2 REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF THE SWINE FLU IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM

THE EXPERIENCES OF THE PAST 18 MONTHS OF THE
SWINE FLU PROGRAM

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

CONTENTS

Statement of

Abramson Clarence A.. senior counsel. Merck & Co. Inc

Abart. Gregory J. Director. Human Resources Division. General Accoun ing Office

Balley, Wam 0. president. Aetna Life & Casualty

Biery. Richard M... M.D., on behalf of the United States Conference of City
Health Officers

Bradford, Windel. Administrative Assistant to Dr. Millar, Bureau of State
Services. Center for Disease Control. Public Health Service, Department
of Health Education, and Welfare.

Burnett. Michael Supervisory Auditor, General Accounting Office
Elsea Wildam R. M.D., vice president, National Association of County
Health Officials NACHO...

Flowers, Jesse, Supervisory Auditor, General Accounting Office
Gemmell, Mike, legislative representative, National Association of County
Health Officials NACHO).

Goldbloom Irwin, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, De-
partment of Justice

Hagan, Charles F., general counsel, American Home Products Corp
Harder, Henry U., president, Chubb & Son, Inc

397

37.96

384

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.411, 418

438

411

Hendrickson, Robert F., vice president, operations, Merck Sharp & Dohme
Division, Merck & Co., Inc.

Jones, T. Lawrence, president, American Insurance Association.
Jordan, William, M.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dis-
eases, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare......
Lamb, Frederick D., vice president and legal counsel, Merrell-National
Laboratories

438

37,96

.411, 426

Lloyd, Douglas S., M.D., on behalf of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO).

379

Meyer, Harry M., Jr., M.D., Director, Bureau of Biologics, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Millar, J. Donald, M.D., Director, Bureau of State Services, Center for
Disease Control, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare....

Markoe, Frank, Jr., vice chairman, Board of Directors, Warner-Lambert
Co. (Parke-Davis)..

411, 418

37,96

37,96

Morris, J. Anthony, Ph. D., Greenbelt, Md

406

Oswald, Peter, Supervisory Auditor, General Accounting Office

4

Peterson, Neil R., Assistant Chief, Torts Section, Civil Division, Department of Justice

68

Additional material submitted for the record by

American Insurance Association:

Attachments to Mr. Jones' prepared statement:
Insurance proposals-alternative No. 1, 2, and 3

450

Secretary Mathews' (HEW) telex to insurance companies dated
July 29, 1976

453

Swine flu vaccine program

454

Memorandum dated November 10, 1976, to each subscribing
insurer-special liability insurance and special excess liability
insurance for vaccine manufacturers, national swine flu immu-
nization program of 1976 re claims administration procedures,
proposed implementation.

Servicing carrier agreement for insurers of the manufacturers of
vaccine