HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
SUBCHAPTER I–--GENERAL PROVISIONS
# 701. Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
(a) Policy
The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to establish, in
cooperation with other countries, as expeditiously as practicable a commercial
domestic national health care system, which will be responsive to public needs
and national objectives, which will serve the health care needs of the United
States, and which will contribute to world peace and understanding.
(b) Availability of health care
The new and expanded health care services are to be made available as promptly
as possible and are to be extended to provide universal coverage at the earliest
practicable date. In effectuating this program, care and attention will be directed
toward providing such services to economically less fortunate persons and areas
as well as those more highly favored, toward efficient and economical use of
health care services, and toward the reflection of the benefits of this new system
in both quality of services and charges for such services.
(c) Private enterprise; access; competition
In order to facilitate this development and to provide for the widest possible
participation by private enterprise, United States participation in this domestic
system shall be in the form of a private corporation, subject to appropriate
governmental regulation. It is the intent of Congress that all authorized users shall
have nondiscriminatory access to the system; that maximum competition be
maintained in the provision of equipment and services utilized by the system; that
the corporation created under this chapter be so organized and operated as to
maintain and strengthen competition in the provision of health care services to the
public; and that the activities of the corporation created under this chapter and of
the persons or companies participating in the ownership of the corporation shall
be consistent with the Federal antitrust laws.
(d) Domestic use; additional systems
It is not the intent of Congress by this chapter to preclude the creation of
additional health care systems, if required to meet unique governmental needs or
if otherwise required in the national interest.
# 702. Definitions
As used in this chapter, and unless the context otherwise requires---
(1) the term “corporation” means the corporation authorized by subchhapter III
of this chapter.
(2) the term “Commission” means the Service Review Commission authorized by
subchapter III of this chapter.
SUBCHAPTER II---FEDERAL COORDINATION,
PLANNING, AND REGULATION
# 721. Implementation of policy
In order to achieve the objectives and to carry out the purposes of this chapter---
(a) Executive functions; execution of national program; review; agency
coordination; supervision of foreign relationships; use for general governmental
purposes; separate systems; compatibility with domestic and foreign facilities
the President shall---
(1) aid in the planning and development and foster the execution of a national
program for the establishment and operation, as expeditiously as possible, of a
commercial health care system.
(2) Provide for continuous review of all phases of the development and
operation of such a system, including the activities of a health care corporation
authorized under subchapter III of this chapter;
(3) coordinate the activities of governmental agencies with responsibilities in
the field of health care, so as to insure that there is full and effective compliance at
all times with the policies set forth in this chapter;
(4) exercise such supervision over relationships of the corporation with
foreign governments or entities or with international bodies as may be appropriate
to assure that such relationships shall be consistent with the national interest and
foreign policy of the United States;
(5) insure that timely arrangements are made under which there can be
foreign participation in the establishment and use of a national health care system;
(6) take all unnecessary steps to insure the availability and appropriate
utilization of the national health care system for general governmental purposes
except where a separate health care system is required to meet unique
governmental needs, or is otherwise required in the national interest; and
(7) so exercise his authority as to help attain coordinated and efficient use of
the national health care system with existing health care facilities both in the
United States and abroad.
(b) Administrative functions; technical advice to Commission; cooperation in
research and development and technical consultation with corporation; associated
services and other services to corporation on reimbursable basis
(c) Commission function; competitive bidding; consultation with Small Business
Administration; discrimination; just and reasonable charcges, classifications,
practices, regulations and other terms and conditions; allocation of facilities;
establishment of facilities at a particular location; technical compatibility of system;
accounting; rates; technical approval; construction and operation authorizations;
financing of corporation; additions; rules and regulations
the new Service Review Commission, as established and authorized by Subchapter
III of this bill, shall---
(1) insure effective competition, including the use of competitive bidding where
appropriate, in the procurement by the corporation of equipment and services
required for the establishment and operation of the national health care system;
and the Commission shall consult with the Small Business Administration and
solicit its recommendations on measures and procedures which will insure that
small business concerns are given an equitable opportunity to share in the
procurement program of the corporation for property and services, including by
not limited to research, development, construction, maintenance, and repair.
(2) insure that all present and future authorized users shall have
nondiscriminatory use of, and equitable access to, the national health care system
under just and reasonable charges, classifications, practices, regulations, and
other terms and conditions and regulate the manner in which available facilities of
the system are allocated among such users thereof;
SUBCHAPTER I–--GENERAL PROVISIONS
# 701. Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
(a) Policy
The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to establish, in
cooperation with other countries, as expeditiously as practicable a commercial
domestic national health care system, which will be responsive to public needs
and national objectives, which will serve the health care needs of the United
States, and which will contribute to world peace and understanding.
(b) Availability of health care
The new and expanded health care services are to be made available as promptly
as possible and are to be extended to provide universal coverage at the earliest
practicable date. In effectuating this program, care and attention will be directed
toward providing such services to economically less fortunate persons and areas
as well as those more highly favored, toward efficient and economical use of
health care services, and toward the reflection of the benefits of this new system
in both quality of services and charges for such services.
(c) Private enterprise; access; competition
In order to facilitate this development and to provide for the widest possible
participation by private enterprise, United States participation in this domestic
system shall be in the form of a private corporation, subject to appropriate
governmental regulation. It is the intent of Congress that all authorized users shall
have nondiscriminatory access to the system; that maximum competition be
maintained in the provision of equipment and services utilized by the system; that
the corporation created under this chapter be so organized and operated as to
maintain and strengthen competition in the provision of health care services to the
public; and that the activities of the corporation created under this chapter and of
the persons or companies participating in the ownership of the corporation shall
be consistent with the Federal antitrust laws.
(d) Domestic use; additional systems
It is not the intent of Congress by this chapter to preclude the creation of
additional health care systems, if required to meet unique governmental needs or
if otherwise required in the national interest.
# 702. Definitions
As used in this chapter, and unless the context otherwise requires---
(1) the term “corporation” means the corporation authorized by subchhapter III
of this chapter.
(2) the term “Commission” means the Service Review Commission authorized by
subchapter III of this chapter.
SUBCHAPTER II---FEDERAL COORDINATION,
PLANNING, AND REGULATION
# 721. Implementation of policy
In order to achieve the objectives and to carry out the purposes of this chapter---
(a) Executive functions; execution of national program; review; agency
coordination; supervision of foreign relationships; use for general governmental
purposes; separate systems; compatibility with domestic and foreign facilities
the President shall---
(1) aid in the planning and development and foster the execution of a national
program for the establishment and operation, as expeditiously as possible, of a
commercial health care system.
(2) Provide for continuous review of all phases of the development and
operation of such a system, including the activities of a health care corporation
authorized under subchapter III of this chapter;
(3) coordinate the activities of governmental agencies with responsibilities in
the field of health care, so as to insure that there is full and effective compliance at
all times with the policies set forth in this chapter;
(4) exercise such supervision over relationships of the corporation with
foreign governments or entities or with international bodies as may be appropriate
to assure that such relationships shall be consistent with the national interest and
foreign policy of the United States;
(5) insure that timely arrangements are made under which there can be
foreign participation in the establishment and use of a national health care system;
(6) take all unnecessary steps to insure the availability and appropriate
utilization of the national health care system for general governmental purposes
except where a separate health care system is required to meet unique
governmental needs, or is otherwise required in the national interest; and
(7) so exercise his authority as to help attain coordinated and efficient use of
the national health care system with existing health care facilities both in the
United States and abroad.
(b) Administrative functions; technical advice to Commission; cooperation in
research and development and technical consultation with corporation; associated
services and other services to corporation on reimbursable basis
(c) Commission function; competitive bidding; consultation with Small Business
Administration; discrimination; just and reasonable charcges, classifications,
practices, regulations and other terms and conditions; allocation of facilities;
establishment of facilities at a particular location; technical compatibility of system;
accounting; rates; technical approval; construction and operation authorizations;
financing of corporation; additions; rules and regulations
the new Service Review Commission, as established and authorized by Subchapter
III of this bill, shall---
(1) insure effective competition, including the use of competitive bidding where
appropriate, in the procurement by the corporation of equipment and services
required for the establishment and operation of the national health care system;
and the Commission shall consult with the Small Business Administration and
solicit its recommendations on measures and procedures which will insure that
small business concerns are given an equitable opportunity to share in the
procurement program of the corporation for property and services, including by
not limited to research, development, construction, maintenance, and repair.
(2) insure that all present and future authorized users shall have
nondiscriminatory use of, and equitable access to, the national health care system
under just and reasonable charges, classifications, practices, regulations, and
other terms and conditions and regulate the manner in which available facilities of
the system are allocated among such users thereof;
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