HEARING - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

CONTENTS
Opening statement by Senator John Melcher ............................................................ 1
Statement by:
Senator Quentin N. Burdick ......................... ....................................... 2
Senator Larry Pressler ................................................................ 3
Senator John Heinz ............................................................... 4
Senator Pete Wilson ............................................................... 26
Prepared statements of:
Senator David Pryor ............................................................... 5
Senator Charles E. Grassley ............................................................... 6
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES
Yelineck, Joan, Beaver Dam, WI ............................................................... 7
Reiger, Edith, Alva, OK ............................................................... 18
Fish, Helen, Newport, MI ............................................................... 29
Shapland, Robert, vice president, Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., representing
the Health Insurance Association of America ................................................. 41
APPENDIX
Item 1. Testimony of Marianne Costlow, St. Michael, PA ....................................... 81
Item 2. Testimony of Mary Nell Lehnhard, vice president, Blue Cross and
Blue Shield Association, re: Coverage of the Elderly's Catastrophic Health
Care Expenses .............................................................. 83
Item 3. Testimony of Gail Shearer, manager, policy analysis, Consumers
Union............................................................................................................................. 94
Item 4. Comments of Consumers Union on "Catastrophic Illness Expenses"
the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Bowen's report to
the President ................................................................ 103
Item 5. Additional comments by Gail Shearer, manager, policy analysis, Consumers
Union ............................................................... 116
Item 6. White House fact sheet entitled "The President's Initiative on Catastrophic
Illness Coverage ................................................................ 118
Item 7. Testimony of Judith Stein Hulin and Charles C. Hulin, co-directors of
the Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., entitled "Pressing Concerns About
Medicare: The Patient Advocate's Perspective," with attachments ................... 120
Item 8. Additional information as requested at hearing from Robert Shapland,
vice president, Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co ........................................... 1,50
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