4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily -- Friday, November 21, 1986 Expanded Medicare coverage proposed WASHINGTON (AP) - Health Secretary Otis Bowen proposed a $4.92-a-month hike in Medicare premiums yesterday to help elderly Americans pay for catastrophic illness. The premium increase would be used to limit beneficiaries' annual share of Medicare-covered expenses to $2,000. Bowen also called for tax breaks for businesses to improve insurance coverage for catastrophic illness to the estimated ten million Ameri- cans whose health policies do not adequately cover those expenses. THE SECRETARY proposed tax-deferred savings accounts, similar to Individual Retirement Accounts, for wage earners to finance long-term care in nursing homes. "I know it will provoke much debate, and that is good," Bowen said of his proposal, the product of a10-month study ordered by President Reagan. "The problem is complex. There are many potential answers, none are simple or easy," he said. BOWEN acknowledged that a premium hike for 30 million Medicare beneficiaries would be an added burden to many low-income elderly people, who will pay $17.90 a month next year for Part B coverage of doctors' bills. But he called the proposed increase "a very cheap price to pay for the peace of mind of even those people." About 800,000 people, under five percent of all Medicare bene- ficiaries, spend more than $2,000 a year for medical bills not picked up by the program. The proposal, which will be reviewed by the Domestic Policy Council, is expected to be criticized by administration conservatives who argue the government would be creating a new entitlement program. 'U' may not punish for protests, says council Hitting the road Daily Photo by SCOTT UTUCHY Women's glee club member Laren Howard (above) and the rest of the group's 67 members will embark on a one week tour beginning May 4. The tour, a first in the group's 93 year long history, is being heavily funded by community donations and fund raisers. New York, Washington, D.C., and Buffalo are among the planned host cities. Their next Ann Arbor ap- pearance is tonight. SKI *Squaw Valley* *Alpine Meadows* TAHOE with the (Continued from Vage ) up with a series of rules governing student behavior. It is considered the legitimate University body to form such rules. Still, such a position by the council could prompt a confrontation with the University's administration. Shapiro was unavailable for comment last night, but he has maintained that the University should be able to deal with all types of crimes, including political ones. Members of the Ann Arbor Democratic Party, however, don't - think that the University has ever proven that there is a real need for a code. University Council co-chair Donald Rucknagel, an internal medicine professor, was unsuccessful in convincing the Democrats that . the University community needs a separate set of guidelines to regulate its members' conduct. Party members concluded that the University, instead of putting so much energy into a comprehensive code, should devote some attention to pressing and specific problems like sexual assault. "I can't see that this code would bring any additional protection to either myself or the University," said Thais Peterson, a member of the Democratic Party and a University graduate. "Political expression has taught me a lot. It would be a disservice to the students to deprive them of their full rights." It was not clear last night whether the University Council officially agreed not to include any clauses that would punish protesters. While the three students on the council and Rucknagel said the council agreed on the position, History Prof. Shaw Livermore said he thought there would be more discussion. Livermore said he does not have a strong feeling either way and is unlikely to raise a serious objection. IN BRIEF COMPILED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS Khomeini criticizes Iranian reaction to U.S. arms deal NICOSIA, Cyprus - Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah, Khomeini yesterday ruled out reconciliation with Washington and said any Iranian officials who seek to improve relations are "Satan-oriented.'. "I never expected such things from these people," Khomeini, 86, said in a speech at his residence in North Tehran. "This is a time when they should be screaming at America. (But), they are shouting at themselves," Khomeini said in his first public comment on contacts between Washington and Tehran. He also urged unity within Iran's revolutionary leadership, in which Western observers recently have reported deep division. Without mentioning names, Khomeini criticized Iranian leaders who p blicly have demonstrated flexibility towards the United States in relent weeks. He accused them of falling prey to propaganda from th& White House, which he called the "Black House." President Reagan disclosed last week that the United States had secrt diplomatic contacts with Iran over the past 18 months and delivered' small amounts of defensive weapons in a bid to improve relations. Congress criticizes arms deal WASHINGTON- Congressional leaders yesterday brushed aside President Reagan's defense of his secret sale of arms to Iran, branding it, a "mistake" that may very well have violated the law. As two congressional committees prepared for closed door sessionk, with CIA Director William Casey, Republicans and Democrats used. nearly identical terms to criticize the president's actions. Reagan met with the House Democratic and GOP leaders at the White House but had nothing further to say publicly, following p Wednesday night news conference in which he defended the sales as a "high-risk gamble" that at least gained the release of three American. hostages. Reagan's former national security adviser Robert McFarlane, whQ delivered a planeload of weapons to Iran, issued a statement taking responsibility for "a serious error in judgment" in not realizing that the sale would have a damaging effect on the national interest. Leftist Filipinos protest at labor leader's funeral MANILA, Philippines - More than 100,000 people joined th funeral procession of slain labor leader Rolando Olalia yesterday in the biggest display by the political left since a communist rebellion began 17 years ago. At a stop about 500 yards from President Corazon Aquino's office in Malacanang Palace, speakers urged her to use the left in confronting rightist challenges from Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile or loyalists of former President Ferdinand Marcos, who fled the country' last February. Enrile, who also was defense minister under Marcos, has been, outspoken in criticizing government policy. Rumors of coup plots by his supporters in the army have filled the city. FAA orders jet inspections WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration ordered airlines yesterday to inspect nearly 100 Lockheed L-1011 jetliners fo possible cracking in the wing after a fracture was found in one of th Delta Air Lines wide-body jets. The FAA action was taken after the National Transportation Safety: Board, investigating the Delta incident, raised.concernt about possible metal fatigue in the wing support beams of the L-101 jets and urged an "immediate inspection" of the planes. The FAA directive requires inspection within 50 flying hours, or about a week, of the wing supports, or spars, on the wide-body jets if they have had at least 10,000 takeoffs and landings, said agency,, spokesman Fred Farrar. There are about 112 of the Lockheed L-1011s being flown by U.S. airlines and almost all of them are owned by Delta, Eastern Airlines, and Trans World Airlines. At least 93 of the planes would likely fall, under the inspection provision, officials said. Court upholds EPA rejection of Michigan clean air plan LANSING - Michigan must act by May 12 to avoid a federal order blocking industrial expansion that could add to the air pollution in the- downriver Detroit area, an assistant state attorney general said yesterday.' The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earlier rejected Michigan's program to curb airborne dust pollution in Wayne and Monroe counties. That rejection now has been upheld by the U.S' Court of Appeals, said Assistant Attorney General Steve Shuesler. The appeals court on Nov. 12 upheld a ruling by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejecting Michigan's program to limit soot, dust, fly ash, and other air particles in southern Wayne and Monroe counties. The pollution, called "fugitive dust," stems from material handling;, storage piles, traffic on dirt roads, and general industrial activity. The state plan requires polluting industries to curb pollution by covering materials, paving roads, or spraying with dust suppressants. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SKI TEAM. co w W! E0= V, $595 includes: "ROUND TRIP AIR FARE, DETROIT TO RENO. -6 DAYS OF SKIING, ON AN ALL-AREA TICKET, GOOD AT BOTH SQUAW VALLEY AND ALPINE MEADOWS. 7 NIGHTS STAY IN COMFORTABLE CONDOMINIUMS. FQMORE INFORMATION AD BEBERVATONS;: Contact- Dan Pickard, E-OR- Mark Miller, BIVOUAC ADVENTURE TRAVEL (UM Ski Team) 330 South State St 556 South Slate St. 761-8777 665-2834 The Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology The Michigan Psychoanalytic Society Sponsor an Open Lecture By DR. JACOB A. ARLOW, M.D. Past President, The American Psychoanalytic Association "The Evolution of Insight" SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22,2:00-4:00 P.M. The Ford Auditorium (Amphitheater) The University Hospital, 2nd Floor 0 W I.. .. IINIVfRSIIY OF MICHIGRt" EZI1 V Choosing Classes for CRISP? Get more information from SCO: -Student to Student Advice on Courses, Professors, Concentration Programs -Course Evaluations -Old Exams Stop by our booth in the Fishbowl from 10-3 daily. Students' Counseling Office 609 Haven Hall 763-1553 Hours: 10 a.m. - 3p.m. (M-F) 0 I J- AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR The University of Michigan- Cornell University Academic Year Program in SEVILLE, SPAIN will be held on FRIDAV. 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