51427 91 CONTENTS Opening remarks of Hon. Dan Rostenkowski, chairman, Subcommittee on Press release of Monday, May 19, 1975, announcing oversight hearings on Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Hon. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary, Hon. Stephen Kurzman, Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Hon. Theodore Cooper, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health, and Thomas Tierney, Director, Bureau of Health Insurance, Social Security Administration.. American Hospital Association, John Alexander McMahon. American Medical Association, Ernest T. Livingstone, M.D., Edgar T. American Osteopathic Hospital Association, Michael F. Doody. American Protestant Hospital Association, Charles D. Phillips- Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Frank K. Woolley. Beddingfield, Edgar T., Jr., M.D., American Medical Association.. Bromberg, Michael D., Federation of American Hospitals.... Catholic Hospital Association, Sister Mary Kieran Harney..... Church, Hon. Frank, a U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho, statement.__ Council of Community Hospitals, Everett A. Johnson, Sister Myra James, Garn, Hon. E. J. (Jake), a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, letter.. Great Plains Lutheran Hospitals, Inc., Curtis C. Erickson... Hannaford, Hon. Mark W., a Representative in Congress from the State Harney, Sister Mary Kieran, Catholic Hospital Association_ Hoff, John, Council of Community Hospitals---- John Alexander McMahon, American Hospital Association; Michael D. Bromberg, Federation of American Hospitals; Michael F. Doody, American Osteopathic Hospital Association; Sister Mary Kieran Harney, Catholic Hospital Association; Charles D. Phillips, Ameri- can Protestant Hospital Association; and Sidney Lewine, Associa- Keys, Hon. Martha, a Representative in Congress from the State of James, Sister Myra, Council of Community Hospitals. Johnson, Everett A., Council of Community Hospitals. Lewine, Sidney, Association of American Medical Colleges. Livingstone, Ernest T., M.D., American Medical Association. McDevitt, Frank J., D.O., American Osteopathic Association.. Ernest T. Livingstone, M.D., Edgar T. Beddingfield, Jr., M.D., and Harry Peterson, American Medical Association; and John C. Taylor, D.O., and Frank J. McDevitt, D.O., American Osteopathic Associa- Pickle, Hon. J. J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Sebelius, Hon. Keith G., a Representative in Congress from the State Taylor, John C., D.O., American Osteopathic Association. 136 181 Aitchison, Kenneth W., North Dakota University Medical Center Re- Akron City Hospital, Harry B. Warner, letter forwarded by Congressman 446 Anthony, Sister Louise, St. Raphael Hospital, communication forwarded 463 Antolak, Stanley J., Jr., M.D., St. Paul, Minn., letter to Congressman 328 329 Arnoldine, Sister M., Towner County (N. Dak.) Memorial Hospital, letter 449 Austin, Tex., hospital administrators, letter forwarded by Congressman 208 Benoit, Richard E., Central New York Hospital Association, Inc., letter. - 344- 402 Birmingham (Ala.) Regional Hospital Council, Edward S. Ferrell, letter 332 Bismarck (N. Dak.) Hospital, James P. Swenson, letter forwarded by 448 Blue Cross Association, Bernard R. Tresnowski, statement. Bonner, George A., M.D., New Haven County (Conn.) Medical Associa- 333 438 Brekke, Arvid B., Colorado Hospital Association, letter.. 374 Briscoe County (Tex.) Medical Society, Mary D. Bublis, M.D., telegram__ 338 Brooks, Sister Mary, St. John's Hickey Memorial Hospital, letter forwarded Bublis, Mary D., M.D., Briscoe County (Tex.) Medical Society, telegram. Burgon, Grant C., Utah Valley Hospital, letter forwarded by Congressman Busby, Dr. C. L., Plainview, Tex., telegram_ Butler, Patricia A., National Health Law Program, letter with enclosure.. Byers, Lyle W., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Eye & Ear Hospital, mailgram forwarded by Congressman William S. Moorhead.. California, Hospital Council of Northern, L. G. Woodcock, statement. California Medical Association, Carl Goetsch, M.D., letter and statement. Carbon Hospital, Donald M. Fifield, letter.. Central New York Hospital Association, Inc., Richard E. Benoit, letter... Central Vermont Hospital, Joel H. Walker, letter-- Chicago (Ill.) Hospital Council, Howard F. Cook, statement_ Childress Clinic & Hospital, M. A. Childress, M.D., letter forwarded by Chisago Lakes (Minn.) Hospital, Carlton R. Erickson, M.D., statement.. Church of the Brethren General Board, Rev. Larry K. Ulrich, statement.. Clark, Richard E., Wentworth Douglas Hospital, letter forwarded by Clark, Sister M. Ferdinand, Pittsburgh (Pa.) Mercy Hospital, mailgram Clarkson, Edward H., Southern Baptist Hospital, letter forwarded by Page 460 315 206 458 474 Cohen, Hon. William S., a Representative in Congress from the State of 310 Cole, Elizabeth C., New York, N. Y., mailgram. 374 374 Community Hospital in Nelson County (N. Dak.), C. Gary Kopp, letter 451 Community Memorial Hospital, Joan Bachman, letter forwarded by 447 Connelly, Warren E., Naples (Fla.) Community Hospital, letter.... Cook, Howard F., Chicago (Ill.) Hospital Council, statement... Cooper, Joe, Leake County (Miss.) Memorial Hospital, statement. Coopers & Lybrand, Philadelphia, Pa., letter-- Corona (Calif.) Community Hospital, Stanley M. Grube, letter.- 376 Cramer, R. A., Northampton-Accomack Memorial Hospital, Nassawadox, 452 Crittenden, Wiley M., Jr., American Health Care Association, statement. Cunningham, Paul J., M.D., Galveston (Tex.) County Medical Society Dakota Hospital, D. D. Wightman, letter forwarded by Senator Quentin N. Damian, Sister, Seton Medical Center, letter forwarded by Congressman D'Amours, Hon. Norman E., a Representative in Congress from the Dauner, C. Duane, Kansas City Area Hospital Association, Hospital 451 211 204 393 Dunn, Donald W., Iowa Hospital Association, letter and statement. East Central Minnesota Medical Society, Carlton R. Erickson, M.D., Estaugh Corp., William R. Martin, statement.. Ferrell, Edward S., Birmingham (Ala.) Regional Hospital Council, letter 379 332 Fifield, Donald M., Carbon Hospital, letter.- 343 Forsythe, Hon. Edwin B., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey, statement.. 306 Garrison (N. Dak.) Memorial Hospital, Sister Madonna Waggendorf, 445 Geiger, Leo, St. Aloisius Hospital, letter with enclosure forwarded by 449 Gent, Donald I., American Protestant Hospital Association and Welborn 325 Goetsch, Carl, M.D., California Medical Association, letter and statement. Grube, Stanley M., Corona (Calif.) Community Hospital, letter... 338 458 448 Grosse, Alex H., Mason (Tex.) Memorial Hospital, Inc., letter forwarded 314 376 216 Hagen, J. A., Lancaster (Calif.) Community Hospital, letter. 396 382 Hallagan, Sister Mary Lawrence, Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Hardin County (Tenn.) General Hospital, Phillip W. Langston, letter and 376 Hegarty, W. Kevin, Huntington Memorial Hospital, letter- 385 Heide, Robert K., M.D., Virginia Society of Internal Medicine, letter 486 Helen, Sister, Richardton (N. Dak.) Community Hospital, letter forwarded 445 Heyssel, Robert M., M.D., Johns Hopkins Hospital, letter.. 391 Hitt, David H., Baylor University Medical Center, letter forwarded by 331 Hoefs, Gene, St. Gerard's Community Hospital, letter forwarded by 452 Hoffman, Laurence J., Naples (Fla.) Community Hospital, letter.. 414 410 Hollis, Ruth, R.N., Pembina County (N. Dak.) Memorial Hospital, letter 449 Holy Cross Hospital, Jesse V. Hayes, letter forwarded by Congressman 213 Hospital Council of Northern California, L. G. Woodcock, statement... Huffington, Herb L., M.D., American Academy of Family Physicians, |