SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BALCER 10 23 27 COLTEN 31 33 36 CUMMINGS 37 45 46 47 48 49 50 52 54 DAVIS 8 EVANS 3 19 21 22 32 33 45 46 47 48 GRIFFIN 11 19 20 21 24 GUTIERREZ 5 7 22 23 24 25 33 48 49 51 53 55 56 LAHOOD 1 4 7 8 9 11 14 17 19 22 25 27 28 31 32 33 36 41 42 45 48 51 56 MOORE 41 42 56 MOSS 28 33 36 PLANTE 14 19 25 TERRENCE 42 WOODALL 17 22 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RAY LAHOOD, ACTING CHAIRMAN PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, FULL COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS PAGE 3 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ PAGE 5 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. DANNY K. DAVIS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS PAGE 8 STATEMENT OF JAMES BALCER, DIRECTOR, VETERANS FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO; SOL GRIFFIN, CHAIRMAN, MINORITY VETERANS COMMITTEE AND PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF MONTFORD POINT MARINES; ROBERT P. PLANTE, SUPERVISOR, NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICE, CHICAGO DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS; BRENDA WOODALL, BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE OF LOCAL 73, SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION PAGE 9 STATEMENT OF JAMES BALCER PAGE 10 STATEMENT OF SOL GRIFFIN PAGE 11 STATEMENT OF ROBERT P. PLANTE PAGE 14 STATEMENT OF BRENDA WOODALL PAGE 17 STATEMENT OF GERALD S. MOSS, M.D., DEAN, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO; AND HARVEY R. COLTEN, M.D., DEAN, VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEDICAL AFFAIRS, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL PAGE 27 STATEMENT OF GERALD S. MOSS, M.D. PAGE 28 STATEMENT OF HARVEY R. COLTEN, M.D. PAGE 31 STATEMENT OF JOAN E. CUMMINGS, M.D., NETWORK DIRECTOR, VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK 12, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; JOSEPH L. MOORE, DIRECTOR, VA CHICAGO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND CHRISTOPHER F. TERRENCE, M.D., CHAIRMAN, INTEGRATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE, VA CHICAGO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PAGE 36 STATEMENT OF JOAN E. CUMMINGS, M.D. PAGE 37 STATEMENT OF JOSEPH L. MOORE PAGE 41 STATEMENT OF CHRISTOPHER F. TERRENCE, M.D. PAGE 42 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING