SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS ABERCROMBIE 25 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 117 118 119 120 121 ALLEN 78 92 93 102 103 104 106 107 114 BACKHUS 8 41 44 45 55 56 60 61 70 88 105 BAILEY 5 6 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 38 39 47 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 58 59 61 62 64 65 67 87 94 95 96 100 101 110 111 115 117 118 119 120 121 BELLO 22 25 43 46 62 63 67 BUYER 3 5 6 8 11 12 13 17 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 37 43 44 45 46 48 49 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 70 73 78 83 87 88 89 90 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 121 MCINTYRE 11 12 13 35 36 48 57 58 66 118 MEYER 83 97 98 NELSON 110 PARKER 114 ROADMAN 109 112 116 TAYLOR 90 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 101 102 103 104 105 THORNBERRY 37 39 41 43 TORSCH 17 42 WOYS 73 89 91 95 107 113 114 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. STEVE BUYER, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM INDIANA, CHAIRMAN, MILITARY PERSONNEL SUBCOMMITTEE PAGE 2 STATEMENTS OF HON. SUE BAILEY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (HEALTH AFFAIRS); STEPHEN P. BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, ACCOMPANIED BY CAROLYN KIRBY, SENIOR EVALUATOR; DAVID J. McINTYRE, PRESIDENT AND CEO, TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE; VIRGINIA TORSCH, COCHAIRMAN OF THE HEALTH CARE COMMITTEE FOR THE MILITARY COALITION; AND JUDITH BELLO, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR POLICY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING, PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA PAGE 4 STATEMENT OF HON. SUE BAILEY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (HEALTH AFFAIRS); ACCOMPANIED BY THE SURGEONS GENERAL OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES PAGE 67 STATEMENT OF STEPHEN P. BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PAGE 70 STATEMENT OF JAMES E. WOYS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, FOUNDATION HEALTH FEDERAL SERVICES, INC. PAGE 73 STATEMENT OF BOHN ALLEN, M.D., TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAGE 78 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. MEYER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PALMETTO GOVERNMENT BENEFITS ADMINISTRATORS PAGE 83 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING