European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday february 20, 1986 families retirees reassured on health care from urge 1 care for farm Mcm bars and retirees now served byc Hampus. While family members  get health care from military facilities at no Cost  treatment from civilian doctors under champs Aknayan an Nual deductible charge and a share of the  25 percent to 30 percent of family members and Reli choose to go to civilian doctors. It s the Way we do business for that 25 to 30 percent that has to change Mayer said. There s going to be no reduction in the military medical  he said there is no intention of imposing such a plan overseas because what we re proposing is not something we think is feasible  we Don t have a plan yet. I Don t want you jumping to conclusions that we re going to make it Cost More for you or make it harder for you to get into the system Mayer said. We re trying to make it easier and at the same time not go totally  champs was started by Congress about 20 year Sago. The Cost has swelled to an expected Cost of s1.7 billion this year. The difficulty people have in getting champs reimbursement and other problems with the program is the largest single source of medical complaints to Cong the military s surgeons general and his office he said Mayer said the military has no control Over the Felat ing costs of champs and no Way of  controls on the health care provided  by civilian doctors. La s a program that cannot be  to go along inthe form it has been going on i but he insisted that the  primarily Cost. The Issue is we Cher Thiot people can get the care they Are entitled to we bit going through a great Deal of difficulty and with Jar a great Deal of uncertainty an often having tomorrow Money to Start the process he said. Any of dram that is developed Mayer said will  Fri Sciples which include not restricting people s a us Floto 01 Tracy Dakar or. William Mayer. No reduction Freedom of Choice of health care provider not reducing medical benefits and not costing people More Money. Bids to provide the care will be scored on an elaborate evaluation of technical Merit. Price will not account for More than 15 percent of the decision Mayer  woman to he applause of others asked when Are we going to restore the military hospitals to the Way they used to be. I m tired of it. I m sick of  Mayer responded you re quite right when you say i would be Ideal if we had enough people and enough Mili tary hospitals to take care of the whole 10  Ana family members worldwide peo Mapp but he said no Congress or  is willing to devote the amount of  expand the Mili tary medical system whiff Ilawan medical facilities have empty Beds. Jim Mayer  being talked about would not result  of military doctors or the number  treated in military facilities. Wane said no one expects All the family members audit Trees to go to civilian doctors or contract facilities. Your Access to a military facility will be unrestricted under any plan that we come up with he said. When asked about reports that he wants to increase the number of surgeons at the expense of paediatricians  obstetricians Mayer said he was misquoted. But he said the military s medical training programs need to be reviewed and adjusted so that More surgeons Are trained because the military has Only 40 percent of the surgeons it would need to go to War. At the same time he said the military has 5,400 percent of the paediatric Doc tors that it would need. I can t go out and just fire paediatricians and hire sur is. The Law won t permit it. No one has proposed that put All me he said. My Hospital at Lan Stuhl Mayer also talked to Meni Bechlof special medical teams that can respond quickly to cd for casualties of terrorist activities another coming Mayer was  on his visits to military communities by rear  a. Zimble and Brig. Gen. France f. Jordan. 1_zimble, who two years ago Alicd a team critical of the european come s medical  became Mayer s special assistant for strategic Pray Tagland medical program management. Formerly  surgeon Zimble said his new Job involves  and contingency medical plans. Jordan Deputy assistant Secretary of defense Forl Cal readiness served on the Zimble team. In the May edition of . Medicine Magazine Jordan defended eur com s ability to handle medical emergencies. Slide gel based on a Mio _ Ance for Standard handling charges other conversion rates on Page 23. Dealers said the Dollar s renewed weak Ness followed overnight Falls in new York that came after Treasury Secretary Jamesa. Baker indicated he would not mind further drop in the Greenback s i de press International fit was started by Baker s statement and the Long term trend for the . Unit is still bearish up said Volcker s comments came As he Laid out the Central Bank s Money targets for 1986, which were set last week at a meeting of the Market committee the animal Volcker said then Vicant change in monetary cent weeks. The come marsted that the fed Wou  to push inter incoming  Bank said it was setting a target Range for growth in the Basic measure of the Money Supply known As m-1, at 3 percent to 8 percent in the coming year. This represented the same target Range established for 1985and was a slight broadening of the tentative target set in july of 4 percent to 7 percent form a growth in 1986. My which includes curtion and the Yaju a Ftp last year. The sex and Volcker s com ments indican willing to live with growth a band Given the fact that the rate at Whu Money has been changing hands its velocity has been sluggish in recent  fed left its growth target for a broader category of the Money Supply known As m-2, unchanged at 6 percent to 9 storm from Page 1 four Are missing since the Waves of Pacific storms began pummelling the Region feb. After a Brief respite the latest storm truck tuesday night and Northern califor Nia again was hit hardest. We re getting some pretty Good Down pours out of it but it does t compare with fridays which was the worst of the Bunch said Bob Diaz of the National weather service in Redwood City Calif. The break earlier tuesday enabled River that had reached their highest Levels in 31 years to recede slightly but forecasters said showers were Likely with locally heavy downpours into the weekend. Thursday Well have a pretty Good Lull from what we be had in the past week but Friday Well get More. It could very Wellend sunday Diaz said. Northern and Central California Are caught in a Vise Between a southwesterly flow of warm moist air from the hawaiian islands and cold air from the North said Rick ones of the weather service s Sanfrancisco office. And it s just been drop Ping rain on us Day after  by tuesday night the storms bad poured nearly 22 inches of rain on Kentfield Calif., 40 Miles North of san Francisco an the heavenly Valley ski resort reported 9 feet of Snow. In Utah Wellsville had 10.56inches of rain in five Days and Bald Moun Tain Idaho got 62 inches of Snow. In the last five Days California has received rain equivalent to half its Norma annual total said William Helms a spokes Man for the joint state Federal flood operations Center in Sacramento. Calif. He said Many flood control reservoirs along the West slopes of the Sierra Nevada were nearly full. In Northwestern Nevada the water con tent of the Snow pack in the mountains was As High As 148 percent of Normal said Dic Macdougall District conservationist for the soil conservation service in Reno. As recently As last Friday he said it was As Low As 80 percent of Normal. The Napa River receded tuesday night to 24.9 feet just below its 25-foot flood level after reaching 30 feet monday breaking a 31-year-old record. The russian River hit 46.9 feet in Guerneville almost i feet above flood stage. Tow air crash victim buried in Gei bad Kreuza Cjoseph a. Nartia 34, a victim of the de Cember airline crash at Gander newfound land that killed 250 members of the airborne div. Was buried by pc Mia native of Guan Mrtin survived i. His wife Peliwo wahls son Joey Benja Las his parents who live in Jude to my Fiul Haik i Nan , who entered the army in 1971, had several overseas assignments including two Tours in Vietnam one in South Korea one with the 8th inf div at bad Kreuz Nalband a six month tour with the . Peace no Force in the Sinai , who was assigned to b co 326th jj3n_of the 101st, was returning to Forward an Arrow air Char Nartia who Nous service medal buried with full military honors including21-gun Salute the spokesman said. Percent for 1986. M-2 includes my plus savings accounts including deposits. . Finis economic predictor 1986, said it expected the Economy to grow from 3 percent to 3.5 percent a measured from the fourth Quarter of 1985 to the fourth Quarter of 1986.this is less optimistic than the Reagan and i s prediction which Calls for  to grow 4 percent in 1986. Temperatures february ii Europe an we Toner fora Cail Tori Cloudy Ihrck. Evil ten Arabi a _ my . But win invt Moitt Cloudy turn will m in the my in North and will in i Thundal 5 50.  Cloudy my Germany. Timperi temperature 4amadana, m aim Tardun m Vala Nomy Trlla t , m provide Trarbach. Of her. Becoming Moil r Witlam  Moilov Douds wlm in by partly Doudy by South Eafern Germany Iii mow. High tempera in rang from s to ii in latent Elm where. Sunup 737. Outlook for Friday Douds in Mutha Aslim about a Lama. Oat 13, 7lh Lempera Urei Cairo f Dumlin. Montreal Moscow our f Toronto r Vancouver. _ supplied by the lev Cloudy a partly Douds of ".25 -4a u a so it Holowa ii u 1o 1 34 27x a. Duprau. Imar r