Medicare-medicaid Administrative and Reimbursement Reform Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 1470 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 638 pages |
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Page 129
... approach . I think that eventually it is going to have to move , as you indicated in the bill , to ceilings in other areas of cost . This is a little bit more difficult . Groupings are more difficult as one moves to control ancillary ...
... approach . I think that eventually it is going to have to move , as you indicated in the bill , to ceilings in other areas of cost . This is a little bit more difficult . Groupings are more difficult as one moves to control ancillary ...
Page 130
... approach to this urgently needed reform , and is a signal improvement over kindred legislation offered last year . We wish to offer the following comments concerning the bill and some of its provisions . Our principal concern is with ...
... approach to this urgently needed reform , and is a signal improvement over kindred legislation offered last year . We wish to offer the following comments concerning the bill and some of its provisions . Our principal concern is with ...
Page 131
... something must be done immedi- ately to cope with the explosive rise in state and local , as well as federal , governments ' share in health care costs . But , at the same time , we need a long - term approach , such as this bill , 131.
... something must be done immedi- ately to cope with the explosive rise in state and local , as well as federal , governments ' share in health care costs . But , at the same time , we need a long - term approach , such as this bill , 131.
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... approach , such as this bill , to the problem . We believe that consider- able attention should be given to increasing state resources so that health care cost containment can be effectively planned , implemented and evaluated . I wan ...
... approach , such as this bill , to the problem . We believe that consider- able attention should be given to increasing state resources so that health care cost containment can be effectively planned , implemented and evaluated . I wan ...
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... approach and for that reason we endorse the fundamental prin- ciples embodied in the bill . As you know , a major contributing factor to the rate of increase in health care facility costs is capital investment . Unnecessary capital ...
... approach and for that reason we endorse the fundamental prin- ciples embodied in the bill . As you know , a major contributing factor to the rate of increase in health care facility costs is capital investment . Unnecessary capital ...
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