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... tion imposed upon us . The greatest assistance for the elderly must come from the primary mission agencies , especially those providing income maintenance . Only when we restore the dignity of sufficient income will the aged poor begin ...
... tion imposed upon us . The greatest assistance for the elderly must come from the primary mission agencies , especially those providing income maintenance . Only when we restore the dignity of sufficient income will the aged poor begin ...
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... tion in the Medicare program . We even , as I testified back in Jan- uary , urged that Social Security be improved as a way of helping the elderly . The Congress has already taken a first step by blanketing in people over 72 and making ...
... tion in the Medicare program . We even , as I testified back in Jan- uary , urged that Social Security be improved as a way of helping the elderly . The Congress has already taken a first step by blanketing in people over 72 and making ...
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... tion by older Americans . We shall participate in a high - level conference at Notre Dame Uni- versity in August , meeting with selected authorities in the field of aging , to further refine our long - range goals in this area . By ...
... tion by older Americans . We shall participate in a high - level conference at Notre Dame Uni- versity in August , meeting with selected authorities in the field of aging , to further refine our long - range goals in this area . By ...
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... tion , therefore , is in the direction of substantial , radical improvements in Social Security benefit levels . I am , of course , not arguing against such improvements . I , too , believe that our current income maintenance amounts ...
... tion , therefore , is in the direction of substantial , radical improvements in Social Security benefit levels . I am , of course , not arguing against such improvements . I , too , believe that our current income maintenance amounts ...
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... tion work against such a hope ; and 3 ) that the recent experiences under Medi- care Alert warrant a serious revaluation of OEO's philosophy and orientation . In last Sunday's Washington Post , there was an article that revived public ...
... tion work against such a hope ; and 3 ) that the recent experiences under Medi- care Alert warrant a serious revaluation of OEO's philosophy and orientation . In last Sunday's Washington Post , there was an article that revived public ...
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Page 4 - An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing...
Page 18 - The first wealth is health. Sickness is poor-spirited, and cannot serve any one: it must husband its resources to live. But health or fulness answers its own ends and has to spare, runs over, and inundates the neighborhoods and creeks of other men's necessities.
Page 132 - Disease, held in 1951, defined screening as "the presumptive identification of unrecognized disease or defect by the application of tests, examinations, or other procedures which can be applied rapidly.
Page 73 - Peterson (Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Branch, Division of Research Services, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Bethesda, Md.).
Page 43 - Aging, the National Council of Senior Citizens, and the American Association of Retired Persons.
Page 339 - University of Colorado Medical Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80220 Western Orthopedic Association William H.
Page 33 - Where an individual is in an institution and his condition is such that the availability of medical care in such institution is not a principal reason for his presence there, only that part of the cost of care in the institution as Is attributable to medical care (as...
Page 337 - Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Physicians and the American Hospital Association.
Page 55 - ... or wilfully neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his or her...
Page 33 - ... this subparagraph) in such institution is a principal reason for his presence there, and meals and lodging are furnished as a necessary incident to such care, the entire cost of medical care and meals and lodging at the institution, which are furnished while the individual requires continual medical care, shall constitute an expense for medical care. For example, medical care includes the entire cost of institutional care for a person who is mentally ill and unsafe when left alone.