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...national health insurance plan, designed to enable every American to have medical insurance regardless of age or state of health. Two days later he returned to the issue, this time as chairman of a Senate subcommittee that approved, with some changes, a high-priority Carter Administration bill to clamp a lid on hospital costs...
...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...
Nevertheless, on balance, the combination of third parties paying most hospital bills and the noncompetitive nature of hospital care seems to have forced costs so completely out of control that, despite the obvious risks, only the Government may be able to clamp...
...trading status to the Soviets, is swelling to record levels. Some Congressmen believe that the tough trade policy forced the Kremlin to ease its emigration policy. That view, however, is disputed by Administration specialists. They argue that by Unking freer trade with freer emigration Congress actually caused Moscow to clamp down on exit visas for about two years to demonstrate that it would not bow to U.S. pressure. The lesson now is over...
...White House has completely ruled out a beef price freeze. Little wonder. It was President Nixon's desperation move to clamp controls on beef prices in 1973 that caused much of today's shortages and high prices. Though cattle producers' prices were frozen, their overhead costs continued to rise. Many could not afford to feed their animals and had to sell off large numbers just to stay solvent. As more beef came onto the market, prices briefly fell. But the size of the nation's herds also plummeted from 132 million cattle...