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Page 343
... changes in the program that I think will improve its administra- tion and public understanding and at the same time provide better benefit protection . On the whole , I very strongly favor and support the bill that the administration ...
... changes in the program that I think will improve its administra- tion and public understanding and at the same time provide better benefit protection . On the whole , I very strongly favor and support the bill that the administration ...
Page 344
... changes that I think would improve the benefit protection and would simplify the admin- istration ; namely , that family benefits for future claimants should be increased in the same proportion as for those on the roll . Now , there is ...
... changes that I think would improve the benefit protection and would simplify the admin- istration ; namely , that family benefits for future claimants should be increased in the same proportion as for those on the roll . Now , there is ...
Page 345
... changes and the necessary financing . 3. All of the available actuarial surplus was used up by the 15 % benefit in- crease enacted in December 1969. Therefore , there is a question whether other benefit proposals should be enacted since ...
... changes and the necessary financing . 3. All of the available actuarial surplus was used up by the 15 % benefit in- crease enacted in December 1969. Therefore , there is a question whether other benefit proposals should be enacted since ...
Page 346
... changes are really necessary , even though individually they are attractive . For example , the increase in widow's benefits claimed first at age 65 to 100 % of the primary benefit has certain obvious appeal . However , it should be ...
... changes are really necessary , even though individually they are attractive . For example , the increase in widow's benefits claimed first at age 65 to 100 % of the primary benefit has certain obvious appeal . However , it should be ...
Page 347
... change the lifetime - reserve days provision in the Hospital Insurance program so that , for each spell of illness , the entire 60 days will be available ( with the present coinsurance provision ) . This will provide slightly better ...
... change the lifetime - reserve days provision in the Hospital Insurance program so that , for each spell of illness , the entire 60 days will be available ( with the present coinsurance provision ) . This will provide slightly better ...
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Page 367 - In questions of power then let no more be heard" of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief, by the chains of the Constitution.
Page 520 - Mental retardation refers to subaverage general intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairment in adaptive behavior.
Page 367 - The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State.
Page 366 - But it will not follow from this doctrine that acts of the larger society which are not pursuant to its constitutional powers, but which are invasions of the residuary authorities of the smaller societies, will become the supreme law of the land. These will be merely acts of usurpation, and will deserve to be treated as such.
Page 892 - State, to furnish (1) medical assistance on behalf of families with dependent children and of aged, blind, or permanently and totally disabled individuals, whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical services...
Page 540 - Congress declared that: fulfillment of our national purpose depends on promoting and assuring the highest level of health attainable for every person in an environment which contributes positively to healthful individual and family living...
Page 686 - The reasonable cost of any services shall be the cost actually incurred, excluding therefrom any part of incurred cost found to be unnecessary in the efficient delivery of needed health services...
Page 890 - These include the American College of Physicians, the American College of Surgeons, the American Dental Association, the American Hospital Association, and the American Medical Association.
Page 367 - The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.
Page 367 - Our own experience has taught us nevertheless, that additional fences against these dangers ought not to be omitted. Very properly, therefore, have the convention added this constitutional bulwark in favor of personal security and private rights...