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and then picked it up nd lled:
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gic Johnson?"
"Well, I be do gone," I aid.
"Another one of t e 11 of
sudden people who has jumped
on the 'let' do omething bout
AIDS' ndw gon.'''
"You m ke me lc Wrote.
You make me ic "Wichita aid.
"I ain't one of the 'Johnny come
lately " a Sam would ay. I
know Magic's life is no more pre
cio than anyone el e but! he is
an important figure and whatever
the oclal problem: AIDS, al
coholism, drug abuse, reducing
su I renee llowances for the
poor, and what have you,
celebrities like him need to pea
out"
"Yeah! you're right," I aid.
"But while they are' telling Jack
and Jill to ab tain or practice fe
ex: use condoms and sper
micldes, they need to also tell thi
hypocritical government to spend
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health care.
"SO WEARE keeping the co t
low as we possibly can," Gordon
· said.
Gordon doesn't think highly of
. any proposalson the state level for
universal health care. He said it is
very easy to come up with a plan for
the state to insure everyone, but
Gordon said prior lessons have
taught him something.
"It has been my experience that
government seldom does thing
· better than the private ector," he
said.
While Gordon may not have faith
in the government, Peter Pratt seems
to.
Pratt, who is senior consultant for
health care policy for Public Sector
Consultants, said he believes the
· public is best ICrved by i national
health care system, though he is
I unsure if it is politically feasible at
, this time. He predicts it is much more
pos ible that there will be an
· expansion of the current
employer-based system.
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COOl," Wic t hout d. "You
thin every thin I politi 1. I
don't unde you."
"I m ot n ive, Wlchit .
Th t's hat you don't und r
stand," I ide "I unders nd tbe
ballyhoo and I unde nd
adv nta 0 i "
"BuU" Wichita cut in I con
tinued. "Let me fini h my trai� of
thought.
"I appl ud tVt gic for hi
coura nd for hi de ire to be
po person for the mv virus.
But what n dis v ccine for
thi disea e that h reached
worldwide proportion beca e
thi culture, through pro g nd ,
adverti ements and audio nd
video entertainmem, overtly and
covertly, promotes ex."
"But." Wichita tried to cut in
gain.
"There are no buts, Wichita." I
ide "Six months down the road,
all of thi railing will have given
way to another hot, whether you
want to realize it or not, political
i ue. And that Wichita, i the
bottom line."
p ms with its program. He cites
problems uch as federal getary
restraints and not getting the best
health care because of rationing.
"It' common practice for a lot of
people to come to Detroi t from
Canada for their heart-bypass urger
because in Canada they may have to
wait two-and-a-half years to get it,"
Fox said.
Fox said th� ociety endo s the
RepubJican plan.
Health care reform Is also an issue
for one presidential candidate.
Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton as
president would present a bill in hi
tirst 100 days that would provide
low-cost quality health care for all
Americans, said' George
S�ephanopolous, deputy campaign
manager.
"America desperately need a
national health care system," he said..
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Dr. Bruce Dubin of the American
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proportion tely. Williams a
pie ed that a number of tudents
from the Detroit Public Schools were
there to view the exhibit, but felt that
they were being misled.
ALBERT T1NSLEY·WIL
LlAMS, a former Wayne County
Commi loner, is currently under
fire from the advertising industry for
her work with CABAA T (Coalition
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because the current ystem doesn't
work. He said mo t middle-class
Americans are living in that a
major illness will dest oy their
family. He also sai that the
American economy ot afford
the current system.
PM Stephanopo s said that the
through national plan will health Bush adminis tion is doing nothing
care costs and the quality of health concerning tb issue of health care as
care be controlled as well it the system di integrates.
administrative costs. He said that in He said that Clinton believe that
a recent study, commercial insurets as the coverage expands, quali ty
spent 33 percent of premium dollars hoUld not go down.
on administrative costs, while When people think national
Medicaid spent only 3 percent. The health care, they think of Canada. In
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. perception that the government .
very, very inefficient. But this
suggests quite the opposite," Pratt
sai'd. .
The Republican plan will not
make a major dent in the state'
uninsured populatipn, Pratt said. He
said it will help less than half, but he
hopes he is wrong.
While Pratt said that a national
plan is the best way to go, Dave Fox,
4 chief of media relations. for the
Michigan Slate Medical Society,
said building on the current system
what is needed am scrapping this
., system for a new one is erseless.
. Fox said the society is endorsing
• a proposal by the American Medial}
'. A ociation. The AM A' plan
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� includes giving tax credits to .... �
businesses, treamline Medicaid
benefits nationwide, and lower
paperwork. Fox said this proposal
cwtentlybiilldson the trengtbofth
current system, which he claims
currently covers � percent. of the
. populati�n.
FOX AID nation e
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