would be modified by section 303 of H.R. 6675____

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Adequacy of Blue Shield Service..

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American Hospital Association, letter of Kenneth Williamson, associate director, to the chairman_.

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American Legion, statement and resolution_.

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Benefit disbursements under present law in 1964 and estimated benefit disbursements under H. R. 6675 in 1967__

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Benefit disbursements under the present OASDI program in 1964..
Blue Cross Association, letter to Baron K. Grier, to the committee...
Blue Shield financial data, 1948-64..

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Brief analysis of Saltonstall health insurance for the aged bill (S. 395, 89th
Cong.)....

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Case example of benefits and administration under H. R. 6675.. Classification of 42 MAA plans according to comprehensiveness of content and scope of services, November 30, 1964.

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Comparison of disability benefit payments if original pensions had not been changed with actual experience...

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Comparison of disability insurance benefits experience with actuarial cost estimates. - .

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Comparison of health insurance provisions of H. R. 6675, S. 1, and H.R. 11865 as passed by the Senate in 1964----

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Concurrent payment of workmen's compensation and disability benefits under social security system.

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Contribution rates under present law and under H. R. 6675

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Corporation pensions received by retired corporation officers living abroad__

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Cost estimate for blanketing-in all persons aged 65 and over for cash benefits.

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Cost of selected retirement test changes taking into account the changes
made by H.R. 6675 in other provisions of the program.
Deductible and coinsurance under supplementary plan

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Disability offset provision in the social security law..

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Distribution of licensed physicians some comparative figures in nine
States....

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Earnings of people affected by the retirement test..
Effect of cash benefit changes. --

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Effect of the Douglas amendment on hospital outpatient diagnostic
benefits....

Estimated amount of benefit payments in calendar year 1964 to benefi-
ciaries residing abroad, by country or continent.
Estimated amount of benefit payments in calendar year 1964 to benefi-

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ciaries residing abroad, under the present program and under the program as modified by H.R. 6675, by country or continent... Estimated number of people aged 65 and over eligible for social security

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benefits by applicability of retirement test and amount of earnings in 1963 ..

Example of payment on nonfee basis for services covered in H.R. 6675_
Exclusion of services of medical specialists from medicare__.

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Factors associated with low-benefit amounts___

Federal employee health benefits program enrollment statistics_
Financing of two health insurance programs.

Hospital insurance plan-four types of benefits.

H.R. 21.

Legislative Blue Shield retiree programs.

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Major changes in cash benefit provisions.

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National Blue Shield enrollment__.

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OASDI tax rate on both employee and employer.

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Outline of a plan for prepaid financing of medical care for the aged...
Percent increase in incomes between 1939 and 1959..........
Persons 65 and over protected under hospital insurance

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Progress of DI trust fund if original provisions had not been changed.-Questions submitted by Senator Anderson to Nelson H. Cruikshank, director of the Department of Social Security, AFL-CIO and answers thereto...

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Report for period December 31, 1964, to January 31, 1965, activities of the 54 jurisdictions to put into effect the program of medical assistance for the aged..........

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Responses to questions posed by Senator Clinton P. Anderson, in letter, May 7, 1965, to Russell B. Carson, M.D., chairman of the board, National Association of Blue Shield Plans_

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Retirement test provision in H.R. 6675-

Social Security Amendments of 1965 (H. R. 6675).
Status of medical assistance to the aged programs. -

Samples of industry and Government negotiated retiree programs.
Senior Citizens Club in New Jersey-National Federation for Social
Security (Hudson County branch), statement of Mrs. Lillian Allan,
secretary.

Role of fiscal intermediaries in the administration of the proposed program of health insurance for the aged...

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Summary comparison of provisions of H.R. 6675 with S. 1 and H. R. 11865 as passed by the Senate.__.

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Summary history of cost estimates for disability benefits.

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Supplemental report submitted by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare__

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Supplementary plan-four types of benefits..
Treasury Department report on H. R. 6675..

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Worksheets for actuarial cost estimates for hospital insurance program....

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PART 2
WITNESSES

Algase, Julia, legislative counsel, representing New York Hotel & Motel
Trades Council, AFC-CIO; accompanied by E. Sarni Zucca, secretary,
Dining Room Employees Union, Local 1; Vangel Kamaras, chairman,
Social Security & Tip Committee, Hotel Trades Council; and Fred
Ferrara, president, Local 11, Dining Room Employees--

Anderson, Cyrus T., representing International Union of Hotel & Restau-
rant Employees & Bartenders____

Archer, Dr. Vincent W., Charlottesville, Va..

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Baker, Wyrth Post, M.D., M.H.D., F.A.C.P., representing the American Institute of Homeopathy, the Southern Homeopathic Medical Association, the American Foundation for Homeopathy, the Hahnemann Therapeutic Society, the Washington Homopathic Medical Society, the Pennsylvania Homeopathic Medical Society, the Homeopathic Retail Pharmacists, the Homeopathic Manufacturing Pharmacists, Physicians (M.D.) of the United States, Specialists in Homeopathic Therapeutics, Ohio State Homeopathic Medical Society, and the Homeopathic Laymen's League of U.S. Therapeutics..

Bane, Frank, chairman, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; accompanied by William G. Colman, executive director of the commission; and Page T. Ingraham, staff member of the commission... Barnhart, Paul, St. Louis, Mo..........

Buhler, Dr. Victor B., president, College of American Pathologists; accompanied by Oliver J. Neibel, Jr., executive director and general counsel of College of American Pathologists..

Letter to the chairman__.

Callahan, William A., president, the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards & Commissions; accompanied by Joseph E. McGuire, commissioner, Industrial Accident Board, Boston, Mass.; John V. Keany, commissioner, Maine Industrial Accident Commission, Portland, Maine; and Daniel T. Doherty, chairman, Workmens' Compensation Commission, Baltimore, Md.

Camp, Dr. William, commissioner of mental health, Pennsylvania Depart-
ment of Public Welfare, representing the National Association of State
Mental Health Program Directors__.

Celler, Hon. Emanuel, a Representative in Congress from the State of
New York...

Chapman, W. Judd, O.D., representing the American Optometric Associa-
tion; accompanied by William E. MacCracken, Jr., counsel..
Chenault, Dr. John M., Medical Association of the State of Alabama;
accompanied by Dr. Paul Burlison and Dr. James Donald...
Coleman, Ralph P., Jr., president, Review Publishing Co., Jenkintown,
Pa..

Conforti, Dr. James A., president, American Podiatry Association; accom-
panied by Dr. Seward P. Nyman, executive director, American Podiatry
Association....

Cullen, George L., chairman, Hospital Task Force, Commerce & Industry
Council, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia, Pa.
Daily, Dr. Edwin F., vice president of the Health Insurance Plan of
Greater New York, and member of the board of directors of Group
Health Association of America, Inc.; accompanied by Dr. W. P. D.
Dearing, executive director of GHAA.

Letter to Hon. Clinton P. Anderson..

Diamond, Bernard I., director, legislative council, American Association
of Bioanalysts; accompanied by Ralph V. Mancini, counsel..
Dorsett, J. Dewey, president, American Insurance Association; accom-
panied by Kenneth B. Keating, counsel; and Andrew Kalmykow,
counsel

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Letter and enclosure to the chairman_

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Eddy, C. Manton, American Life Convention, Health Insurance Association of America and Life Insurers Conference...

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Letter and enclosure to the chairman..

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Fitch, William C., executive director, National Retired Teachers Association, American Association of Retired Persons; accompanied by Ernest Giddings, legislative representative of the associations.

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Flannery, Dr. Wilbur E., past president, Pennsylvania Medical Society..
Flynn, James A., counsel, New York Shipping Association, Inc. -

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Gibson, Dr. Robert W., medical director, the Sheppard & Enoch Pratt
Hospital, on behalf of the American Psychiatric Association_
Habermeyer, Howard H., chairman, Railroad Retirement Board-

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Hall, Hon. Durward G., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Missouri..

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Hampton, Dr. H. Phillip, president, Florida Medical Association..

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Hanchett, Dr. Paul E., educational director, Chicago Memorial Association_...

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Supplemental statement_

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Harlow, Arthur H., Jr., president, Group Health Insurance of New York,
Inc.

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Hill, Paul D., cochairman, legislative committee, International Associa-
tion of Health Underwriters; accompanied by Robert Finnegan,
managing director.

Javits, Hon. Jacob K., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York.
Kee, Hon. James, a Representative in Congress from the State of West
Virginia...

Lake, Dr. Grady V., member, board of control, International Chiro-
practors Association; accompanied by Joseph P. Adams, Washington,
D.C., counsel..

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Mann, James A., chairman, Social Security Committee, Illinois State
Chamber of Commerce.

Massie, Dr. W. K., chairman, Kentucky Medical Rehabilitation Committee

McGarry, Barbara D., executive director, the American Parents Committee, Inc. _ _ _

McLain, George, chairman, National and California League of Senior
Citizens..

Nagle, John F., chief, Washington office, National Federation of the Blind_
Packard, Arthur J., president, Packard Hotel Co., chairman, Govern-
mental Affairs Committee, American Hotel & Motel Association___
Robins, R. B., Chicago, Ill...

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Rooke, Ralph R., former president, National Association of Retail Drug-
gists; accompanied by Sidney Waller, counsel.
Rost, Gertrude S., Orange, N.J.

Salmon, Dr. Pierre, appearing on behalf of the National Council for the
Accreditation of Nursing Homes; accompanied by John Pickens, general
counsel, National Council for the Accreditation of Nursing Homes.---
Schamberg, Dr. Ira Leo, chairman, Committee on Social Security for
Physicians..

Schloss, Irvin P., legislative analyst, American Foundation for the Blind..
Schoene, Lester P., attorney, representing the Railway Labor Executives'
Association.......

Schottland, Charles I., representing the Committee on Public Welfare
Policy of the American Public Welfare association..

Scott, Leslie W., director, Government Affairs Committee, National
Restaurant Association.

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Siegel, Dr. V. P., chairman, legislative committee, Illinois State Medical
Society

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Smith, Austin, M.D., president, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association; accompanied by Dr. Theodore G. Klumpp and C. Joseph Stetler__ Letter to the chairman__

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Stokes, J. Buroughs, manager of the Washington, D.C., office, Christian Science Committee on Publication of the First Church of Christ, Scientist..

Letter to the chairman..

Teall, Dr. Ralph, president, California Medical Association_

Supplemental statement.

Ward, Dr. Donavan F., president, American Medical Association; ac-
companied by Dr. Percy E. Hopkins, chairman, AMA board of trustees;
and Dr. Samuel R. Sherman, chairman,AMA Council on Legislative Ac-
tivities__

Wergeland, Dr. Floyd L., executive medical director, headquarters, Leisure
World Foundation, Laguna Hills, Calif.; accompanied by Robert
Carithers, director of hospital administration.
Supplemental statement.

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COMMUNICATIONS

Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill., letter Laurence R. Lee, secretary
and general counsel, to the chairman

American Association of Homes for the Aging, New York, N.Y., letter
of Herbert Shore, president, to the chairman...
American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., statement of Edward W.
Kuhn, president-elect..

American Chiropractic Association, Des Moines, Iowa, statement of
Dr. A. A. Adams, president-elect...

American College of Radiology, the, statement of Wallace D. Buchanan,
M.D., president, and letter to the chairman___

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American Council of the Blind, Inc., Conyers, Ga., letter of Durward K.
McDaniel, first vice president, to the committee_

American Electric Power Service Corp., New York, N.Y., letter of A. W. D.
Gronningsater, to the chairman__

American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D.C., letter of John C.
Lynn, legislative director, to the chairman...

American Hearing Society, National Federation of Hearing & Speech
Services, Washington, D.C., letter of Crayton Walker, director, to the
chairman...

American Insurance Association, New York, N. Y., letter and enclosure to the committee..

American Motor Hotel Association, statement of S. Cooper Dawson, Jr., chairman, governmental affairs committee..

American Mutual Insurance Alliance, Chicago, Ill., letter of Paul S. Wise,
general manager, to the chairman___

American Osteopathic Association, statement of Carl E. Morrison, Tucson,
Ariz...

American Public Health Association, statement of N. J. Swearingen,
director, Washington office..

American Society of Internal Medicine, statement of W. Fred Richmond.. Arkansas Medical Society, letter of Paul C. Schaefer, executive vice president, to the chairman...

Associated Baby Services, Inc., letter of Richard H. Krakaur, controller, to the chairman..

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Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass., letter of A. Lionel Lawrence, chairman, Workmen's Compensation Committee, to the chairman...

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Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, statement of E. E.
Anthony, M.D., president_

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Association of Minnesota Internists, Minneapolis, Minn., letter and resolution of C. E. Lindemann, M.D., chairman, medical liaison committee, to Hon. Walter F. Mondale...

Babcock, Kenneth B., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., letter and enclosure to Hon.
Clinton P. Anderson..

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Batt, Dan, Defiance, Ohio, letter to Hon. Hiram L. Fong-
Bennett, Hon. Charles E., letter and enclosures to the chairman_
Boardman, Bradford, Bridgeport, Conn., letter to Hon. Thomas J. Dodd.
Browne, Harry H., M.D., Southington, Conn., letter to Hon. Thomas
Dodd....

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Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc., Tuckahoe, N.Y., letter of W. N.
Creasy, president, to the chairman..

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California Commission for the Accreditation of Nursing Homes and
Related Facilities, statement..

California State Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture, and Industry, San Francisco, Calif., letter of Clark Galloway, general manager, to the chairman..

California, State of, Health and Welfare Agency, Department of Social Welfare, Sacramento, Calif., letter and enclosures to J. M. Wedemeyer, director, to Hon. George Murphy...

Callan, Clair A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Nebraska,

statement.

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Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada, the, statement of Very Rev. Msgr. James H. Fitzpatrick, president, and Rev. John J. Flanagan, S.J., executive director..

Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., letter of
George L. Cullen, chairman, Hospital Task Force, to the chairman__
Christian Science Committee on Publication of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, Boston, Mass., letter and enclosures to the chairman.........

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