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WASHINGTON NEWS Senate Committee Opens Hearings on Social Security Changes.— The Senate Finance Committee opened hearings on the House-passed measure increasing Social Security benefits. The Administration urged the committee to approve the controversial King-Anderson bill either as a substitute for the House measure which did not deal with medical or hospital-care costs, or in addition to it. The Finance Committee, headed by Sen Harry F. Byrd (D, Va), slated hearings of about a week on both the Administration's plan and the Housepassed legislation, which included a provision placing self-employed physicians under Social Security. The American Medical Association was scheduled to present its views on Thursday, August 13. The Administration's testimony before the Finance panel presumably foreshadowed a future attempt on the floor of the Senate to change the House-passed bill. Hill-Burton Extension to White House.— The Senate passed by voice vote and sent to the White House a five-year extension of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

WASHINGTON NEWS

JAMA , Volume 189 (7) – Aug 17, 1964

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American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1964 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1964.03070070071042
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Abstract

Senate Committee Opens Hearings on Social Security Changes.— The Senate Finance Committee opened hearings on the House-passed measure increasing Social Security benefits. The Administration urged the committee to approve the controversial King-Anderson bill either as a substitute for the House measure which did not deal with medical or hospital-care costs, or in addition to it. The Finance Committee, headed by Sen Harry F. Byrd (D, Va), slated hearings of about a week on both the Administration's plan and the Housepassed legislation, which included a provision placing self-employed physicians under Social Security. The American Medical Association was scheduled to present its views on Thursday, August 13. The Administration's testimony before the Finance panel presumably foreshadowed a future attempt on the floor of the Senate to change the House-passed bill. Hill-Burton Extension to White House.— The Senate passed by voice vote and sent to the White House a five-year extension of the

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Published: Aug 17, 1964

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