Health plan faces partisan clash in Senate reform push
Senate talks fracture over a bipartisan mainstream reform plan led by John Chafee and John Breaux to raise insured coverage from 85% to 92% by 2002 with subsidies, Medicare savings, and a cigarette tax. Democrats show cautious support while Republicans cast the effort as futile.
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Clinton backs vaccines plan despite warehouse changes
The Administration will start the Vaccines for Children program on October 1 as states pledged to continue free vaccines through Medicaid. Uninsured children who would have used warehouse vaccines will rely on public clinics for free shots, part of a $500 million immunization push to cover major diseases.
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