GOP orders change at top pay panel

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Congressional Republicans have ordered the Office of Technology Assessment to assign Gail Wilensky as chairman of the Physician Payment Review Commission when current chairman John Eisenberg's term expires in Apr 1995. The change is seen as part of a trend to place Republicans in top positions of Congressional advisory committees. Wilensky is an advocate of Medicare vouchers and managed care, views shared by many important Republican officials.

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Health Regulation, Political activity, Medical care, Medical law, United States. Physician Payment Review Commission, Wilensky, Gail R., Eisenberg, John

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HHS, HCFA appointees may open way to price controls

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Top executives appointed by Pres Clinton to the Department of Health and Human Services and Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) favor increased healthcare regulation and price controls for medical costs. Bruce C. Vladeck, for instance, set hospital rates in New York and New Jersey before becoming the new HCFA administrator. Other appointees favor global healthcare budgets and managed care for Medicaid and Medicare.

Admin. of public health programs, United States. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, United States. Department of Health and Human Services, Vladeck, Bruce C.

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