European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes thursday november 14, 1991 National health care plan proposed reforms would save Money coalition says Washington apr a coalition of business labor and medical groups on tuesday offered a National plan for medical care that it says would save the country about $600 billion annually by tie year 2000. The National leadership coalition for health care Reform said its plan would provide every american Access to High Quality health services through a Public private partnership. A no american should die or suffer because he or she can t afford health care a former Florida congressman Paul g. Rogers co chairman of the coalition said at a news conference. Under the plan employers could either offer a Standard package of benefits to employees and their dependents through private insurance or they could pay a payroll tax of 7 percent and enrol in pro health a new program incorporating medicaid and covering those without private insurance. Employees covered by pro health would contribute 1.75 percent of their payrolls for the program. In addition All firms would contribute 0.5 percent of payroll toward the Cost of pro health and individuals would add 0.5 percent up to medicare Caps. Currently an estimated 34 million americans have no health insurance while americans pay substantially More per capita for health care than any other country in the world. The Issue of health care helped Democrat sen. Harris Wofford upset Dick Thornburgh in the Pennsylvania Senate race last week and has focused National attention on the need for Reform. More than two dozen proposals to Reform the health care system Are circulating on Capitol Hill and the White House has indicated it will come up with its own plan before next fall s presidential elections. The coalition said its plan is a breakthrough because it combines the issues of Access Quality and Cost and is backed by groups representing a wide Range of people paying for health care programs. A this is a practical plan a plan that will work a or. Henry e. Simmons president of the coalition said in a statement. A a that a because it was built by a team representing so Many different interests a businesses in All sorts of industries unions health care professionals and  i among the listed supporters were Bethlehem steel Chrysler motors corp. Westinghouse electric corp., Lockheed corp., United steelworkers of America american federation of teachers american nurses association and the consumer group families Usa foundation. Former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Are honorary co chairmen of the coalition. Ford said in a statement that the plan a wisely in my View steers a Middle course Between drastic measures such As National health insurance and ineffective ones such As just tinkering with the present  Simmons said National health spending would Rise irom an estimated $750 billion this year to nearly $2 trillion in the year 2000 if the system is not reformed. Under his group s plan he said savings would reach $600 billion in 2000. Savings could be $511 for every american by 1995 and $2,348 per capita by 2000, Simmons  care costs Here Are some examples of costs to individuals As envisioned in a National health benefits package a estimated annual Premium $1,432 per person $3,720 per  deductible $200 per person $400 per  annual out of pocket limit $1,500 per person $3,000 per  services 365-Day maximum 20 percent of , a Ray prescription emergency services 20 percent of  routine physicals 20 percent of  services including vision and dental for children up to age 18 a amp Cost. A services for those under poverty level no costs amps Sharon May Tarrant cameraman accused of Kennedy estate break in West Palm Beach flu. A a Man with a video camera and press credentials was apprehended after breaking into the Kennedy estate a lawyer for William Kennedy Smith said tuesday. 1 he Man a free Lance cameraman denied wrongdoing. The judge in Smiths rape trial circuit judge Mary Lupo ordered tighter Security at the courthouse and threatened to pull the credentials of the cameraman and his employer. Roy Black Lead defense attorney in the rape Case said the Man apparently broke into a room where defense papers were stored at the Kennedy a Seaside mansion in nearby Palm Beach. Officials did not identify the Man but free Lancer Robert Calvert said it was he. Calvert 38, of Indiantown said he did not break into the estate and called the incident a a Troy Black  he told reporters that he was in his  outside the estate but he denied entering it. He said he was stopped by police but was allowed to leave after they searched his . He said he later returned to the estate and was charged with trespassing. Palm Beach police confirmed they were investigating a possible burglary at the estate reported about 10 . Monday but would not discuss details. Smiths alleged victim has twice called the Palm Beach sheriffs office reporting that Calvert has been near her Home. Kim Wilder a spokeswoman for the television tabloid show hard copy said Calvert had worked for the show in the past but not a for More than two weeks. He was not working for us last  panel studying breast implant ban hears stories of anger Devotion is kv1 Hwy Yvo Mac tent City a homeless demonstrators pitch a tent near the mostly vacant Jeffries housing project in Detroit to protest stale welfare cuts. Following the demonstration by about 100 homeless people and supporters monday mayor Coleman Young said tuesday that he a found 263 empty apartments that will be renovated and opened for the homeless by Christmas. By the new York times Gaithersburg my. A in the opening of what promises to be a three Day Marathon of heated debate women with breast implants and doctors who treat them came before an advisory committee of the food and drug administration on tuesday to testify on whether silicone implants should be banned in the United states. Some women spoke angrily about the health problems they said they had endured because of the implants. Others said they were delighted with their implants some saying they would keep them even if they were a health threat. And the doctors plastic surgeons for whom implants Are a substantial part of their practice said the devices should stay on the Market. �?o1 am a Gambler a said Wanda Bruce a 50-year-old woman from Glen Allen va., who told the panel she had implants after she lost both breasts to cancer last april. A a in a rather have Quality of life than Quantity. Not that i think implants will take my life but i am almost at that Point that id have them anyway a Karen Berger an author affiliated with plastic surgery said women get implants Quot to restore what cancer has taken away a and added Quot they Are motivated not by vanity even though that is a legitimate reason so much As by a desire to be whole again and put the cancer behind them a hut Barbara Herzog 42. A Dairy Farmer in Pennsylvania said she has had problems she attributes to the implants she received in 1977. Twelve years later she said she began having arthritis like pain in her joints and ulcers in her Mouth and wondered if her implants had ruptured. "1 went to Johns Hopkins had an mr1 scan and Thev said no the implants look  she related. A weight weeks later 1 had them taken out anyway. The doctor found both had ruptured Long ago and silicone was All Over the inside of my Chest a a she said she bore a child two years ago a and i breast fed silicone to my infant  now she said she wants the Fra to a ban silicone gel implants until we get some answers Quot i he advisory committee is to Issue its recommendations today. The Agency is not expected to act on the matter until january but it typically follows the advice of such panels. More than 2 million american women have had breast implants 80 percent of them for cosmetic reasons. About 150,000 women a year have surgery for breast implants and the number has been increasing. Even if they do not rupture and release silicone into the body the implants can cause a number of problems including the formation of hard scar tissue. Critics say the implants can also cause Auto immune disorders. Companies that manufacture the implants say that they have been used successfully for More than 30 years and that studies show they cause few serious problems. But Fra officials have said the companies studies involved too few patients or lasted too Short a time. I he manufacturers must show these products Are sate and effective in relation to their benefits a David Kessler the commissioner of food and drugs told the panel at the opening of the hearing. A simply saying the devices have been used for 30 years without major problems does not meet the Standard of  after he spoke doctors from medical specialities that would be affected by the Fra decision challenged Kessler s statement