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Download full textUS Senate, 2022
This hearing from the Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines the support of mental health in the transition from high school to college. Opening statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Robert Casey, Chairman, Subcommittee on Children and Families; and (2) Honorable Bill…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Student Welfare, Transitional Programs, College Bound Students
US House of Representatives, 2022
The Committee on Education and Labor met to hear testimony on "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the United States Department of Education." The U.S. Department of Education was making a budget request for Fiscal Year 2022 and the Committee wanted to examine the Department's priorities to support students, educators, and…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Federal Government, Education, Educational Policy
King, Kathleen M.; Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2009
The federal government invests significantly in medical education through various programs to help ensure that the anticipated supply of new physicians meets the nation's health care needs. Medicare, the federal health care program for elderly and certain disabled people, subsidizes training for medical school graduates in hospitals and other…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Human Capital, Graduate Medical Education, Hospitals
Morris, Michael W. – Exceptional Parent, 1987
Responses (N=239 from 12 states) to a cost survey on support services for children with disabilities indicated an average per annum expenditure of $5,282 per family (excluding surgeries) and a cost of $95,083 to raise a child to age eighteen. Options must be developed for the increasing number of individuals who find themselves medically…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Costs, Disabilities, Health Insurance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1985
This document contains the text of a Congressional hearing called to examine the status of aging veterans and health care issues. Opening statements are given by Congressmen Jim Saxton, Thomas J. Tauke, and Christopher H. Smith, and testimonies are presented from 20 witnesses. Members of veterans' associations testifying include representatives…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Delivery Systems, Health Needs, Health Services
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1985
This document is the text of a Senate hearing on prospects for better health for older women. Senator Glenn's opening remarks discuss the importance of health promotion measures in reducing chronic illnesses, the lack of insurance for these health promotion activities, specific problems for "pink-collar" working women, and biomedical…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Females, Health, Health Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1986
This document presents witnesses' testimonies from a Congressional hearing called to examine the health care access problems of the large number of Americans without health insurance and those suffering from underinsurance or inadequate coverage of primary acute or long-term care. Opening statements are included from Representatives Edward Roybal,…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Federal Legislation, Financial Problems, Health Insurance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1986
This document provides testimony from two Congressional hearings, one on the subject of long-term care services for the elderly and the other on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. In the hearing on long-term care, opening remarks are given by Congressmen Waxman and Wyden. Expert testimony from the following witnesses is provided: (1)…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Health Insurance, Health Needs, Hearings
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1987
In response to a request by Senator John Melcher of the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, the General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed legislative proposals designed to protect Medicare enrollees from the financial hardships that often accompany catastrophic illness. The GAO originally examined six legislative proposals introduced…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Health Care Costs, Health Insurance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1986
This document contains witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing held in Chattanooga, Tennessee to gain that state's perspective on catastrophic health insurance. Opening statements are included from Representatives Marilyn Lloyd and Claude Pepper. Two panels of witnesses provide testimony. The first panel,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Diseases, Financial Problems, Health Insurance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1987
This document presents witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to examine reports of inappropriate, at times illegal, denials of critical home health care to sick older Americans. In his opening statement, Senator John Heinz presents examples of victims who were denied proper…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Hearings, Home Programs, Homebound
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1987
This document presents witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from the Senate hearing held in Birmingham, Alabama to alert the public to the problems associated with catastrophic illness; learn what community services exist for older adults; and clarify what requirements for services, research, and education must be met to formulate an…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Chronic Illness, Health Insurance, Health Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1985
This report examines the health risks and related financial risks faced by America's elderly. Documentation of the elderly's increased financial risk is presented which is based on data from a case study of the elderly in Massachusetts and on an analysis of the elderly's out-of-pocket health care costs using data from the Health Care Financing…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Financial Problems, Health Needs, High Risk Persons
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1987
This document contains witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine issues involved in maintaining and strengthening Medicare Health Maintenance Orgranizations (HMO). Opening statements are included from Representatives Edward Roybal, Matthew Rinaldo, Mario Biaggi, Don Bonker, Robert Borski, Louise…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Government Role, Health Needs, Health Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1986
A Senate hearing reviewing health care services available for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia and reviewing proposals related to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease is presented in this document. Statements are given by Senators Charles E. Grassley, Albert Gore, Paula Hawkins, Howard M. Metzenbaum, Larry Pressler, and Paul…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Needs, Health Services, Hearings
