European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside strip d Reagan tightens embassy Security Page 7 o How edible is the egg pages 14 and 15 o nuggets end lakers winning Streak at 8 Page 21 the Stas an stripes Mayer vol. 44, no. 241 sunday december 15, 1985 its medical red forces ily on Sodoy q 8693 a contractors Wou by Norman Black Washington a the Penta gon s lop health official in a move that could affect millions of people is propos ing to dramatically change the Way the defense department pays civilian physicians for providing medical care to do pc dents or retirees. The change outlined voc Raj ast few Days by or. William Mayg plop officials of the department services would involve a in Etc nationwide con tract with a Valc health insurer who a up a Pendents retirees would provide care to rectal a fixed Cost. Such a the insurer instead of us pm agon at risk if the Cost during any Given year Couf Pratch Price set by the con race said Motyer. Inc ass Island Secretary of defense for health affairs. The department of defense would use its substantial buying Power to obtain the current health care Benefit at lower beneficiary and taxpayer Cost than under the current champs self insurance sys a Mayer wrote in a concept paper no lop officials. 51 embark now on a partnership of civilian Medicine to Lake advantage Yujay s highly competitive he ally care a " although in is possible fcb program could Start with the award of torah Pajion Al con races inc goal is a single Nar Flam con race. If inc contract were anywhere near whal the Pentagon pays now for civil Ian care the Winner would be one of inc defense department s top 20 contractors. The system used now is the civilian health and medical program of the uni formed services or champs. It is a defense department medical insurance program for dependents and retirees who elect to use a civilian Hospital or doctor. All 2.1 million Active duty personnel Are entitled to free medical care at military hospitals. Military facilities Are also Avail be to the 7.6 million dependents and re Wjk when space is available. Roughly 75 percent of the medical care see shake up on Page 28 damaged flight recorders hinder probe the remains of members of the Lolff airborne univ he in a makeshift morgue in Gander Newfoundland. Gander Newfoundland a the flight re corders were badly damaged and May not help reveal Why a Jet crashed and exploded ending a Christmas trip Home for 248 american soldiers in a lonely Patch of Newfoundland Forest the chief investigator said Friday. The chartered oc-8 crashed Early thursday Sefc ones after Takeoff from Gander International Airport on Canada s Atlantic coast scattering Christmas presents and debris in the snowy Woods. aboard was killed the Soldier and eight Crew members. Bodies Lay in rows in an Airport hangar Friday waiting for doctors to perform autopsies in search of clues to the worst air disaster in . Military history. The four engine Jet was taking troops of the 101st airborne div based at fort Campbell by. Home from a six month tour with the multinational peace keeping Force in s Sinai Peninsula. Peter Boag who leads the investigation for the Canadian aviation safety Hoard told reporters that technicians in Ottawa were trying to Salvage data from the recorders. No useful information has been obtained from the recorders he said both recorders had sustained extensive internal damage in the crash of the dc-8. Which belonged to Arrow air of Miami Fla. If information is not forthcoming from the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder yes it will hinder the investigation he said. Boag said he had no explanations for the plane s crash after an apparently Normal Takeoff. Among the Many theories being considered Are see probe on Page 28 Pentagon ponders cuts in personnel costs by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington military pay will be Safe from inc deficit culling a this year but pc lagon managers Are trying to decide How to reduce personnel spending for the rest of he decade if necessary. The new Law requiring a balanced by decl by fiscal 1991 requires the pc lagon to Bear half the Cost of trim Ming the nation s annual budget deficits. Signed by president Reagan on thursday the Law bars the administration from reducing Federal pay including the military s Basic allowances for housing and subsistence. But raises could be reduced postponed or cancelled. Anticipating culs Hal Musl come the Law postpones Cost of living adjustments for Federal civilian and Mili tary pensions thai had been scheduled for Jan. I. Because almost one third of defense spending goes to paychecks planners say a reduction in Force might turn out to be an option for culling spending. Chief Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims said the de sense department expects to absorb a 3 percent to 8 percent Cut this year. He said a Lask Force led by Deputy Secretary of defense William Taft in comptroller Rob Ert Helm and counsel Chapman Cox is examining the budget to see where the department has the flexibility to make Rcd Lions. The Tramm Rudman Bill allows Reagan to avoid Cul Ling the s70 billion defense personnel account this year As he seeks to bring an expected $200 billion deficit see Pentagon on Page 28 win a trip to the super a fowl Page 26
