PIML 96062001 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 13:32:42 -0500 From: Eagle Forum Subject: C-NEWS: Eagle Forum - Capitol Hill Eagle Alert 6-14-96 Capitol Hill Eagle Alert Eagle Forum Legislative Office, Washington, DC Phone: (202) 544-0353 June 14, 1996 CAREERS Update: The bill remains "in conference." The Members of Congress (not just staff) met twice two weeks ago, but came to no conclusions. Rep. Goodling and Senator Kassebaum are still hoping to resolve the bill soon, but many conservatives (thanks to your calls) are beginning to express their hope that the bill "dies" soon! Neither the Members or staff have met in the last two weeks. On May 20, President Clinton sent a letter to Goodling and Kassebaum setting out his demands. The Clinton Administration stated that the final bill must include more money, must not repeal the School-to-Work program, and must "establish the Federal Government as a full partner," in developing federal goals, standards, and objectives for all job-training programs, and for approving State and local plans, among other things. In his letter, the President praised the committees for addressing "some of the key principles included in my GI Bill for America's Workers proposal," in the legislation. ACTION: Contact your Senators and Representative. Tell them: No CAREERS this year! There are too many important things this Congress needs to do before the end of the year. We need some kind of assurance that this phoenix will not rise again from the fire! Medical Savings Accounts: Before Senator Dole left the Senate on Tuesday, an "agreement" was reached between the House and Senate on the MSA provision of the Health Insurance Reform bill. The compromise allows small businesses with fewer than 50 employees and the self-employed to have MSAs. The agreement also states that MSAs will be extended to larger employers and individuals in three years unless Congress specifically blocks the expansion at that time. Eagle Forum supports this agreement, although we were hoping for the full MSA provision. Congressman Archer (R-TX) needs to be thanked for his commitment to MSAs throughout the negotiations. Without his leadership, we probably would have lost MSAs, months ago. We have been told the "fraud and abuse" sections of the health insurance bill have been changed to address the concerns raised by Phyllis and others that the bill unfairly, targets physicians in private practice, and will force all doctors to work for Managed Care companies to be protected from liability. Unfortunately, we have not seen the bill language yet, so we are not sure whether the problems have adequately been fixed. ACTION: Call Democrat Senators and Representatives from your state and urge them to support the MSA compromise. Senator Ted Kennedy is having a tantrum over the fact that this bill will allow some Americans to have greater control over their health care dollars and decisions, so other Democrats need encouragement to stand apart from Kennedy and support this proposal. CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD: (202) 224-3121-Senate; (202) 225-3121-House or call toll-free: 1-800-962-3524 EAGLE FORUM -- eagle@eagleforum.org PO Box 618 Alton, IL 62002 Phone: 618-462-5415 ---------------------------------------------- Be sure to get on our Eagle Forum Alert List!! Tell a friend about us! http://www.eagleforum.org ------- To unsubscribe from c-news, send the message UNSUBSCRIBE c-news to majordomo@world.std.com. Contact owner-c-news@world.std.com with questions. ================================================================== * Patriot Information Mailing List * http://constitution.org/piml/piml.htm * A service to help inform those who have an active interest in * returning our federal and state governments to limited, * constitutional government * Send messages for consideration and possible posting to * butterb@sagenet.net (Bill Utterback). * To subscribe or unsubscribe, send message with subject line * "subscribe patriot" or "unsubscribe patriot" * Forwarded messages sent on this mailing list are NOT verified. * See World's Smallest Political Quiz: www.self-gov.org/quiz.html * Libertarian is to LIBERTY as librarian is to library (DePena) * PIML grants permission to copy and repost this message * in its entirety with headers and trailers left intact.