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WASHINGTON NEWS King-Anderson Hearings Cut Off Indefinitely Due to Kennedy Death. Remaining Four Days of Slated Hearings May Not Be Resumed Until Next Session. Insurance Industry Predicts Soaring K-A Costs. —Chairman Wilbur Mills (D., Ark.) of the House Ways and Means Committee postponed indefinitely the remaining scheduled hearings on the King-Anderson bill when word reached him Nov 22 of the shooting of the late President John F. Kennedy. The hearings had started Monday, Nov 18, and had been set to run through Wednesday, Nov 27. The morning session had been completed on Friday when the hearings were called off. Already heard during the week had been the Administration, the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, and spokesmen for the health insurance industry, among other witnesses. Major backer of the bill outside of the Administration, the AFL-CIO, had not testified yet. Although the committee's decision on future hearings had not been made http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

WASHINGTON NEWS

JAMA , Volume 186 (10) – Dec 7, 1963

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American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1963 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1963.03710100001001
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Abstract

King-Anderson Hearings Cut Off Indefinitely Due to Kennedy Death. Remaining Four Days of Slated Hearings May Not Be Resumed Until Next Session. Insurance Industry Predicts Soaring K-A Costs. —Chairman Wilbur Mills (D., Ark.) of the House Ways and Means Committee postponed indefinitely the remaining scheduled hearings on the King-Anderson bill when word reached him Nov 22 of the shooting of the late President John F. Kennedy. The hearings had started Monday, Nov 18, and had been set to run through Wednesday, Nov 27. The morning session had been completed on Friday when the hearings were called off. Already heard during the week had been the Administration, the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, and spokesmen for the health insurance industry, among other witnesses. Major backer of the bill outside of the Administration, the AFL-CIO, had not testified yet. Although the committee's decision on future hearings had not been made

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Published: Dec 7, 1963

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