European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 6, 1993 . The stars and Stopes Pago 7ama rebuffed on role in health plan Washington api the White House has a pumped a bid by the powerful american medical association for a seat at its health care planning deliberations. A we know that the status it Nio must go a Ama executive director James s. Todd said in letters to the White House and leaders of Congress. The 290,000-member organization has helped to Block National health insurance since the Truman administration. But it a Todd wrote to Ira Magaziner the White House adviser who oversees hundreds of experts working on health care a bring us into the process and we can help make it  the Appeal fell on deaf ears. Dee Dee Myers the White House press Secretary said thursday that neither the Ama nor any other interest groups will be allowed to join president Clinton a health working groups. A it would be a conflict of interest she said. But she said the administration was a encouraged by their willingness to look seriously at some of the presidents  # George Steph Nopoulos the White. House communications director said there already Are doctors in the working groups in an individual capacity and Clinton officials have met several times with Ama leaders including a private session with Magaziner last Wick. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton who chairs the health task Force said wednesday that it will a take a lot of Public support to beat Back the powerful boobies Ana pc Cial interests that Are already lining up to defeat any plan we develop.�?�. In his letter Todd expressed the Ama s willingness to accept a shared sacrifice and negotiate health care spending goals. But a strict global budgets and Price controls Are unwise and unworkable a he said. A we strongly support fair managed Competition rather than government imposed Price  the president favors controlling costs and covering everyone through what Myers called a managed Competition and a global  _ managed Competition Means steering people into big groups that would encourage doctors an hospitals to band together to compete for their business. Global budgets generally envision some form of Price controls with a National Board setting ceilings on Public and private health expenditures. Sens. John Breaux left and j. Bennett Johnston first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and rep. William Jefferson listen thursday to a question from a worker at Glazer steel in new Orleans. The group was discussing the Cost of health care for uninsured workers. Clinton frowns on alternate health plan Washington up president Clinton  not support a congressional plan on National health care that was put Forward this week a spokeswoman said thursday. The legislators ignoring a request by the democratic leadership to hold off on health care Bills until the presidents plan is submitted introduced legislation for a government financed system that they said would make health care a guaranteed right for All citizens. White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers said the plan presented wednesday by 58 members of Congress will not win the presidents backing. A the  not support a single payer plan a Myers told reporters. The Bill would end the link Between health coverage and employment and create a a single payer a the government that would use taxes to pay for All health car. The presidents proposal is being worked out by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton who is facing a May 1 deadline. The spokeswoman also reported that the first lady a panel was a making Good Progress and defended the closed nature of the task Force deliberations. The administration  not believe the sessions should be open to the Public she said because a literally thousands of health car authorities Are being consulted. The president said later that there was no precedent for opening All of the pcs Sions and that it would make it impossible to get work done. The administration has maintained in court that a Federal Law that prohibits advisory committees from meeting in secret  not apply to the health task Force. The task Force includes six Cabinet secretaries several senior White House officials and hundreds of executive Branch staff legislative aides and outside consultants. Carter appeals to Clinton to help Battle Urban decay Washington api Jimmy Carter decried the plight of Urban America in a White House reunion thursday of the nations Only two living democratic presidents. A a there a no doubt that inner cities Are going Down the Drain and the rate at which they Are deteriorating is alarming to All of us Quot Carter said after his session with president Clinton. Carter who lost the 1980 election to Ronald Reagan sought the Audi ence with Clinton to plead for a partnership Between government Ana private agencies dealing with Urban problems. Carter a former governor of Georgia has become Active in social issues. Clinton a former governor of Arkansas has made Domestic affairs his top priority. As heavy rain fell outside Carter was invited to use the White House briefing room to Tell reporters about his meeting. On previous visits with Reagan and George Bush Carter talked with the press outside in the White House driveway. Carter told reporters that he bad to Huriy because he does no to enjoy the Perks he once had. "1 done to have air Force one anymore. In be got to catch a Delta flight a on _ Lime a Carter Carter said. Aides kept a close Eye on the clock and signalled when it was time to go. The former president painted a Bleak picture of life in the inner cities. A in Washington d.c., in the last five years there a been a 750 percent increase in homicides among Young eople Quot Carter said. A in Atlanta we ave 17 times As Many drug felonies among Young people As we did five years ago when i left office we had 1,500 homeless people in Atlanta. We now have 15,000 homeless  e pork barrel foe labelled recipient of such largess by the Washington Post Washington sen. David Pryor on thursday accused the conservative free Congress foundation of receiving a federally subsidized University Grant while it was attacking Congress for a pork barrel spending. A when it comes to pork the free Congress foundation might be reminded of the old adage a done to talk with your Mouth full a Quot the Arkansas Democrat said in a Senate speech. The foundation a Washington based think tank that promotes conservative policies is headed by Paul Weyrich. Thomas Jipping the foundations vice president for policy fired Back a if Congress wants to review All University Grants a with the same level of scrutiny that senator Pryor focused on us then wed applaud that  Pryor said he was surprised to learn the free Congress foundation had received a nearly half a million dollars in department of transportation Grants to publish a Magazine called the new electric railway journal. He quoted foundation officials As saying the Grants Are a in effect laundered through George Mason University be cause As they put it their organization bylaws prohibit them from receiving Federal  Pryor noted that the foundation had boasted of its opposition to a pork barrel spending. And the inability or refusal of Congress to respond to popular demands for accountable and frugal  referring to the foundations Grants he asked has no to this pork and if it is where does the free Congress foundation get off complaining about pork when they themselves have their hands in the Money sack a accusing Pryor of using the Grants As a pretext to attack the foundation Jipping said the Grants totalled 5285,048 Over four years not the higher figure cited by Pryor. A Pryor aide said the senator stands by his calculation. Jipping said he regarded the Money As a University Grant to the College in Fairfax va., rather than a Federal subsidy / a whether the Grant to George Mason is justified is a matter Between George Mason and the department of transportation Quot he added