Hospital, Nursing Home, and Surgical Benefits for OASI Beneficiaries: Hearings, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4700, a Bill to Amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code So as to Provide Insurance Against the Cost of Hospital, Nursing Home, and Surgical Service for Persons Eligible for Old-age and Survivors Insurance Benefits, and for Other Purposes. July 13-17, 1959U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 720 pages Considers H.R. 4700, to guarantee adequate health care for dependent survivors and aged, retired and disabled individuals by amending the Social Security Act and Internal Revenue Code to establish and finance compulsory insurance against costs of hospitalization, nursing home care and surgical services. |
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... Blue Cross - total business , all 79 plans in the United States- . Hospitalization only- 97.2 97.6 Blue Shield total business , all 66 plans in the United States . Blue Shield surgical - medical only --- 89.6 89.5 Combined Blue Cross ...
... Blue Cross - total business , all 79 plans in the United States- . Hospitalization only- 97.2 97.6 Blue Shield total business , all 66 plans in the United States . Blue Shield surgical - medical only --- 89.6 89.5 Combined Blue Cross ...
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... Blue Cross and Rhode Island Physicians ' Service plans do not enroll persons past age 65. If the couple had been enrolled in these plans before he retired and had continued their membership , they would be paying a monthly premium of ...
... Blue Cross and Rhode Island Physicians ' Service plans do not enroll persons past age 65. If the couple had been enrolled in these plans before he retired and had continued their membership , they would be paying a monthly premium of ...
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... Blue Cross systems have been able to adequately meet the problem . The Blue Cross has been increasing its cost from time to time to the point where last week the Rhode Island Blue Cross announced that they would again have to raise ...
... Blue Cross systems have been able to adequately meet the problem . The Blue Cross has been increasing its cost from time to time to the point where last week the Rhode Island Blue Cross announced that they would again have to raise ...
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... ( Blue Cross , Blue Shield , Mutual of Omaha , and State medical associations ) have about 300 persons work- ing on the program . Taking into account the size of the beneficiary rolls and the procedures that would be involved in the ...
... ( Blue Cross , Blue Shield , Mutual of Omaha , and State medical associations ) have about 300 persons work- ing on the program . Taking into account the size of the beneficiary rolls and the procedures that would be involved in the ...
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... Blue Shield and Blue Cross Plans , commercial insurance carriers , and State medical societies all are seeking the answer to this problem , util- izing the freedom to investigate and study which has given the United States the finest ...
... Blue Shield and Blue Cross Plans , commercial insurance carriers , and State medical societies all are seeking the answer to this problem , util- izing the freedom to investigate and study which has given the United States the finest ...
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