Barry, Mildred C., Federation for Community Planning, Cleveland, Ohio statement B'nai B'rith Women, statement Buerger, Walter R., M.D., California chapter, Association of American Bush, Derek V., Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, statement. - Capell, Anna L., Handicapped Adults Association, Inc., letter. Page 1810 1786 1788 1839 1904 1789 1819 1867 1789 Colorado Health and Environmental Council, Charles H. Dowding, Jr., 1790 Community Service Society of New York, Charles B. Dorf, letter and statement-- 1801 Corman, Hon. James C., a Representative in Congress from the State of 1714 Council of Senior West Virginians, Ivan Asay, statement 1804 Crittenden, Wiley M., Jr., American Health Care Association, statement.. Deal, William F., National Association of Temporary Services, Inc., statement. _. 1741 Dingell, Hon. John D., a Representative in Congress from the State of Doody, Michael F., American Osteopathic Hospital Association, statement 1894 1717 1758 1801 Dorn, Peter, New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry, statement.. 1908 1790 Downey, Hon. Thomas J., a Representative in Congress from the State of New York, statement-- 1725 Falk, I. S., Yale University School of Medicine, statement. 1806 1810 Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Berkeley D. Johnson, Jr., letter and enclosure. 1811 Finnegan, Joseph V., M.D., St. Louis, Mo., letter. 1812 Fisher, Peter, Santa Barbara, Calif., letter and enclosure.. 1813 1818 Gabriel, Earl A., D.O., American Osteopathic Association, letter and enclosure_ 1756 Gbur, Katherine and Nicholas, Garfield, N.J., letter forwarded by Congress Robert A. Roe.. 1819 Goldberg, M., and H. Sloane, M.D., Kentucky Health Security Action 1827 Handicapped Adults Association, Inc., Anna L. Capell, letter.. 1819 Handy, George H., M.D., Wisconsin Department of Health and Social 1955 Harrington, Hon. Michael J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Massachusetts, statement. 1718 Heffelfinger, F. Peavey, Minneapolis, Minn., letter. 1820 Holstein, Charlotte, American Jewish Committee, statement.... 1750 Jacobi, Eileen M., R.N., American Nurses' Association, letter and enclo sure___ 1751 Jennings, Edwin R., Burlingame, Calif., letters.. 1823 Johnson, Berkeley, D., Jr., Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, letter and enclosure.. 1811 Johnstone, John Jr., M.D., Kirkwood, Mo., letter. 1825 1861 Jones, Leroy H., United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, statement__ 752 Kalish, Mark A., Chicago, Ill., statement. 1826 Kentucky Health Security Action Council, H. Sloane, M.D., and M. 1827 Koch, Hon. Edward I., a Representative in Congress from the State of Page 1719 Kozica, Steve, Southwest Community Congress, statement.. 1936 1828 1829 1829 Long Island (N. Y.) Action Coalition for National Health Security, Evelyn 1833 Louisiana State Medical Society, F. Michael Smith, Jr., M.D., statement.. 1835 1828 1837 1838 1839 1842 Mathews, Charles L., Mississippi State Medical Association, Letters forwarded by Congressman David R. Bowen.. 1862 Mazur, Edward J., American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, letter and statement. 1742 Missalaga Association, George H. Jones, letter 1861 Mississippi State Medical Association, Charles L. Mathews, letters forwarded by Congressman David R. Bowen.. 1862 Mitchell, George K., M.D., Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Arkansas, letter... 584 1865 Mount Sinai Medical Center, Thomas C. Chalmers, M.D., statement_ Mulvey, Mary C., Rhode Island Committee for National Health Security, statement. 1867 1926 Nahigian, Stanley H., M.D., Shaker Heights, Ohio, letter.. 1870 1870 National Association for Retarded Citizens, statement. 1890 National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Inc., statement. 1879 National Association of Temporary Services, Inc., William F. Deal, statement. - 1894 National Cancer Foundation, Inc., statement.. 1898 National League for Nursing, Council of Home Health Agencies and Com- Nolan, Hon. Richard, a Representative in Congress from the State of Noland, Royce P., American Physical Therapy Association, statement.. 1764 560 1749 1917 Ottinger, Hon. Richard L., a Representative in Congress from the State of New York, statement.. 1720 Parker, Thomas, M.D., Greenville, S.C., statement. 1918 Plant, Donald R., Gaithersburg, Md., statement_ 1920 Preus, J. A. O., Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, letter_ 1837 Ranson, Catherine M., R.N., Huntersville, N.C., statement. 1922 Rauh, Joseph L., M.D., Society for Adolescent Medicine, statement_ 1933 Rhode Island Committee for National Health Security, Mary C. Mulvey, statement_ 1926 Rigg, C. Andrew, M.D., Society for Adolescent Medicine, statement.. 1933 1820 1927 Sloane, H., M.D., and M. Goldberg, Kentucky Health Security Action 1827 Smith, F. Michael, Jr., M.D., Louisiana State Medical Society, statement. 1835 1930 Society for Adolescent Medicine, Joseph L. Rauh, M.D., and C. Andrew 1933 Southwest Community Congress, Steve Kozica, statement. 1936 Tewart, Braxton, Worthington (Ohio) United Presbyterian Church, letter and enclosure....... 1957 Page United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, Leroy H. Jones, statement. D. Bagby, letter and statement. 752 1937 United States Industrial Council, statement_ 1950 Walters, Eula, San Francisco, Calif., statement_ __ 1954 Weinstein Evelyn, Long Island (N.Y.) Action Coalition for National 1833 Wisconsin State of, Department of Health and Social Services, George 1955 Woman's National Democratic Club, position paper 1955 Worthington (Ohio) United Presbyterian Church, Braxton Tewart, letter and enclosure_. 1957 YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood (N.Y.), Sam Zucker, memorandum and enclosure.. 1958 Zucker, Sam, YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood (N.Y.), memorandum and enclosure.... 1958 NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1975 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH, COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9:03 a.m., pursuant to notice, in the committee hearing room, Longworth Office Building, Hon. Dan Rostenkowski (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI. The committee will come to order. I welcome all of you to these public hearings. I would like to begin by saying that these hearings represent one more step in the subcommittee's active consideration of national health insurance. During the past 10 months, the subcommittee has been compiling a comprehensive public record on the problems and issues involved in the health care delivery organizations and financing of the United States, matters which go to the very heart of public debate on national health insurance. In addition to a large number of statements submitted to the subcommittee by interested persons at the beginning of this year, the several panel discussions held by the subcommittee with members of its advisory panel on national health insurance have contributed greatly to the clarification of the issues we all must address. In these hearings our objective is to build on this record by providing an opportunity for the full expression of our population on this fundamental question of public policy. I hardly need emphasize the importance of these hearings. They have been scheduled to take place at a time when the full membership of the Committee on Ways and Means will be free to attend and participate. Chairman Ullman has made a special point of urging members of the full committee to be here as much as possible. It is clear that the public and congressional attention will be focused on these proceedings and that expectations are high that progress toward a solution of the health care problems facing our Nation will flow from them. Certainly it is my hope that the testimony presented here in the next several weeks will play a crucial role in helping to shape the congressional response to the public demand for an effective, workable, and broadly acceptable national health insurance program. In light of these expectations I am disappointed by the adminis tration's reluctance to testify or to contribute at this time to the dicussion of the substantive issues involved. Eighteen months ago Secretary Weinberger told this committee that comprehensive health insurance is a long debated idea whose time for enactment has arrived. That statement is even more true today than then. If the economic situation is improving as rapidly as the President has recently told us, I feel confident that the administration will not long remain dormant on this problem. As administration spokesmen and many of us in Congress were saying 18 months ago, the problems which face us are severe and getting worse in many respects. Certainly, the continued unchecked inflation in health care costs is both fueling inflation and retarding economic recovery. I believe an effective national health insurance program can help deal with these problems, and I urge the administration to begin working with us to develop such a program. But whatever the position of the administration. I believe it is critical that the debate now move forward and that the public expression of all views be heard without further delay. At this point, without objection, the subcommittee's press release announcing these hearings will be inserted in the record. [The press release follows:] [Subcommittee on Health press release, Aug. 19, 1975] SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN DAN ROSTENKOWSKI (D., ILL.), SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH, COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, ANNOUNCES HEARINGS ON NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, BEGINNING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 19751 Subcommittee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D., Ill.) of the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means announced today that the Subcommittee will hold public hearings on the subject of national health insurance beginning on Tuesday, October 28, 1975, at 9:00 a.m. in the Committee's main hearing room, Longworth House Office Building. It will be recalled that the Committee on Ways and Means held extensive hearings on the broad subject of national health insurance during April through July of 1974. Also the Subcommittee on Health solicited written comments from interested organizations and the public generally earlier this year in order to supplement and bring up to date testimony taken during 1974. (This written record has now been published.) It should be noted also that the Subcommittee on Health began a series of panel discussions on the broad subject of national health insurance last month. In view of the heavy schedule of the Committee and the limited time available for this hearing, it will be necessary to allocate the amount of time available to each witness for the presentation of his direct oral testimony, and it will be mandatory for all witnesses not to exceed the time allocated for this purpose. Witnesses may be scheduled in panels formulated by the staff grouped according to subject matter. If the time allocation does not allow the witness to present his complete detailed statement the witness will have to summarize it with the understanding that the full statement will be included in the printed record of the hearing. DETAILS FOR SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS TO BE HEARD Cutoff Date for Requests To Be Heard.-Requests to be heard must be submitted by no later than the close of business Friday, October 3, 1975. All requests should be submitted to John M. Martin. Jr., Chief Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means, Room 1102, Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 (telephone: (202) 225-3625). Notification will be made as promptly as possible after the cutoff date as to when witnesses have been scheduled to appear. At that time guidelines for preparing for the appearance will accompany such notification. Once the witness has been advised of his date of appearance it is not posible for this date to be changed. If a witness finds that he cannot appear on that day, he may wish to either substitute another spokesman in his place or file a written statement for the record of the hearing in lieu of a personal appearance. 1 Later rescheduled to commence November 5, 1975. |