The lobbyists

Article Abstract:

Health industry interest groups are working more intensively than ever before to influence the outcome of the 1996 presidential and congressional elections because of the health care reforms they are sure to bring. Many lobbyists are worried that a victory by Bob Dole in conjunction with a Republican-dominated Congress would threaten the existence of safety-net health care programs such as Medicaid. Conversely, many health insurance groups are concerned that they would have to bear the financial cost of the expansion of health care coverage promised by Bill Clinton.

Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers, Hospital and medical service plans, Medical Care Insurance, Medicaid, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Programs, Lobbying, Health care industry, Political activity, Political aspects, Public health, Health insurance, Lobbyists, Political action committees, Dole, Bob

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Reform...still waiting; providers and policy experts peer ahead at Clinton's big plan

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President Clinton's health-care reform plans have medical-care providers and state and federal policy makers speculating on the what the package will contain. Achieving short-term cost savings that will allow the uninsured to be part of the system is a problem that the administration hopes to solve either by imposing a price freeze, issuing Medicare rates for all or requiring voluntary provider price controls. State policy makers are concerned over the financial impact the proposed reforms will have on them.

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Getting the message out: the AHA gears up to respond to the White House reform plan

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The American Hospital Assoc (AHA) is preparing to help hospitals understand President Clinton's health care reform plan by training a field response team of hospital CEOs and other health industry leaders who will be able to answer hospitals' questions. The AHA is considering a hospital briefing session by live satellite teleconference prior to the plan's release, and plans are being developed to get information to the public and news media in the days following the plan's release.

American Hospital Association

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