CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION WITNESS Califano, Hon. Joseph A., Jr., Secretary, Department of Health, Education, Page 78 PUBLIC WITNESSES AFL-CIO, Bert Seidman, director, social security department, accompanied 213 Ament, Richard, M.D., president, American Society of Anesthesiologists__ 372 American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Donald H. Stewart, Jr., American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Ruth E. Ecklund, president, accompanied by Ronald F. Caulk, president-elect; J. Martin Stone, execu- tive director; and Kenneth Williamson, Washington consultant_ American Association of Retired Persons, James M. Hacking, assistant leg- American College of Nuclear Physicians, Richard C. Reba, M.D., presi- dent, accompanied by John Dring and Kenneth L. Nicolas, executive American College of Radiology, Harold N. Schwinger, M.D., chairman, board of chancellors, accompanied by Frederic D. Lake, M.D., president; J. T. Rutherford, legislative counsel; and Otha W. Linton, director, 132 293 432 American Hospital Association, John Alexander McMahon, president, ac- companied by Alan Manzano, vice president and Leo J. Gehrig, M.D., American Medical Association, Raymond T. Holden, M.D., chairman, board 228 American Protestant Hospital Association, Charles D. Phillips, Ed. D., American Psychiatric Association, Dave M. Davis, M.D., immediate past American Society of Anesthesiologists, Richard Ament, M.D., president__ Asmus, Harry, president, National Council of Health Care Services, accom- panied by Jack MacDonald, executive vice president--- Association of American Medical Colleges, John A. D. Cooper, M.D., presi- Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Thomas G. Dorrity, M.D., director, accompanied by Maurice A. Kramer, assistant executive Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Dr. Robert P. 409 156 126 Blue Cross Association, Neil Hollander, vice president for health care serv- Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Donald H. Stewart, Jr., M.D_. Dorrity, Thomas G., M.D., director, Association of American Physicians and Ecklund, Ruth E., president, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, Anthony Mott, executive director__ Hacking, James M., assistant legislative counsel, National Retired Teach- Health Insurance Association of America, Morton D. Miller, vice chairman, Health Systems Agency, Kansas City, Jacqueline Hansen, board chair man Holden, Raymond T., M.D., chairman, Board of Trustees, American Medical Association, accompanied by Edgar T. Beddingfield, Jr., M.D., chairman, council on legislation__. Page 252 170 341 293 156 264 409 403 358 170 398 132 289 432 132 280 132 228 252 Hollander, Neil, vice president for Health Care Services, the Blue Cross Hollister, Hon. David, on behalf of the National Conference of State 115 Horty, John F., president, National Council of Community Hospitals, accompanied by John Huff, counsel.. 186 Hospital Financing Study Group, Tom E. Greene III, vice president, Paine, 289 Hutchens, Tyra, M.D., president-elect, College of American Pathologists 341 Insurance Association of Connecticut, John H. Filer, chairman and chief executive officer, Aetna Life and Casualty, accompanied by Burton E. Burton, senior vice president, group division, Aetna_. Kansas Hospital Association, A. B. Davis, Jr., executive vice president and chairman, board of directors, accompanied by Frank L. Gentry, executive director_____ Levetan, Liane, commissioner, De Kalb County, Ga., and member, Health Miller, Morton D., vice chairman, Equitable Life Assurance Society of the Moran, M. Gail, staff director, Committee on Human Resources, National Mott, Anthony, executive director, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, Murphy, Richard E., legislative director, Service Employees International National Association of Counties, Liane Levetan, commissioner, De Kalb National Conference of State Legislatures, Hon. David Hollister_ Page 398 264 307 139 280 317 132 272 307 409 115 186 National Council of Health Care Services, Harry Asmus, president, ac- 205 317 National Retired Teachers Association, James M. Hacking, assistant legislative counsel 432 Phillips, Charles D., Ed.D., president, American Protestant Hospital Association Reba, Richard C., M.D., president, American College of Nuclear Physi- Schwinger, Harold N., M.D., chairman, Board of Chancellors, American Seidman, Bert, director, Social Security Department, AFL-CIO, accom- 197 401 332 213 272 293 200 Whalen, Dr. Robert P., on behalf of the Association of State and Territorial 126 COMMUNICATIONS American Association of Homes for the Aging, David C. Crowley, executive vice president 452 American College of Emergency Physicians--. 463 American Dental Association---. 465 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants: Roscoe L. Egger, Jr., chairman, Federal Government Executive Com- William Freitag, chairman, health care matters. American Osteopathic College of Radiology, Martin S. Landis, president__ American Society for Medical Technology. American Society of Clinical Pathologists__ American Society of Internal Medicine, William P. Daines, M.D_ American Society of Oral Surgeons- American Speech and Hearing Association.... Association of Pathology Chairmen, Inc.. Blue Shield Association__. California Medical Association_. Catholic Hospital Association_. Caylor-Nickel Hospital, Inc., Charles H. Caylor, M.D., president_. Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Jan Peter Ozga---- Page 470 473 473 476 478 484 485 494 496 499 501 503 504 508 510 512 519 528 533 452 496 Crowley, David, executive vice president of the Association of Homes for Daines, William P., M.D., American Society of Internal Medicine__ Fox, Allan R., president, American Osteopathic College of Pathologists___ Goldbeck, Willis B., director, Washington Business Group on Health___. Hale, Randolph M., vice president and manager, Industrial Relations Department, National Association of Manufacturers__. 583 572 Hawaii Medical Service Association, Albert H. Yuen, executive vice president 546 Health System Agency of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Matthew Marshall, 547 Homemakers Home and Health Care Services, Ronald E. Rosenberg, vice 552 555 562 Landis, Martin S., president, American Osteopathic College of Radiology-- 476 547 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Charles T. Wood, director__- 563 570 National Association of Manufacturers, Industrial Relations Department, 572 Nightletter for American Medicine, Robert L. Weinmann, M.D., editor and publisher 574 Ozga, Jan Peter, Chamber of Commerce of the United States_ 528 Personnel Pool of America, Inc., John B. Smith, legal and legislative counsel, Medical Personnel Pool Division__ 567 Public Citizen's Health Research Group. 575 Roberts, William F., acting managing director, American Lung Association_ Rosenberg, Ronald E., vice president of planning and development, Homemakers Home and Health Care Services__ 473 552 Schwartz, Ronald D.. 578 Scott, Michael, of Cox, Langford & Brown, counsel to ASA--- 373 1 Servicemaster Industries, Inc., Kenneth T. Wessner, president and chief Smith, John B., legal and legislative counsel, Medical Personnel Pool Sweeney, Robert H., executive director, National Association of Children's Teckemeyer, Robert A., associate executive director, professional relations, Washington Business Group on Health, Willis B. Goldbeck, director___ Wessner, Kenneth T., president and chief executive officer, Servicemaster Page 580 567 570 484 583 574 580 Wood, Charles T., director, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary_-_ 563 546 APPENDIXES Appendix A-Communications received by the committee expressing an interest in these hearings__ 449 Appendix B-Health Care Expenditures and Their Control, the Health ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Committee press release announcing these hearings. Text of the bill, S. 1470-- |