Word: coopered
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Some legislators are hedging their bets on the health-care debate by co- sponsoring more than one of the three most prominent proposals: the Clinton bill; its chief rival, the Cooper bill (similar to the President's but without universal coverage); and the McDermott bill (nationalized health care...
Others said the Roundtable's action was not so much a vote for Cooper as it was a political hit on Clinton. Even John Breaux, the Louisiana Senator who co-sponsored the Cooper bill, told TIME he had never spoken with anyone at the Roundtable about his bill. "I'd like to say it's the most critical thing that's happened so far in the health-care debate," said Breaux, "but I can't, because it's not true." Junior White House officials spread out to say, as one put it, that "we never intended to win this thing...
Administration officials deny that suggestion, but they concede there is disagreement about how strenuously to attack Cooper's plan, in part because the White House may have to work with him soon and in part because Cooper is running for the Senate this year. Having accidentally elevated his proposal to its status as the official alternative, the White House may be hoping the closer scrutiny will show up its flaws. By some estimates, it would increase the budget deficit by $70 billion over the next five years. "We haven't been able to get the message out that if people...
President Clinton's health-care plan was dealt a blow when the influential Business Roundtable of 200 of the country's largest firms endorsed a rival plan sponsored by Tennessee Democratic Representative Jim Cooper -- this despite avid lobbying by the White House. The National Governors' Association, meanwhile, came out in favor of health-care reforms similar to those proposed by Cooper's bill, and the 215,000-member U.S. Chamber of Commerce said President Clinton's plan "cannot even be used as a starting point...
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