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proposal would destroy the state's
current higher education system,
Shapiro said. The University's tuition
rate, he added, would double or triple.
Shapiro, a renowned economist, was
optimistic about Michigan's overall
financial picture, saying he foresees
rapid improvement as the state moves
into 1981.
In another development yesterday, a
University study recommending a
University-sponsored Health Main-
tenance Organization (HMO) for the
Washtenaw County service area
sparked heated debate at the Regents'
meeting.
An HMO is a highly structured
medical care program combining
health insurance and health care into
one program; the HMO both pays for
and carries out the medical care
needed by its paying members.
Regent Deane Baker (-Ann Arbor)
said he thought the administration had
gone beyond its authority in lobbying to
change a state law that affects HMOs,
adding, "I'm deeply offended."
University officials assured Baker
they had the University's best interests
at heart and said they felt they had ac-
ted responsibly, lobbying for the
change in the event the Regents did
eventually opt to establish an HMO in
the Washtenaw County area.
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UNIVERSITY REGENT DEANE BAKER contemplates a proposal at yeSterday's meeting to develop a University-
sponsored Health Maintenance Organization in Washtenaw County. To Baker's left, Vice-President James Brinkerhoff,
Regent Thomas Roach; to his right, Regents Paul Brown and Gerald Dunn.
Gov't alows refugees to
remain six more months
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From AP and UPI
WASHINGTON - The Carter ad-
ministration said yesterday that nearly
130,000 Cubans and Haitians who en-
tered the United States illegally this
spring will be allowed to remain in the
country for at least six months, giving
Congress time to determine their final
status.
. The administration intends to
recommend that Congress create a
special classification called "Cuban-
Haitian Entrant," which would give the
immigrants some welfare and job
benefits over the next six months and
allow them eventually to become per-
manent residents and citizens.
THE SPECIAL status will apply only
to the 114,000 Cubans and estimated
15,000 Haitians who arrived before
Thursday, said Victor Palmieri, the
State Department's special am-
bassador for refugee affairs.
Newcomers who arrive illegally from
now on will be turned away unless they
can demonstrate their eligibility for
political asylum, Palmieri said.
Administration official said they do
not feel the Haitians, or many Cubans
can qualify for political asylum, which
is accorded to people who would beper-
secuted for their beliefs if they returned
to their native land.
PALMIERI SAID the Cubans and
Haitians are not being given the same
status as refugees, who are eligible for
certain education and orientation
programs. But the ultimate outcome
for the nearly 130,000 is likely to be the
same: a permanent stay in the United
States.
The unprecedented influx of Cubans
and Haitians -is costing the federal
government $485 million in the current
fiscal year, Palmieri said. The cost for
next year will depend on "how quickly
we can close the camps and find them
jobs."
The special six-month status will
make the Cubans and Haitians eligible
for welfare and Medicaid benefits if
they meet the normal eligibility
requirements.
ON CAPITOL HILL, Sen. Edward
Kennedy, (D-Mass.), who heads the
Senate Judiciary Committee, said no
new legislation is necessary since the
boat people could have been handled
under the new Refugee Act of 1980.
But Palmieri said the Refugee Act
"did not contemplate the kind of
situation we face now," and new
procedures had to be devised quickly.
Meanwhile, in Miami, the Orange
Bowl has been opened to house hun-
dreds of homeless and hungry Cubans
who found themselves out on the streets
after going through a resettlement
program.
Miami's city commission, angry at
federal officials for not taking care of
the problem, opened the stadium Thur-
sday. It also voted to match $30,000
raised privately to feed the refugees.
"The image of the city of Miami has
been badly hurt in the last 30 days,"
said Commissioner Armando Lacasa,
himself a Cuban native. Commissioners
said the refugees, some of whom began
moving in late Thursday, have to be out
by the time the Miami Dolphins of the
National Football League begin their
season.
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