Military Health Care Delivery Including CHAMPUS and Inquiry of U.S. Naval Hospital, Oak Knoll, Calif., with Appendix: Hearings Before the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses, Hearings Held May 17, 18, 24, 25, June 2, 29, October 12, 13, 26, 1977, June 5, and November 18, 1980, Volume 5 |
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... patient's bill ? Mr. MCKENZIE . That is all the active - duty dependent pays for the care . The Government pays the rest . It doesn't matter what the total bill is , the patient only pays either the $ 25 or the $ 4.18 times the num- ber ...
... patient's bill ? Mr. MCKENZIE . That is all the active - duty dependent pays for the care . The Government pays the rest . It doesn't matter what the total bill is , the patient only pays either the $ 25 or the $ 4.18 times the num- ber ...
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... patient's locality . If the patient incurs an inordinantly high charge , he makes up the balance . Sometimes he understands neither the arithmetic nor the fairness of CHAMPUS decisions . When this decision was made , it was made in ...
... patient's locality . If the patient incurs an inordinantly high charge , he makes up the balance . Sometimes he understands neither the arithmetic nor the fairness of CHAMPUS decisions . When this decision was made , it was made in ...
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... patient likes a delay in his payments . In five Western States last fall we had a misadventure with a claims processor , from which we are just now recovering . Despite that setback , we believe in competitive bidding on contracts ...
... patient likes a delay in his payments . In five Western States last fall we had a misadventure with a claims processor , from which we are just now recovering . Despite that setback , we believe in competitive bidding on contracts ...
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... patients of the supplemental character of CHAMPUS and that beneficiaries have not been uniformly happy with it . We have tried to minimize our hassle to patients as we recognize more clearly where lack of avail- ability if not transient ...
... patients of the supplemental character of CHAMPUS and that beneficiaries have not been uniformly happy with it . We have tried to minimize our hassle to patients as we recognize more clearly where lack of avail- ability if not transient ...
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... patient has free choice . Mr. TREEN . Your lack of capacity that you mentioned , and I read your statement last night , results from the lack of physicians and not facilities ; isn't this correct , although you have some upgrading of ...
... patient has free choice . Mr. TREEN . Your lack of capacity that you mentioned , and I read your statement last night , results from the lack of physicians and not facilities ; isn't this correct , although you have some upgrading of ...
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