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@035 CHAP ZZ
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE -- CLINTON PLANS FOR│
│ SMALL BUSINESSES │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
One would have to be on another planet to be unaware of the
massive, revolutionary social changes that have been pro-
posed by the Clinton Administration regarding mandatory and
universal health care coverage. As of March, 1995, the
momentum of the rush towards massive health care reform ap-
pears to have been slowed greatly, since no health care bill
passed in the last session of Congress.
While the new Congress may take up the subject again in
1995, public enthusiasm for major changes appears to have
cooled, and the Republican victory in the November, 1994
Congressional elections is likely to further slow any move-
ment towards a federal overhaul or takeover of the health
care industry, particularly since private sector changes
in the health care delivery system have already begun to
reduce the high rate of cost inflation that has prevailed
in the medical care industry for many years.
However, one should not yet declare "health care reform" to
be a dead letter. Health care costs are still devastatingly
high and still rising, albeit at a somewhat slower rate, and
many individuals and small firms are being priced out of the
market. Small business, which is likely to be hurt most by
any type of changes similar to the Clinton plan, is likely
to continue to strongly oppose enactment of any major and
radical changes that would require the MANDATORY provision
of health insurance to employees by their employers.