Word: generous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...might be financed partly by taxing workers on generous medical benefits paid by their employers. Oh no, it won't. Well, probably a payroll levy split between workers and their employers -- only please don't call it a tax. Say "wage-based premium...
Otherwise, interest-group reaction ranges from skeptical to horrified. The AFL-CIO is afraid that union members who accepted smaller wage increases as the price of negotiating health benefits more generous than the Administration's basic package will have those scaled down too, or be forced to pay extra for them; the White House so far has failed to reassure the unionists. Small businesses that provide scanty or no coverage for their workers are terrified that they will be forced to pay huge sums -- as much as $60 billion a year, by one estimate -- to bring benefits...
...companies supposedly will fare well: if they have contracted to provide their workers benefits more generous than the federally guaranteed basic package, they can in effect opt out of the broader system and carry on as before. But some fear Clinton and Magaziner want to make them pay handsomely for that privilege, in the form of a tax or premium that would be used to cover the uninsured or skimpily insured. Says a medical executive: "Magaziner's philosophy seems to be that every place somebody is saving money is a place that he can get money...
...trouble is, by solving just about everyone's problems, the White House has come up with a plan so generous that it is going to be enormously expensive. Most Americans who already enjoy medical coverage may discover that they will have fewer choices than they have and less control over how they seek medical care...
...basic benefits package guaranteed to all Americans will be more generous than most people's current coverage. It will probably cover mental health, dental benefits, hospitalization, outpatient care, doctor visits, annual checkups, prescription drugs, prenatal care, preventive medicine such as mammograms and more. While the details are still somewhat vague, most patients are likely to pay a low fee for each service, while the health plan picks up the balance. All medical care will be budgeted; then doctors and other providers can determine prices to make the budget work...