NEAL SMITH, Iowa COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS JOHN J. LAFALCE, New York, Chairman IKE SKELTON, Missouri EVA M. CLAYTON, North Carolina NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ, New York CLEO FIELDS, Louisiana MARJORIE MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, WALTER R. TUCKER III, California LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California H. MARTIN LANCASTER, North Carolina THOMAS H. ANDREWS, Maine MAXINE WATERS, California BENNIE G. THOMPSON, Mississippi JAN MEYERS, Kansas RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado RONALD K. MACHTLEY, Rhode Island SAM JOHNSON, Texas WILLIAM H. ZELIFF, JR., New Hampshire MICHAEL HUFFINGTON, California JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JAY KIM, California DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois PETER G. TORKILDSEN, Massachusetts ROB PORTMAN, Ohio STEVE JENNING, Subcommittee Staff Director (II) CONTENTS Hearing held on December 19, 1994 WITNESSES Archer, Diane, executive director, Medicare Beneficiaries Defense Fund Hedrick, Dr. Terry E., Assistant Comptroller General, Program Evaluation and Methodology Division, U.S. General Accounting Office Vladeck, Bruce, administrator, Health Care Financing Administration Page 1 |