U.S. Congress. Senate, Special Commellec

on Aging, Subcommittee on Health
CUTBACKS IN MEDICARE AND

MEDICAID COVERAGE

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SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PART 3-PROVIDENCE, R.I.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1971

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SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING

FRANK CHURCH, Idaho, Chairman

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey HIRAM L. FONG, Hawall

1 Senator Winston Prouty, Vermont, served as ranking minority member of the committee from September 1969 until his death, September 10, 1971. Senator Robert T. Stafford, Vermont, was appointed to fill the vacancy on September 17, 1971.

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CONTENTS

Opening statement of Senator Claiborne Pell____.

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Doorley, Joseph, mayor, Providence, R.I

Hill, Ann, director of the St. Martin de Porres Center for Senior Citizens__
Marshall, Hannah, Providence, R.I

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227

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Lamoreux, Ruth, director, Providence Senior Citizens Center.

McQueeny, Walter A., chief of Providence Police Department..

238

Dean, Mildred A., president, Rhode Island Association of Senior Citizens and Senior Citizens Clubs.

245

Vittorio, Anthony, member, Senior Citizens of Rhode Island Action Group_
McGrath, Alice, member, Senior Citizens of Rhode Island Action Group__
LaPlante, Eleanor, member, Senior Citizens of Rhode Island Action
Group ..

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Curley, Betty, senior vice-president, Rhode Island State Council of Senior
Citizens

249

Person, Ruth M., field aide for Project SECAP.
Newsome, Elizabeth, director, Project SECAP

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254

Mulvey, Dr. Mary, vice-president, National Council of Senior Citizens--
Kraemer, Dr. Richard J., chairman, Committee on Aging, Rhode Island
Medical Society..

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Johnson, Wade, executive director, Hospital Association of Rhode Island__
Buonaiuto, Gustin L., president, Rhode Island Nursing Home Association_
Lees, Albert V., president, Rhode Island Association of Facilities for the
Aged..

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Whitcomb, Shirley, member, Association of Home Health Agencies__
Hanley, Arthur F., chief executive officer, Rhode Island Blue Cross and
Blue Shield..

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272

Burgess, Alex M. Jr., chief, Division of Planning and Standards, Rhode
Island Department of Health_

274

Pesare, Dr. P. Joseph, Medical Care Program Director, Rhode Island
Medical Assistance Program_

276

Brown, Edwin, secretary-treasurer, Rhode Island AFL-CIO

282

Tierney, Joseph, president, Rhode Island Congress of Senior Citizens_-
Cilione, Annie Butler, Pawtucket, R.I..

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Maglio, Avlino, Providence, R.I..

285

Cohen, Max, Providence, R.I..

287

Fligner, Carl, Providence, R.I.

289

Houston, William, Providence, R.I.

290

Anderson, John, Providence, R.I..

290

Demers, Father George, Providence, R.I.

291

Murray, Veronica, vice-chairman, Rhode Island Senior Citizens Action

Group-

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