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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... bill ought to recog- nize . There should be positive incentives of higher matching ratios to encourage good programs . Again , we feel that HEW should develop the data ; HEW should be able to reimburse up to 90 percent of the ad ...
... bill ought to recog- nize . There should be positive incentives of higher matching ratios to encourage good programs . Again , we feel that HEW should develop the data ; HEW should be able to reimburse up to 90 percent of the ad ...
Page 121
... bill other third party sources ; and The establishment of a generic drug policy and revisions in the adult dental and vision program . Although these efforts were largely successful , I would like to note that the Governor's statewide ...
... bill other third party sources ; and The establishment of a generic drug policy and revisions in the adult dental and vision program . Although these efforts were largely successful , I would like to note that the Governor's statewide ...
Page 125
... bill should not be represented as the exclusive answer to controlling health care costs . Medicaid and medicare account for only one third of the total health care dollars spent nationally ; therefore , the regulation of medicaid and ...
... bill should not be represented as the exclusive answer to controlling health care costs . Medicaid and medicare account for only one third of the total health care dollars spent nationally ; therefore , the regulation of medicaid and ...
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... bill " are absolutely necessary prior to any expansion of the federal role in providing more health insurance to more people " . You went on to suggest that absent these changes , " any expansion would be an open invitation to fiscal ...
... bill " are absolutely necessary prior to any expansion of the federal role in providing more health insurance to more people " . You went on to suggest that absent these changes , " any expansion would be an open invitation to fiscal ...
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... bill and some of its provisions . Our principal concern is with the level of consultative and adminis- trative control that this legislation would accord to the States , which together with localities , are legally responsible for the ...
... bill and some of its provisions . Our principal concern is with the level of consultative and adminis- trative control that this legislation would accord to the States , which together with localities , are legally responsible for the ...
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