NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, 1979 HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON EXAMINATION ON THE SOARING PRICE OF MEDICAL AND NOVEMBER 19, 1979 LAW LILIANA JUN 13 1980 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources 58-582 O DEPOSITORY U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1980 CONTENTS Schumann, Ms. Doris, Middlesex, N.J Mastriani, Joseph, board member of National Council of Senior Citizens CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Finley, Joanne E., Commissioner, New Jersey State Department of Health ...... Van Ness, Stanley, C., public advocate, accompanied by Steve Blader, attorney.. Lacefield, Linnea, M.D., secretary-treasurer, committee of interns and resident, affiliated with Physicians' National Housestaff Association... Alessi, Alfred, A., M.D., president, Medical Society of New Jersey Baker, William, vice president, New Jersey Hospital Association Alessi, Alfred, A., M.D., president, Medical Society of New Jersey Baker, William, vice president, New Jersey Hospital Association Finley, Joanne E., Commissioner, New Jersey State Department of Health Joel, Dr. Lucille A., president, New Jersey State Nurses Association Lacefield, Linnea, M.D., secretary-treasurer, committee of interns and resident, Mastriani, Joseph, board member of National Council of Senior Citizens Ocean County Medicaid Survey, January 1980, from the State of New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate, Stanley C. Van Ness, public 20 |