European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 3. 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5states tackling problem of health care by the associated press weighing experiments that could Lead to National health care reforms at least 18 state Legislatures will consider Bills this year that Range from expanding services to the poor to providing insurance for All. The Washington and Minnesota state Legislatures Are among several that will consider multimillion Dollar proposals financed by new taxes and fees to replace private medical insurance with state operated insurance programs much like Canadas National health insurance system. Alaska will look at ways to Pool health insurance for Small businesses so they can afford to provide Basic coverage to workers. Kentucky legislators will decide whether to broaden medicaid coverage for the poor and Michigan will continue debate on a Senate passed plan to provide subsidized insurance to the working poor. The growing involvement of the states in health care is another measure of the a desperate need Quot to Reform the nations health care system Washington state rep. Dennis Braddock said. A a it a too bad it has to come from the states and not the Congress but it looks like that s what will  Braddock is the sponsor of a measure that would collect taxes and fees from employers and individuals. The Money would be used to administer health eare and Pav providers. Congress is expected to take up health eare Reform this year. Nearly 35 million americans Are uninsured and the number is rising along with health eare costs. Those costs increasing at twice the inflation rate Are expected to reach $738 billion this year the advisory Council on social Security said recently. But significant health care reforms by the states seem unlikely this year because legislative budgets have been hit hard by recession said Joy Wilson a health care expert with the National conference of state Legislatures in Washington. A there is a lot of discussion but really with the recession and budget deficits that s about All it is right now a she said. But the discussion contains an Edge of urgency. Republican state sen. John Holmgren of Bear River City Utah told of a Farmer Friend who has no health insurance and is dying of cancer. Medical Bills a will spend him Down to poverty. Hell have nothing to leave his family. When you be paid your Way All your life something like this can leave you with not much dig  Holmgren said. Utah is among at least nine states proposing modest legislation tinkering with the current system to make health care available to More people. At least another nine states with varying enthusiasm Are pursuing major health eare Reform that one Way or another would give virtually every citizen Access to Basic medical care. The proposals Are taking two Basic forms. One the a pay or play Quot approach would preserve the private insurance Industry. Employers would be Given the option of providing affordable health insurance to workers or paying into a state fund from which health care for the uninsured would be financed. The other a a single payer Quot system modelled after Canadas system would Elih innate the Industry in favor of one big state insurance program. Business and individuals through taxes and fees would pay into a state fund from which health insurance for All would be administered and financed. In some states including California and Washington both proposals Are in the Hopper. In the stars and stripes 10years ago Jan. 3,1982 a in an apparent Effort to Spur production and boost Poland a crippled Economy the martial Law government held out the Promise of Early retirement and increased disability pay for More than 2 million workers. 20years ago Jan. 3,1972 a formerly top secret British War Cabinet papers claimed that president Franklin d. Roosevelt wanted to manufacture an incident to bring the United states into world War ii months before Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan. 30 years ago Jan. 3,1962 a a key document prepared for the Western foreign ministers conference on Cuba showed that Fidel Castro s regime had signed a total of 72 pacts with communist nations since 1960.40 years ago Jan. 3,1952 a Allied truce negotiators proposed a new six Point plan for prisoner Exchange that would bring Back All . Military personnel and Many South korean civilians on a Man for Man basis. However objections to the plan were raised by communist negotiators. World War ii 50 years ago today 3 Jan.1 9 .4 .2 american. British dutch and australian forces Are formed into a unified military command to try to defend against japanese advances in Southeast Asia. Japanese forces push British units farther South on Malaya s Eastern coast. The japanese capture Labuan Island off Borneo and some troops also land on the main Island at me Pakul. In Europe Axis bombers continue attacks on Malta. Election issues debate future role of America at Home and abroad by the Washington Post Washington the demise of the soviet Union and the decline of the american Economy form the backdrop for a 1992 presidential election built around Basic issues that could set a new direction for the country. The question is whether the Campaign and the candidates will Rise to the Challenge. The election a will be fundamentally about the future of How the United states of America exists in a new and different world we be seen emerge in the last three years a and the last two weeks a said Robert n. Teeter president Bush a Campaign chairman. A a it san election that in its own Way is going to be an Agenda setting election a said Peter Hart a democratic pollster. After the shortest and least watched preseason in nearly two decades the Campaign now begins in Earnest almost exclusively in new Hampshire where the first primary will take place feb. 18. The debate will be driven by Domestic issues with tinges of isolationism and protectionism. Candidates will attempt to Appeal to voters worries about jobs education health care crime and More broadly the fear that the country has fallen behind and that future generations face a lower Standard of living unless something changes. As if those issues weren to difficult enough Bush his two Republican challengers Patrick j. Buchanan and David Duke and the six major democratic candidates will be campaigning in a country soured on government and politics. It is a time when a Large share of the electorate questions whether government works for it or mostly for the privileged and powerful. The new Hampshire primary in feb Cuomo tops . Voters poll Concord . A Mario Cuomo who kept democrats on Teir Ter Hooks for weeks before saying he would not seek the party a presidential nomination is still the most popular contender with new Hampshire voters a poll said. With new Hampshire a first in the nation feb. 18 primary just a few weeks away the poll found that the new York governor was preferred by 37 percent of respondents a far More support than any of the six major declared democratic candidates. The Survey conducted by the american research group of Manchester ., found that Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton had 14 percent support. Former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas and Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey each had 6 percent. At the Bottom were Iowa sen. Tom Harkin 2 percent and Virginia gov. Douglas Wilder and former California gov. Jerry Brown each with i percent. T dirty three percent were undecided. The Telephone poll of 408 Likely democratic primary voters was conducted Dee. 27 to dec. 30 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.85 percentage Points. Hours before the filing period dosed for new Hampshire s primary dec. 20, Cuomo said he would not run even if he were drafted at the party a National convention. Rumary will provide the first real indication of which democrats hold the High ground among a pack of unknown is bidding to Challenge Bush for the leadership of the worlds Only remaining superpower. It also will offer clues As to How much the weakened Economy has turned the president from the Invulnerable Leader of the persian Gulf War into a vulnerable incumbent struggling with the problems at Home. The largest imponderable for 1992 is also the most important a what will happen to the . Economy in the coming months democratic Hopes have soared in tandem with the deepening of National economic gloom. Republicans concede that Bush s re election will be in jeopardy if the Economy does not improve substantially in the next six months. Many democrats in turn concede that most indicators Point to some sort of upturn in 1992. The relevant questions Are when will the Economy begin to recover and How robust will the recovery be. But if democrats believe that the political ground has shifted in their favor republicans argue that the democrats Are ignoring their own weaknesses. Teeter and other republicans argue that the democrats mostly want to replay old Battles casting the gop As protector of the Rich and themselves As champions of everybody else. But republicans insist that voters will reject that formulation this time As they have in five of the past six presidential elections. Florida gop excludes Duke As candidate source 2194 Days of War w h Sun pud Visners inc a from wire reports Tallahassee Fla. The Florida Republican party said it has excluded David Duke from its list of presidential candidates for the March 10 primary. Gop chairman Van Poole said wednesday that president Bush and columnist Patrick Buchanan Are the Only names that should appear on the ballot. Staffers for the former Kun flux klan Leader promised to Appeal the decision. Candidates have until Jan. 14 to file appeals with a state committee made up of the state Senate Leader House speaker House and Senate minority leaders and party chairmen. Only those committee members in the affected party May vote on an Appeal meaning Poole Senate Republican Leader James Lombard of Osprey and House Republican Leader Ander Crenshaw of Jacksonville will review Dukes motion. In two other Campaign developments a Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder is considering a cutback on his efforts in new Hampshire s democratic primary to concentrate on two other states. Wilder said he has asked aides to draft an alternate budget funnelling resources into Maryland and South Carolina. A Democrat Jerry Brown who has turned his Campaign into a crusade against the influence of Money on politics missed a nov. 21 deadline to disclose his own finances government records show. The disclosure report reveals income sources assets and liabilities. Brown aides blamed the delay on a mailing mix up