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Senate Sticks With Catastrophic Health Plan for Retirees
The Senate voted 99 to 0 to back a McCain proposal preserving hospital coverage while removing the surtax and limiting doctors' fees and drug coverage. House action earlier aimed to repeal the program. a compromise remains possible. The vote against retaining most benefits left two paths: full repeal or McCain’s plan to keep hospital coverage only and drop the surtax. Leaders warned of rising hospital costs and mis information fueling pensioner opposition.
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Washington
Senate
John McCain
R-Ariz
House
McCain
William Roth
R-Del
John Danforth
R-Mo
Spark Matsunaga
Hawaii
Roth
Ford
Bob Dole
Kansas
David Durenberger
R-Minn
Congress
Durenberger
Louis Sullivan
George J. Mitchell
Maine