Medicare-medicaid Administrative and Reimbursement Reform Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 1470 ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 638 pages |
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... cost containment proposal . While that bill must ultimately come before this committee , it is currently being considered by the Senate Human Resources Committee , which has jurisdiction over a part of the bill , and the Ways and Means ...
... cost containment proposal . While that bill must ultimately come before this committee , it is currently being considered by the Senate Human Resources Committee , which has jurisdiction over a part of the bill , and the Ways and Means ...
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... Cost Containment Act of 1977 is complementary to S. 1470. The administration's cost contain- ment proposal is a transitional program , designed to restrain the in- tolerable current rate of increase in hospital costs and to gain the ...
... Cost Containment Act of 1977 is complementary to S. 1470. The administration's cost contain- ment proposal is a transitional program , designed to restrain the in- tolerable current rate of increase in hospital costs and to gain the ...
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... cost containment program and then moving to a longer term system . As noted , we feel strongly that the problem of rising costs is of such disastrous proportions that we simply cannot wait for a perfect solution before acting . It is ...
... cost containment program and then moving to a longer term system . As noted , we feel strongly that the problem of rising costs is of such disastrous proportions that we simply cannot wait for a perfect solution before acting . It is ...
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... Cost Containment Act of 1977 , we believe that the administration's proposal is a neces- sary precursor to the major , structural hospital reimbursement re- forms set forth in S. 1470 . Mr. Chairman , I will submit the rest of my ...
... Cost Containment Act of 1977 , we believe that the administration's proposal is a neces- sary precursor to the major , structural hospital reimbursement re- forms set forth in S. 1470 . Mr. Chairman , I will submit the rest of my ...
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... cost piece of this will eventually have to be re- lated to the energy legislation that is working its way through ... containment program is in place ? Secretary CALIFANO . That is correct , Senator . Senator DANFORTH . The permanent cost ...
... cost piece of this will eventually have to be re- lated to the energy legislation that is working its way through ... containment program is in place ? Secretary CALIFANO . That is correct , Senator . Senator DANFORTH . The permanent cost ...
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