Health Services for the Aged Under the Social Security Insurance System: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4222; a Bill to Provide for Payment for Hospital Services, Skilled Nursing Home Services, and Home Health Services Furnished to Aged Beneficiaries Under the Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program, and for Other Purposes and on Similar Proposals, Volumes 1-2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961 - 2281 pages Includes "Health Insurance for Aged Persons," by HEW (July 24, 1961. p. 67-180), and "The Added Years: A Major Challenge for Our Time," a report by the New York State Committee of One Hundred (Nov. 1, 1960. p. 457-530), pt.1; includes Committee Print "Selected List of Publications of the Committees of the Congress Relating to Health, Medical Care, Medical Facilities, and Rehabilitation," 1961 (p. 1885-1963), pt.4. |
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... cost will be overwhelming . If hospitals have to collect from those who can pay the costs for those who cannot , the burden on middle - income hospital patients will be unconscionable . 3. The facts will show that paying for hospital costs ...
... cost will be overwhelming . If hospitals have to collect from those who can pay the costs for those who cannot , the burden on middle - income hospital patients will be unconscionable . 3. The facts will show that paying for hospital costs ...
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... cost rose to $ 15.26 ; in 1955 the cost of hos- pital care per day was $ 23.12 ; and in 1960 the average hospital costs were $ 32.28 a day . The financial impact of repeated hospital stays becomes apparent when we consider that the ...
... cost rose to $ 15.26 ; in 1955 the cost of hos- pital care per day was $ 23.12 ; and in 1960 the average hospital costs were $ 32.28 a day . The financial impact of repeated hospital stays becomes apparent when we consider that the ...
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... costs of expensive ill- nesses or to pay large health insurance premiums during retirement . The only way to remove the threat to the financial independence of older people posed by the high cost of illness is through providing the aged ...
... costs of expensive ill- nesses or to pay large health insurance premiums during retirement . The only way to remove the threat to the financial independence of older people posed by the high cost of illness is through providing the aged ...
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... cost of the President's proposal : When the administration bill was introduced in February , it provided for full financing of the esti- mated long - range cost of the program - 0.60 percent of taxable pay- roll . This cost would have ...
... cost of the President's proposal : When the administration bill was introduced in February , it provided for full financing of the esti- mated long - range cost of the program - 0.60 percent of taxable pay- roll . This cost would have ...
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... cost of the care they get . With the cost of health care rising and the number of older persons increasing rapidly , the need for protection against the cost of health care for the aged is an urgent and pressing one . The only ...
... cost of the care they get . With the cost of health care rising and the number of older persons increasing rapidly , the need for protection against the cost of health care for the aged is an urgent and pressing one . The only ...
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Page xxxiii - FEDERAL HOSPITAL INSURANCE TRUST FUND "SEC. 1817. (a) There is hereby created on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the 'Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund' (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Trust Fund').
Page 399 - Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize any Federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or control over the practice of medicine or the manner in which medical services are provided...
Page 4 - Account to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund...
Page xxxii - Each appointed member shall hold office for a term of four years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and...
Page xxxiii - Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per day, including travel time, and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section...
Page 699 - Reported Illness and the Utilization of Medical Care," Public Welfare, 18, April 1960. -. "Some Findings from a National Study of the Health Needs of Older People," Proceedings of the Joint Council to Improve the Health Care of the Aged, Washington, DC, June 1959.
Page xxxiii - Secretary, but not exceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 USC 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 582 - ... adopt such methods of administration as are found by the federal government to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of such agreements or plans for vocational rehabilitation and to comply with such conditions as may be necessary to secure the full benefits of such federal statutes.
Page 2 - Such special obligations shall bear interest at a rate equal to the average rate of interest, computed as to the end of the calendar month next preceding the date of such issue, borne by all marketable interestbearing obligations of the United States then forming a part of the public debt...
Page 6 - On and after January 1, 1936, every employer (as defined in section 907) shall pay for each calendar year an excise tax, with respect to having individuals in his employ, equal to the following percentages of the total wages (as defined in section 907) payable by him (regardless of the time of payment) with respect to employment...