John Tierney: “Amendment No. 11 offered by Mr. Tierney: Page 13, after line 5, insert the following subsection: ``(d) Studies of…”

“Amendment No. 11 offered by Mr. Tierney: Page 13, after line 5, insert the following subsection: ``(d) Studies of Methods to Improve Access to Health Service.--The Director shall conduct, and shall provide scientific and technical support for private and public efforts to conduct, studies of the organization, delivery, and financing of health services in order to determine the cost and quality effects of various methods of substantially increasing the number of individuals in the United States who have access to health services. Such studies shall include a study to determine the impact of a single payer insurance coverage program on health expenditures in the United States during the fiscal years 2000 through 2007 compared to the projected impact of the current system on health expenditures in the United States during such period.''”