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New Congress to Battle Nixon on Health Care
United Press International reports that Congress faces major health care choices as many programs including Hill-Burton Act expires. Nixon aims to restructure, with state funding via revenue sharing. Health insurance and HMOs are at the core of early battles, with Kennedy pushing compulsory coverage financed by a federal tax. Rogers and Roy advocate mixed public private approaches and HMOs to new funding models. Debate to proceed through Senate Finance and House Ways and Means, with potential early hearings on heart and cancer programs.
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Nixon
Ard Congress
Batile
HMO
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
House Health
Merlin Duval
HEW
Robert Marston
National Institutes of Health
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate Health
House
Kennedy
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
House Public Health
Rogers
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark