HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON EXAMINATION OF THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN AMERICA MARCH 23, 24, 31, AND APRIL 6, 1971 PART 5 Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare 59-661 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1971 COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland Hart, Hon. Philip A., a U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan__. McNerney, Water, president, Blue Cross Association; accompanied by Bernard Tresnowski, senior vice president, government Operations, Blue Parish, Ned F., Executive vice president (president-elect), the National Association of Blue Shield Plans, accompanied by James D. Knebel, as- sistant executive vice president, and Lawrence C. Morris, Jr., vice Weil, Dr. William, chairman, Department of Human Development, Michi- gan State University, East Lansing, Mich---- Connelly, D. John P., associate professor of pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and executive director, Bunker Hill Center of the Massachusetts Hansen, Dr. Christian, assistant professor, Department of Community Medicine, Burgess University Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J. 1025 Dechant, Tony, president, National Farmers' Union, Washington, D.C., accompanied by Weldon Barton---- Snyder, Leopold J., M.D., chairman, Committee on Rural Health, Ameri- can Medical Association; accompanied by Harry N. Peterson, director, AMA, department of legislation--- Randolph, Hon. Jennings, a U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia... 1093 Nolan. Robert L., M.D., professor and chairman, Division of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, West Virginia University Medical Center__- Hurst, J. Willis, M.D., professor and chairman, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga____ Weed, Lawrence L., M.D., professor of medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.; accompanied by Dr. Harold D. Cross, Hampden High- Connelly, D. John P., associate professor of pediatrics, Harvard Medical Prepared statement.. Dechant, Tony, president, National Farmers' Union, Washington, D.C., Hansen, Dr. Christian, assistant professor, Department of Community Hurst, J. Willis, M.D., professor and chairman, Department of Medicine, McNerney, Walter, president, Blue Cross Association; accompanied by Prepared statement. Mondale, Hon. Walter F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota--- Prouty, Hon. Winston, a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont____ Page 973 976 1046 1025 846 852 1112 855 896 954 1094 925 1118 1093 Snyder, Leopold J., M.D., chairman, Committee on Rural Health, American Medical Association; accompanied by Harry N. Peterson, director, AMA, department of legislation___ 1062 Stubbs, John, M.D., general surgeon and Sloan fellow, Sloan School of 1174 Prepared statement---- 1183 Weed, Lawrence L., M.D., professor of medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.; accompanied by Dr. Harold D. Cross, Hampden Highlands, Maine___ 1120 Weil, Dr. William, chairman, Department of Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich__-. 955 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Articles, publications, etc.: Background paper for concept of national library of displays. 1133 891 Blue Cross methods of payment to participating and nonparticipating hospitals "Economic Incentives for Social Progress in Medicine," by John P. 1171 1223 1069 936 931 National Association of Blue Shield plans membership standards_. 930 1230 "Society of University Surgeons," by James V. Maloney, M.D., from Surgery, July 1970. 1204 "Surgical Manpower," by John P. Bunker, M.D. 1161 |