BLUE CROSS AND OTHER PRIVATE HEALTH HEARINGS BEFORE THE 54 SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION KF 26-5 A32 88th ᏢᎪᎡᎢ 1 WASHINGTON, D.C.-APRIL 27, 1964 Printed for the use of the Special Committee on Aging LAW LIBRARY JUL 28 1964 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1964 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office CONTENTS CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Opening statement of the chairman_. Dr. Ida C. Merriam, Director, Division of Research and Statistics, Social Dr. Forrest E. Linder, Director, National Center for Health Statistics, USPHS; accompanied by Theodore D. Woolsey, Deputy Director; and Dr. Philip S. Lawrence, Chief, Health Interview Statistics Division, National Center for Health Statistics.. Walter M. Foody, Jr., vice president, Continental Casualty Co., Chicago; Edward J. Kelly, first vice president, Bankers Life & Casualty Co., Chicago; accompanied by Miss Zita Stone, associate general counsel; and J. F. III STATEMENTS Cruikshank, Nelson H., director, Department of Social Security, AFL- Foody, Walter M., Jr., Continental Casualty Co., letter dated May 8, 1964, Kelly, Edward J., first vice president, Bankers Life & Casualty Co., letter Medical assistance for the aged: Recipients and payments for recipients |