SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS CHRISTENSEN 70 72 73 74 COOPER 114 116 EISENBERG 39 78 80 GOLLAHER 80 JOHNSON 70 72 75 76 77 78 88 99 114 LENFANT 51 79 80 MANNEN 89 MCCRERY 70 71 72 165 SHERIDAN 100 STARK 15 65 66 67 68 69 70 THOMAS 12 15 16 39 50 56 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 74 78 79 80 VLADECK 16 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF HON. BRUCE C. VLADECK, ADMINISTRATOR, HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION PAGE 16 STATEMENT OF JOHN M. EISENBERG, M.D., ADMINISTRATOR, AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH PAGE 39 STATEMENT OF CLAUDE LENFANT, M.D., DIRECTOR, NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH PAGE 50 STATEMENT OF DAVID L. GOLLAHER, PH.D., PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE, LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA PAGE 80 STATEMENT OF TED R. MANNEN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, HEALTH INDUSTRY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION PAGE 88 STATEMENT OF DAVID SHERIDAN, M.D., MEDICARE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, PALMETTO GOVERNMENT BENEFITS ADMINISTRATORS, BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION PAGE 99 STATEMENT OF JOEL D. COOPER, M.D., JOSEPH C. BANCROFT PROFESSOR; AND HEAD OF THORACIC SURGERY, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI PAGE 114 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS