The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 1, 1986 - Page3 Medicaid providers to pressure Legislature Which regent? Poor grammar marks the sign yesterday. Daily Photo by DEAN RANDAZZO announcing Regents' Plaza next to the Fleming Administration Building Report finds police fail to test many drunk drivers LANSING (AP)-Pressure from unpaid Medicaid providers is expected to mount this week as the Legislature returns from its 10-day Thanksgiving break tomorrow to try and resolve the dispute over state-paid abortions. By not passing the nearly $2 billion Medicaid budget for the fiscal year which began Oct. 1, lawmakers will have allowed the state to fall $51 million behind in payments by mid-week. With both sides in the abortion dilemma refusing to budge from their long-held positions, all eyes will be trained on a joint House- Senate conference committee as it attempts to reach a compromise where none seems possible. wThe three Senate conferees have offered to drop their immediate demand that all state funding be denied for poor women seeking abortions if the three House members will agree to put the question to Michigan voters in a special election April 6. But the House members say such a measure would never gain the two-thirds vote needed in the House to put the proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. In the meantime, health care for the state's 900,000 Medicaid recipients has begun to slow down as a number of doctors, nursing homes and other providers have threatened to stop treating patients unless the funding resumes. Medicaid Director Kevin Seitz said one nursing home called the Department of Social Services and said it had given its patients a 21- day notice of discharge. State Rep. David Hollister, chairman of the conference committee, said it's exactly that kind of pressure that is needed to force the Legislature to act. Meanwhile, House Majority Floor Leader Lew Dodak (D - Montrose) predicted leaders in both chambers would adjourn the lame- duck session as soon as the abortion issue is resolved. The longer it takes, however, the more likely some of the pending controversial pieces of legislation, pushed by special interest groups, will have a chance of passing, A 0 i' i A Dodak said. "It's kind of a dangerous time because the (lawmakers) aren't watching the issues as close," Dodak said. Proposals like the National Rifle Association-backed bill prohibiting local governments from passing gun control laws or another letting people buy non-lethal stun guns without licenses are among those which await action. You can SEE the difference in MCAT Preparation Our MCAT Skills Program combines Professional Live Lectures with Efficient Video Instruction. The Result - MCAT Preparation has never looked so Good nor worked so Well! And, of course, your Satisfaction is Guaranteed or your Money back. EXCEL - the Choice for students with Vision. WASHINGTON (AP)-National statistics on drunken driving and fatal accidents are inaccurate because police let most drivers leave the scene without being tested for alcohol abuse, according to a new study released yesterday. The report by the Crime Control Institute, a non- profit research organization of law enforcement officials, found that many drunken drivers in fatal accidents are escaping prosecution because they aren't given a blood-alcohol test. Of the 32,000 drivers who survived accidents involving fatalities in 1984, more than 75 percent left nthe scene without being tested for alcohol abuse, said the report. More than 25 percent of drivers who were killed in fatal accidents were not tested for blood alcohol concentration. Overall, only 45 percent of all drivers in fatal accidents are tested for alcohol abuse. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that the share of traffic fatalities due to drunken driving has been declining to 41 percent in 1985. "The national statistics on the number of traffic deaths due to drunk driving are unreliable and misleading," said Lawrence Sherman, president of the Crime Control Institute. "They have lulled us into a false belief that we are hardly even trying." Various studies have shown that drivers are most likely to be tested if they show visible signs of intoxication. The Crime Control Institute study points out the "varying ability of people to 'hold their liquor"' and says that the adrenalin that accompanies the shock of an accident can cause a rapid sobering effect. The statistics compiled by the Transportation Department until last year were based on tests of dead drivers in just 15 states. A new method uses data from all fatal crashes, but the Crime Control Institute study said the approach assumes alcohol involvement is equally likely among drivers who are tested and those who are not tested for alcohol. Minneapolis Police Chief Anthony Bouza, the chairman of the institute, called the failure to test most drivers in fatal accidents a scandal. "We are squandering our best opportunity to indentify and prosecute drunk drivers," added Bouza. 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If the regents approve the adoption, University representatives would write letters advocating better treatment or release for the pris- oners involved. Letters would be } sent to South African prisoners, the members of the South African and U.S. governments. Group members are currently collecting endorsements from fac- ulty members and organizations. At present, they have the support of 70 faculty members and 30 student organizations, including: the Mich- igan Student Assembly, the Law School Student Senate, the Black Student Union, the Free South Africa Coordinating Committee, the Latin American Solidarity Committee, and the Residence Halls Association. Several churches, synagogues, and other groups have adopted prisoners, according to Malhotra. While the project has represen- tatives on other campuses, no university has adopted South African prisoners. Malhotra hopes the University of Michigan will be the first. "The University needs to put its foot for- ward," she said. 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