Medical Care for the Aged: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, First and Second Sessions, on H. R. 3920, Volumes 1-2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964 - 2502 pages |
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... costs are high , there- fore insurance costs are high . And as I have already pointed out , older people generally have low incomes . What makes matters more difficult is that older people usually are not in a position to obtain the cost ...
... costs are high , there- fore insurance costs are high . And as I have already pointed out , older people generally have low incomes . What makes matters more difficult is that older people usually are not in a position to obtain the cost ...
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... costs . It is they who have the low incomes . It is they who , as a rule , cannot buy low - cost group insurance . This com- bination of high health costs , low incomes , and unavailability of group insurance is what clearly ...
... costs . It is they who have the low incomes . It is they who , as a rule , cannot buy low - cost group insurance . This com- bination of high health costs , low incomes , and unavailability of group insurance is what clearly ...
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... costs of outpatient hospital diagnostic tests would avoid providing an incentive to use inpatient hospital services in order to obtain coverage of the cost of diagnostic services . The availability of this protection would also give ...
... costs of outpatient hospital diagnostic tests would avoid providing an incentive to use inpatient hospital services in order to obtain coverage of the cost of diagnostic services . The availability of this protection would also give ...
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... cost of drugs from home health service payments is part of the more basic decision not to pro- vide coverage of drug and other outpatient therapeutic costs under the program . The coverage of drugs outside the institutional setting ...
... cost of drugs from home health service payments is part of the more basic decision not to pro- vide coverage of drug and other outpatient therapeutic costs under the program . The coverage of drugs outside the institutional setting ...
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... cost to include surgical and physician charges in ad- dition to what is in the bill ? I mean percentagewise and ... cost would be 0.16 percent of taxable payroll . In terms of dollars , this would be around $ 350 million a year . Mr ...
... cost to include surgical and physician charges in ad- dition to what is in the bill ? I mean percentagewise and ... cost would be 0.16 percent of taxable payroll . In terms of dollars , this would be around $ 350 million a year . Mr ...
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