SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BRINKLEY 19 33 34 36 39 40 42 43 46 47 48 50 53 58 59 61 BURTON 6 11 12 19 25 30 32 33 34 35 50 51 52 53 BUTO 65 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 BYOCK 13 32 37 38 43 45 51 52 53 56 57 58 CARLA J. MARTIN 4 DANIEL R. MOLL 4 DAVID A. KASS 4 GRADY 66 69 71 83 84 85 86 87 88 HOLOHAN 62 78 79 80 HORN 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 55 56 59 61 62 65 66 69 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 KEVIN BINGER 4 KUCINICH 38 41 43 LATOURETTE 2 MARKS 25 35 38 40 41 48 49 50 51 61 MCHUGH 2 MCINTOSH 2 38 39 40 41 43 MINK 12 35 37 MORELLA 59 PHIL SCHILIRO 4 SALERNO 63 78 79 80 81 82 SCHAKOWSKY 56 57 58 59 TIAN 30 40 55 56 WAXMAN 10 12 25 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENTS OF IRA BYOCK, M.D., DIRECTOR, THE PALLIATIVE CARE CENTER, MISSOULA, MT; DANNION H. BRINKLEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, COMPASSION IN ACTION; CAROLENE MARKS, SAN FRANCISCO, CA; AND XIAO MING TIAN, M.D., L.AC, WILDWOOD ACUPUNCTURE CENTER, BETHESDA, MD PAGE 12 STATEMENTS OF THOMAS V. HOLOHAN, M.D., CHIEF, PATIENT CARE SERVICES, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, ACCOMPANIED BY JUDITH SALERNO, M.D., CHIEF CONSULTANT, GERIATRICS AND EXTENDED CARE STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE GROUP, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; KATHLEEN BUTO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR HEALTH PLANS AND PROVIDERS, HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION; AND PATRICIA GRADY, PH.D., DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR NURSING RESEARCH, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH PAGE 62 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING