Carter explores catastrophic health insurance as first step
President Carter's team weighs a self financing plan combining catastrophic health insurance with hospital cost containment to counter Kennedy's push for universal coverage. Eizenstat briefed aides but no record was kept. final decision expected in two weeks. The strategy aims to win middle class support and reduce medical bankruptcies while risking labor opposition.
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Congressional Quarterly Quarterly Inc
Washington
Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
White House
Stuart E. Eizenstat
Congressional
Eizenstat
Kennedy
Memphis
D-Mass
National Health Insurance
Russell B. Long
D-La
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
New York
Chicago
West Virginia
Detroit
Congress
Long
Herman E. Talmadge
Dga
Talmadge
Organized Labor
Methane Cars Offer Cheaper Fuel Alternative To Gasoline
AGA study finds natural gas powered vehicles cost about 1.8 cents a mile versus 4.3 for gasoline and 3.1 for diesel. Methane use has been demonstrated in 2,800 cars adapted by two utilities. Fleets and public transport suit the option. broad auto industry overhaul is debated.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Tehran
U.S. Transportation
Brock Adams
United States
America
U.S
Adams
American Gas Assny
AGA
Southern
California Gas Co
Laclede Gas Co
St. Louis
Association
Army to Replace C-rations With Freeze-Dried Fare
The Pentagon announced a switch from C-rations to freeze-dried meals including beef and fruit, lighter and campable with boiled water. Field tests pleased troops, but warehouses hold old rations through 1983, and taste with hot water may vary.
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U.S. Army
United Press International
Pentagon
Army
Senator Long floats value added tax as tax reform idea
Senator Russell Long of Louisiana, speaking at Tulane, floated replacing all or part of the Social Security tax with a value added tax while calling for broad tax reform. He emphasized benefits like simpler collection and export rebasing, but noted VAT is regressive and warned Congress to study before embracing or rejecting the concept.
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Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Washington
Russell Long
New Orleans
Tulane University
Louisiana Democrat
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
Federal Treasury
Congress
Long
Europe
United States
The Russian Threat in Iran and U.S. Politics
A look at Soviet influence in Iran and political maneuvering in Congress. The piece covers Marshall Shulman’s Iran briefing and fears of growing Soviet penetration, Waxman PAC fundraising for the Commerce panel chair, Ford’s China shift post Scowcroft briefing, and Sen elect Cohen’s mixed positioning on SALT II and campaign leadership.
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Field Enterprises
Washington
Marshall Shulman
State Department
Iran
Shulman
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Libya
Muammar Qaddafi
Ford
White House
Brent Scowcroft
Scowcroft
William Cohen
Mainé
House, Judiciary Committee
Richard Nixon
Cohen
Soviet Union
Sen
John Heinz
Pennsylvania
Senate
Republican Campaign Committee
Heinz
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Hatch
Winchester Evening Star Staff Masthead
The Winchester Evening Star announces staff roles and contact details including managing editor T. Roy E. Potts III, editorial page editor David Loomis, advertising director Lewis Ebert, and publisher information for the Winchester Virginia newspaper first published in 1896.
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Winchester Evening Star
T. Eee
Roy E. Potts III
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
Ee David
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