Word: medicredit
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...A.M.A. was particularly galled by what it felt was an inaccurate description of the "Medicredit" health bill it is advocating in Congress. It said that NBC was in cahoots with supporters of the comprehensive Kennedy-Griffiths health-insurance plan, which the A.M.A. vehemently opposes. Although it denied that charge, NBC has since December sold and leased prints of the documentary to groups who used the film to promote the Kennedy-Griffiths legislation...
...Government-subsidized medicine, was delighted by Nixon's criticism of the Kennedy-Griffiths bill. But the organization could hardly have been pleased by the President's handling of its own health care package. Administration officials have already told the Senate Finance Committee that the A.M.A.'s "Medicredit" plan, which allows tax credits for purchase of private insurance policies, does not go far enough toward reform of the present health care system. The President ignored the A.M.A.'s proposal entirely...
Eight health-care bills have already been submitted to Congress; others may also be thrown into the hopper as debate continues through the summer. The bills cover a broad spectrum of approaches and benefits. The A.M.A.'s "Medicredit" plan and a bill sponsored by the health-insurance industry seek to expand insurance protection by allowing tax benefits for premium payments. Senator Jacob Javits' proposal would gradually expand Medicare to cover the entire population. The American Hospital Association's "Ameri-plan," which has not yet been introduced in Congress, aims to create with federal assistance some 400 "healthcare...
...many of his colleagues defend the existing system and seek to eliminate what they see as its most egregious inequity with their tax-credit bill. "Some people are denied health care because of their inability to pay for it," says Dr. Richard S. Wilbur, A.M.A. deputy vice president. "Medicredit will take care of that problem...
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