Review of the Health Benefits Program of the Armed Forces: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session. December 3, 4, 9, 1969, Volume 5H.A.S.C. No. 91-36. Reviews DOD overall health benefits programs for servicemen, retirees, and dependents. Considers H.R. 10794, to provide dental care for military dependents. Includes "Survey of Dependent Dental Care," by DOD, Mar. 1968 (p. 5143-5193), and "Compendium of Studies on Career Retention," by Lt. Col. Gilbert L. Jacox, (p. 5195-5249). |
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Page 5122
... cost experience of the program . We want to know how present costs compare with estimates made in 1966 . In other words , the subcommittee intends to look not just at the level of benefits but at the functioning of the program . And we ...
... cost experience of the program . We want to know how present costs compare with estimates made in 1966 . In other words , the subcommittee intends to look not just at the level of benefits but at the functioning of the program . And we ...
Page 5125
... cost to the member for care of this type . The administrative procedures covering this type of care differ from service to service and service representa- tives will describe to you later this morning how their services handle this ...
... cost to the member for care of this type . The administrative procedures covering this type of care differ from service to service and service representa- tives will describe to you later this morning how their services handle this ...
Page 5126
... cost of dental care is the greatest single obstacle to the fulfillment of dependent dental care needs . For example , 25 per- cent of the military respondents stated that in their view their dependents did not get the dental care they ...
... cost of dental care is the greatest single obstacle to the fulfillment of dependent dental care needs . For example , 25 per- cent of the military respondents stated that in their view their dependents did not get the dental care they ...
Page 5131
... cost to the individual , if he chooses one of the two plans , varies . For example , if he is single and chooses one plan , the premium for the entire 90 days is $ 16.50 . If , however , he has dependents and wishes family coverage ...
... cost to the individual , if he chooses one of the two plans , varies . For example , if he is single and chooses one plan , the premium for the entire 90 days is $ 16.50 . If , however , he has dependents and wishes family coverage ...
Page 5135
... cost would increase , if there were full utilization of the program ? Mr. MCKENZIE . Perhaps I can give you some indication as to what the answer to that would be by referring back to the workload data and cost estimates that we ...
... cost would increase , if there were full utilization of the program ? Mr. MCKENZIE . Perhaps I can give you some indication as to what the answer to that would be by referring back to the workload data and cost estimates that we ...
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90th Congress active duty members administrative Admiral ALBRITTAIN Air Force American Dental Association American Optometric Association areas assignments Assistant Secretary authorized benefits bill BRINKLEY BROGER BYRNE career management career officers career physicians Chairman CHAMPUS program charges civilian dental civilian medical civilian sources claim forms Colonel command committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY dated dentist Department of Defense dependent dental doctor DoD Directive enlisted eye examinations fiscal FORD Fort Benning Grade Group HACKETT HAGAN HALL HAYES hospital HUNT ITEM LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Manpower MCKENZIE Medical Corps medical officers Medicare military departments military personnel military physician military training Navy obtain optometrists optometry outpatient patient payment PLETCHER prescribed in DoD problem professional promotion question received recommendations responsibility retention retired Secretary of Defense serviceman Social Security sponsor staff statement subcommittee Surgeon survey teeth Thank tion treatment U.S. Army uniformed services WHELAN
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Page 5133 - Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1.
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Page 5360 - I. GENERAL Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of Defense and the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, Including the Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958...
Page 5134 - An Act making eligible for retirement, under certain conditions, officers and former officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United States, other than officers of the Regular Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, who incurred physical disability in line of duty while in the service of the United States during the World War
Page 5133 - SEC. 4. Effective May 1, 1950, all duties, powers, and functions incident to the hospitalization of members or former members of the uniformed services permanently retired for physical disability or receiving disability retirement pay shall, except as provided in section 5 of this order, be vested in the Secretary concerned : Provided, that all the duties, powers, and functions incident to hospitalization which such members or former members are entitled to and elect to receive in facilities of the...
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Page 5361 - USC 171 a (c), is amended to read as follows: "(c) (1) Within the policy enunciated in section 2, the Secretary of Defense shall take appropriate steps (including the transfer, reassignment, abolition, and consolidation of functions) to provide in the Department of Defense for more effective, efficient, and economical administration and operation and to eliminate duplication.
Page 5134 - Stat. 682), as amended, and the regulations prescribed by the said Executive Order No. 9703 of March 12, 1946. "SEC. 7. Nothing in this order shall be construed to affect the duties, ixwers, and functions vested in the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs pursuant to the provisions of the act of May 24, 1928, entitled.
Page 5133 - Regulations governing payment of disability retirement pay, hospitalization, and reexamination of members and former members of the uniformed services.