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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HOSPITAL CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS The legislation you have introduced also contains important provisions for dealing with the problem of over - capitalization in the hospital industry . The Subcommittee's concern with elimination of ...
HOSPITAL CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS The legislation you have introduced also contains important provisions for dealing with the problem of over - capitalization in the hospital industry . The Subcommittee's concern with elimination of ...
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Nearly all of the reduced revenues which we are requesting could come from cutting out these surpluses for this largely nonprofit hospital industry . Second , there are today about 240,000 empty beds in our community hospitals .
Nearly all of the reduced revenues which we are requesting could come from cutting out these surpluses for this largely nonprofit hospital industry . Second , there are today about 240,000 empty beds in our community hospitals .
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As you know , we are heavily dependent on the automobile industry . We had a high unemployment rate and increased welfare costs - costs which increased health care costs and put a real crimp into our budget .
As you know , we are heavily dependent on the automobile industry . We had a high unemployment rate and increased welfare costs - costs which increased health care costs and put a real crimp into our budget .
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Some states have experimented with regulating the medical care industry , on the assumption that controlling costs only in one part of the health care sector will only result in a " ballooning out " effect in other areas of the sector .
Some states have experimented with regulating the medical care industry , on the assumption that controlling costs only in one part of the health care sector will only result in a " ballooning out " effect in other areas of the sector .
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... for an effort at the Federal level which can effectively en- courage the application of proven cost containment measures and sound manage- ment procedures by all levels of government and by the entire medical care industry .
... for an effort at the Federal level which can effectively en- courage the application of proven cost containment measures and sound manage- ment procedures by all levels of government and by the entire medical care industry .
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| Title | 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 ... |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Health |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 638 pages |
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