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...White House officials are poll results that indicate many Americans who already have insurance are convinced they will pay more for the same, or worse, coverage under the Clinton plan -- results supported by new evidence concerning the plan's cost. The White House estimated last fall that the average premium for health insurance under its plan would be $1,800 for individuals and $4,200 for a typical family of four. But a study by the health-care consulting firm of Lewin-VHI that was hailed by the White House in December found the premiums would...
...increase in premium costs will require the government to spend $35 billion more than it estimated to subsidize small business over the next five years, and the premium hike will also force employers to spend 14% more than Clinton estimated. Moreover, Sheils notes, the subsidies themselves are more generous than they need to be. By 1998 subsidies will total $75 billion, while the current cost of uncompensated care is $16 billion. "You're spending $5 to save $1," says Sheils...
...Summer School is not the only organization Parsons must accomodate. Despite the new offices in Thayer, space for student groups will remain at a premium...
...income or employment status. The question is how to pay for it. "The linchpin is the employer mandate," says Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman. "Without it you can't have universal coverage." Put simply, the Administration would force most employers to pay 80% of the cost of health insurance premiums. Workers would cover the rest. But small companies, and an increasing number of medium and large ones, contend that such mandates could bankrupt them. In an attempt to accommodate these concerns, the White House proposes 15 separate rates of medical-premium costs determined by company size and employee wages. These...
...need the synergy of movies and records (Time and Warner, 1989); hardware needs software (Sony and Matsushita buying Columbia Pictures and MCA/Universal, 1990-91); the information superhighway needs content (everyone, 1993-94) -- it is almost axiomatic that when people come down with show-business fever, they pay a premium of 20% to 40%. QVC and Viacom are each offering nearly $10 billion for Paramount, which is about $3 billion more than the in-house analysis run by Capital Cities/ABC, for instance, reckoned the company is worth...