[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5488]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             COMMEMORATING SAM L. ERVIN, HEALTHCARE PIONEER

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                           HON. STEPHEN HORN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 23, 2002

  Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the long and 
distinguished career of Sam L. Ervin, a pioneer in the development of 
innovative and cost effective programs that enhance the quality of life 
for older and disabled adults.
  Mr. Ervin was the founding executive officer of the original Senior 
Care Action Network (SCAN), a social health maintenance organization in 
Long Beach, California. SCAN was selected by the then Health Care 
Financing Administration in 1982 to be one of four demonstration sites 
for the Social HMO program. The Social HMO expands comprehensive HMO 
benefits to include community-based long-term care and some nursing 
home care.
  Thanks to Sam Ervin's many years of remarkable leadership and 
dedication to improving the lives of senior citizens, today, SCAN 
serves more than 50,000 members in four Southern California counties. 
Since its inception, SCAN has made a unique and significant 
contribution to seniors' ability to remain healthy, independent and in 
control of where they live and how they live.
  As a testament to SCAN's success and necessity, I have introduced 
H.R. 2953, the Coordinated Community Care Act of 2001 to make Social 
HMOs a permanent part of the Medicare+Choice program. I am proud to do 
so and to recognize Sam Ervin for his contributions to the improved 
quality of life for thousands of seniors.

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