SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BACKHUS 4 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 CATLETT 32 34 39 40 GARTHWAITE 26 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 41 PETERSON 3 14 15 16 17 18 REYNOLDS 13 14 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 RODRIGUEZ 18 21 22 23 33 34 35 36 37 38 41 STEARNS 1 3 4 7 10 11 12 13 14 18 23 24 25 26 30 31 32 33 38 39 40 41 WINSHIP 7 12 20 24 25 YARBROUGH 31 35 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STEARNS PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. COLLIN C. PETERSON PAGE 3 STATEMENTS OF STEPHEN P. BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, ACCOMPANIED BY PAUL REYNOLDS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR; AND DANIEL H. WINSHIP, M.D., DEAN, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO STRITCH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, MAYWOOD, IL PAGE 4 STATEMENT OF DR. WINSHIP PAGE 7 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ PAGE 18 STATEMENT OF THOMAS L. GARTHWAITE, M.D., DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, ACCOMPANIED BY CHARLES V. YARBROUGH, CHIEF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND D. MARK CATLETT, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR BUDGET, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PAGE 26 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING