This document presents witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the issue of equal access to health care and the practice of patient dumping which may take the form of transferring a patient to another hospital, refusing to treat a patient, or subjecting a patient to long delays, and which may involve discrimination on the basis of poverty, race, ethnicity, or appearance. Opening statements are included from Representatives Ted Weiss and Jim Lightfoot. Witnesses providing testimony include: (1) Fortney Stark, Congressional Representative from California; (2) Zettie Mae Hill and Jesse Green, who tell of their personal experiences with patient dumping; (3) Judith Waxman, managing attorney, National Health Law Program; (4) Arnold Relman, editor, New England Journal of Medicine; (5) Arthur Kellermann, medical director, Emergency Services, the Regional Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee; (6) David Ansell, attending physician, Division of General Medicine/Primary Care, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; and (7) William Roper, administrator, Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), United States Department of Health and Human Services, accompanied by Richard Kusserow, inspector general, and Audrey Morton, director, Office for Civil Rights. HCFA witnesses reported on federal efforts to enforce the anti-dumping laws. Additional testimony/statement were submitted by the Coalition To Stop Patient Dumping, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and Legal Services of Tennessee. The appendixes include legislative and regulatory materials. (NB)