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Slowly but surely, Bill Clinton's health-care plan is headed for the triage unit. Joining the growing list of doctors, economists and business leaders voicing objections to Clinton's proposals is Pat Moynihan, the influential chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. The Senator is quick to qualify his recent bombshell -- "I regret having said there is no health-care crisis in America; there's a health-care insurance crisis" -- but his modified critique of Clinton's plan offers the President scant comfort...
...latest assault on Bill Clinton's top domestic goal began with 10 words on a Sunday-morning talk show last week. "We do not have a health-care crisis in America," declared Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the Senate Finance Committee chairman. His words sent shivers through the White House, where creating a national sense of urgency about health care is regarded as critical to propelling the President's reforms through Congress. As the week progressed, things only got worse. The American Medical Association, it was disclosed, is preparing a plan to lobby for 37 significant changes in Clinton's plan, including...
...Dealers at the vast Texas flea market posted signs warning, LAST CHANCE TO STOCK UP and THESE GUNS ARE IN THE SENATE BILL -- BUY NOW BEFORE THEY'RE GONE. Black Talon bullets have doubled in price, to $20, since Winchester announced it was suspending manufacture after Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan threatened a 10,000% tax hike on hollow-point cartridges...
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York called for huge tax increases, ranging from 11% to 50%, on handgun bullets, to deter their use. He wants to tack his proposal onto the President's health-care bill, saying he cannot imagine the Senate Finance Committee, of which he is chairman, approving a health-reform bill without such a provision...
...Moynihan's tax proposal could make more difference in the number of unnecessary deaths from guns [than the Brady bill]," Price said...