2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 9, 1994 Clinton health plan is dealt blow by Congress WASHINGTON (AP) - In a set- back for the White House, the Con- gressional Budget Office said yester- day the Clinton health plan would drive the federal deficit $74 billion higher over the next six years, not cut it by $58 billion as billed. In its long-awaited, independent look at the White House proposal for paying for universal coverage, the CBO also concluded that the premi- ums would be 15 percent more ex- pensive and should be listed as part of the federal budget. Republicans cheered the CBO's 81-page analysis, saying it demon- strated that President Clinton was pro- posing "a massive new entitlement program," as Rep. Bill Archerof Texas put it. They applauded the CBO for resisting White House arguments that most of the plan's costs should be left outside the federal budget. Democrats put their own spin on the numbers. House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt said it confirmed that Clinton's plan "is generally on target" and would cut the nation's health bill by $150 billion in the year 2004 alone - a 7 percent savings. Clinton, after making an appeal for health reform to workers at a Gen- eral Motors pickup plant in Shreve- port, La., said the CBO deficit figures were "not a problem." But it was a blow to Clinton's contention that his plan can cover every American by 1998 without im- posing any major, broad-based new taxes. Clinton has repeatedly sold health reform as key to getting the $4 trillion deficit under control. Three major business groups turned their backs on the Clinton plan in the past week. CBO Director Robert Reischauer, a Democratic economist clearly un- comfortable with the news he was bringing, sought to play down the deficit numbers. But he said the Clinton Health Security Act would add $74 billion in red ink through the year 2000 and a total of $126 billion from 1995 through 2004. Still, Reischauer said that is only a small fraction of the deficits the gov- ernment ran up in the past decade and is likely to run up in the next 10 years. He told the House Ways and Means Committee such an increase must be "balanced against the advantage of living in a nation where no one lacks health insurance coverage.'' Reischauer said that in the longer run, after 2004, the plan "holds out the promise of reducing the deficit." Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell said the CBO was wrong to insist that the health plan all be counted as part of the budget. "It confuses a federal requirement with a federally funded program," he said. HUGHES Continued from page 1 sion, I didn't get wind of it. "Hughes was not the kind of per- son who would articulate to his staff his woes," Andrews said."It is not unusual for administrators to talk with their superiors to discuss possible career changes," he added. Andrews added, "I think most people were surprised. They didn't know what dialog went on with his superior concerning the career change." Alan Levy, director of public af- fairs and information for the Housing Division, called the reassignment a personnel decision. "He has been with Housing a long time. This was an opportunity that came up that permitted him to move on. This was a personnel decision made by the vice president." Andrews added, "There is a sense of loss within the division, but I think people are ready to move forward." David Foulke, also an associate director of Housing, will serve as interim director until a new director is found in a nationwide search. He, along with associate directors Andrews and John Heidke, will head the division, which has a $60 million budget, 750 permanent staff and more than 2,000 student staff members. . Hartford said she hoped to have a search committee to find Hughes' replacement formed by the end of the month. She added that there would be several students on the committee. Andrews said he believes that a new director will be in place before school resumes in the fall. Elsa Cole, University general counsel, said that officials often con- sult her office in making personnel decisions. "We have personnel staff call us several times a day about SPGs," Cole said. One reason this is done is to avoid lawsuits. In firing or even transfer- ring employees, University officials must follow procedures. Hughes replaces Shirley Clarkson, who was appointed by President Clinton last year to be public relations director of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. She does is no loner on leave. ,1 art n'est pas une etude de la r alit/positive; c st tune recherche de la verite id ale. Art is not a study of reality; it's a search for the ideal truth. RANKING Continued from page 1 report is a reference guide to give patients an idea which doctors are at the top of their medical fields. In order to have been named among the top hospitals, institutions had to perform superior in eight areas that reflect high value provided to cus- tomers, efficiency of patient care op- erations and investment in operations. "In their own group, (the hospi- tals) had to be above the national median," said Jean Chenowith, vice president of HCIA Inc. "Surprisingly, kercise Room * Study Lounge *i'VLounge Computer Room * Laundr acilities 24 hour AttendedLobby * qame Room Mfeat and'Water Included Universit~y Towers Apartmfents 536 S. Forest Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 751-2680 very few institutions were able to do that." In a press release, John Forsyth, executive director of University Hos- pitals, said, "It's gratifying to be rec- ognized for our efforts to provide excellent quality care while control- ling costs." "The Best Doctors in America" was based upon a nation wide poll of thousands of medical specialists. One of the doctors cited in the study was William Armstrong of the University Hospitals. He was recog- nized for his excellence in the areas of cardiovascular disease and echocardiography. He said he found it especially flat- tering because those listed in the re- port are nominated by their peers. Armstrong added that he thinks there is a relationship between the University Hospitals being named among the best in the nation and the high percentage of doctors from the University cited as best in America. : Welcome Back For "94" ; N"We Cut Hair Your Way". :Dascola Barbers: 6 Barbers-No Waiting For Men and Women . M-F 8:30-5:20 Sat Til 4:20 : . 615 E.Liberty Off State U.. U U UUUUUUEUUUUE STUDENTS Continued from page 1 "The criticism doesn't really bother me because when people don't understand something it is easy for them to make jokes about it," Wrosch added. Katy Bell, an LSA sophomore in- terested in applying to the program, does not like the jokes that the school sometimes receives. "It bothers me because people don't realize how tech- nological libraries are now," she said. Because of all the new techno- logical advances in society today, li- braries, as well as the traditional role of the librarian, are changing rapidly. "Libraries are going to change, they have to change," Cary said. "Our vision at the school is that the library will be the center for all access to information." APPLE Continued from page 1 helped them understand chemistry. Gretchen Champion, an LSA junior and former student of Coppola's, said, "Having him as a teacher made the whole process of organic chemistry easier because he was a very good lecturer. ... He never minded if stu- dents came to his office. He was al- ways there to help us. I really respect that about him." Lynn Rader, a first-year LSA stu- dent who is currently enrolled in Coppola's course, said, "Even if you don't like chemistry, he will provide the opportunity for you to enjoy it." He does this, she said, by making chemistry seem "logical and natu- ral." Coppola's interest in teaching dates back to his childhood. "I have always been interested in teaching and instruction," he said. "In school, I always was helping and tutoring students." His father, Frank Coppola, also remembers his son's life-long inter- est in teaching. "When (Brian) first went to first grade, we could not get him to go," but, his mother eventually persuaded him to attend, he said with achuckle. "That same day," he added, "we got a call from school, and he didn't want to come home." However, Coppola said he decided to teach chemistry much later than the first grade. "My attraction to science came from very positive experiences with science teachers. I wasn't the kind of person who had a 'chemistry set.' It really came from school." While an undergraduate at the University of New Hampshire, an organic chemistry faculty member selected Coppola to participate in an independent study program. "That's BUDGET Continued from page 1 silent on how to pay for the president's expected welfare reform proposals and offers no way of offsetting tariff losses expected to result from a re- , cently concluded world trade agree- ment. And they said the administration was missing a chance to push through further spending cuts that couldn't be done during the recession. What cuts Clinton does propose are used to off- set increased spending elsewhere and the budget does no more than stay within the bounds of the deficit-re- duction package approved last sum- mer, they said. Even with the Information Super- highway coming, Cary said librarians will still be needed in the future. "The Information Superhighwa requires sophistication in how to use it. Librarians will have to train people in learning to use it," Cary added. Typically, students in theprogram have well-rounded backgrounds, usu- ally in humanities and social sciences. The school hopes to attract more stu- dents with science and engineering backgrounds to specialize in the tech- nological aspects of things like build ing libraries with digital electronic access. SILS students said that those who are interested in the field of informa- tion and library resources should be ready for a challenge. "Students need to be creative and risk takers. So much is changing in the field that a person can't afford to be passive," Cary added. 0 a responsibility that I repeat (with my own students)," he said. Coppolaover- sees a group of undergraduate re- search students working on various chemistry projects. Coppola's research does not stop in the chemistry lab, but is brought into the classroom, which he calls his "laboratory." In the classroom, he "i identifying and helping to solve the problems in chemistry instruction," which Coppola considers the most important part of his job. As the coordinator for undergradu- ate organic curriculum, Coppola tries "to create collaborations between the different people who contribute to education." Coppola said he has com- bined ideas from psychology, educa- tion and chemistry "to see how the can help make progress in structural design and evaluation. (These) things go together." Though he is not on tenure track, Coppola said he thinks he can best satisfy his area of research by being in the lecture's faculty position. Chemistry associate Prof. Will- iam Pearson said of his colleague, "He wants them to learn how to learn "He uses the topic oforganic chem- istry as a forum to illustrate the way that scientists think, how they orga- nize their body of knowledge in a useful manner and how they use their body of knowledge to solve new prob- lems," Pearson said. Born in Massachusetts, and raised in Derry, N.H., Coppola is the oldest of four children. After attending the University of New Hampshire, he at-* tended the University of Wisconsin- Madison, earning a Ph.D. in organic chemistry. He has been teaching at the University since 1986, and he has won several teaching awards, includ- ing the LSA Dean's Excellence in Teaching award in 1991, 1992 and 1993. Meanwhile, the Congressional,- Budget Office (CBO) dealt a blow to* the budget by saying Clinton's health reform plan would drive the deficit up by $74 billion over the next six years, not cut it by $58 billion as the White House had forecast. CBO Director Robert Reischauer also said Clinton's mandatory premi- ums for employers should be included in the federal budget. Clinton had put them off-budget as a strictly priate* transaction. The president plugged his health and budget plans from a distance. 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