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STAR -GAZETTE, Bmira, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1S7S Carter details health program (hut not how to fund it) A Gannett News Service analysis formidable task. Carter doesn't tells us how he would Pni TTTPQ 7 do it. But he tells us he intends to do it And that tells us enoueh. 2 it JEUA A.

AKJ KJ It offers the voters a clear choice: with Fnrrt vnn pet the Dromise basically flial the status quo will be that He doesn't want, at this point, to alienate the giant insurance companies and the medical fraternity both of which oppose federal takeover of an essentially private industry. Moreover, as the Medicaid has demonstrated, the potential for mismanagement find corruption is inevitably there when a program is infused by federal dollars from Washington and bound in red tape. In short, developing a workable health insurance program a controversial and there will be no big, new federal nroeram. With Carter, you get the promise -that a major new program will at least be attempted, even if you can't yet see the By DON CAMPBELL Gannett News Service NEW YORK Jimmy Carter offered his prescription for the nation's health care problem Tuesday, in terms about as specific as he ever gets. It wasn't terribly specific in some respects for example, Carter offered no explanation of how -he would finance national health insurance but it was important for another reason: It provides one of the clearest examples of how Democrat Carter and Republican Gerald Ford differ on one of the nation's most pressing problems, the delivery of health care services.

For the critics who say, with some justification, that this has been an issueless presidential election campaign, the subject of national health insurance is a legitimate tent for measuring progressive Democratic dogma against traditional Republican philosophy. In a speech to the American Public Health Associaton convention in Miami Beach, Carter outlined the "basic of a comprehensive national health insurance program: It would be "universal and mandatory" It would "lower the barriers" to preventive and primary care in existing Ford and the Republicans favor a minimum of government intervention in the health field, relying instead of continued private delivery with minor modifications. Carter favors a compulsory system that would not require patients to pay any out-of-pocket costs. The question, and it is a tough one, is how to pay for it and this is where Carter has yet to be specific. He has said in the past, though he did not mention it Tuesday, that he would "reserve the right" to have the private sector, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, serve as a co-partner with the federal government in administering a health insurance program.

He has not endorsed any of the insurance proposals in Congress, including a key bill authored by Sen. Edward Kennedy that calls for a complete federal takeover financed by new payroll taxes and matched by general tax revenues. While Carter is not specific, some of his aides speculate that privately paid insurance would remain in effect, but with the federal government picking up a share of the cost. There are obvious reasons why Carter is not very specific about how the program would be financed and run. fine print.

insurance policies. It would emphasize cost and quality control. It would maintain the "personal interrelationship" between patient and physician. In addition to coverage of catastrophic illness, it would pay special attention to prenatal and infant care. Finally, it would be "phased in as rapidly as revenues permit." (On other occasions, Carter has mentioned four years as a phase-in time.) Contrast this with what Ford and the Republican Party have to say: Ford: "We cannot realistically afford federally-dictated national health insurance providing full coverage for I do envision the day when we may use the private health insurance system to offer more middle-income families high quality health serices at prices they can afford and shield them also from catastrophic illness." The Republican platform: "Americans should know that comprehensive national health insurance and mandatory coverage will increase federal government spending by more than $70 billion in its first full year.

"Such a plan could require a personal income tax increase of approximately 20 per cent. We oppose this huge new health insurance tax." The GOP platform also says that "We oppose excessive intrusions from Washington in the delivery of health care." So there you have it. worKS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS The leadership in our community is developing. The Chemung County Y.W.C.A., a United Way agency, currently has 1,388 women members. They participate in Y-Teen group, instructional skill classes and gym and pool activities.

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