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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... increase their profits . Presently , profitmaking hospitals under legislation are permitted a profit rate of 1.5 times the long term Treasury bill rate . The long term rate on Treasury bills is now 7 percent . They are permitted a ...
... increase their profits . Presently , profitmaking hospitals under legislation are permitted a profit rate of 1.5 times the long term Treasury bill rate . The long term rate on Treasury bills is now 7 percent . They are permitted a ...
Page 93
... increase below 9 percent for 3 consecutive years ? Secretary CALIFANO . I will have to submit that for the record ... increases in total operating expenses of less than nine percent for the period 1974-75 , the most recent period for ...
... increase below 9 percent for 3 consecutive years ? Secretary CALIFANO . I will have to submit that for the record ... increases in total operating expenses of less than nine percent for the period 1974-75 , the most recent period for ...
Page 95
... increase in costs . Since the expiration of the Economic Stabili- ization Act in April 1974 , the hospital service charge component of the Consumer Price Index ( CPI ) has risen at an annual rate of approximately 13.4 percent , as ...
... increase in costs . Since the expiration of the Economic Stabili- ization Act in April 1974 , the hospital service charge component of the Consumer Price Index ( CPI ) has risen at an annual rate of approximately 13.4 percent , as ...
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... increase , just as the efficient hospitals are going to get the increase . That is the reason for some of the resistance in addition to the argu- ment , how can you guarantee that the hospital costs are going to re- main at 9 percent ...
... increase , just as the efficient hospitals are going to get the increase . That is the reason for some of the resistance in addition to the argu- ment , how can you guarantee that the hospital costs are going to re- main at 9 percent ...
Page 100
... increase the taxes on the American taxpayer and increase the bills on the poor people who have to buy their own health insurance . Senator DOLE . That is probably correct , but if you describe some of the hospitals as fat , what ...
... increase the taxes on the American taxpayer and increase the bills on the poor people who have to buy their own health insurance . Senator DOLE . That is probably correct , but if you describe some of the hospitals as fat , what ...
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