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...Carter Administration's immediate proposal is a bill imposing mandatory controls if the medical profession does not clamp down itself. Government interference is, of course, anathema to hospital officials and doctors. Michael Bromberg, executive director of the Federation of American Hospitals, claims that the public "doesn't care" about the cost problem. "But it is a good issue to demagogue about," he adds, "even if the President loses his bill...
Carter and HEW Secretary Joseph Califano are betting that Bromberg is wrong about a complacent public. Indeed, many members of Congress are feeling so much heat from constituents that they are also seriously beginning to consider a long-range, broad solution to the whole problem of high health care costs. A surprising total of 21 bills
McMahon argues that Carter's bill would create "a huge bureaucracy to do something that is already being done voluntarily." He notes that hospitals have cut their rising costs from 15.6% in 1977 to 12.8% last year. Michael Bromberg also protests that it is unfair to single out hospitals when such industries as food and housing contribute more to inflation...
...more recent years, some guests of note have been folk singer and comedian David Bromberg, Ronee Blakly, Tom Paxton and Martin Mull, who guest hosted NBC's Tonight Show two weeks...
...Howard Bromberg, '80, captain of this year's ('A') chess team, was able to salvage one win from Vardi, Bromberg said he is optimistic about the chances of the team this year, both in local tournaments and in the Pan-American tournament...