European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Sunday. January 30,1994 first lady counters claims of no health care crisis by the associated press Las vegas first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton says Washington politicians should be willing to give All americans the same coverage that taxpayers provide for them. President Clinton s health plan is similar to plans covering Federal officials she said. It seems to me she said if it s Good enough for the folks who live in Washington it s Good enough for the folks who live in Las vegas ". Hillary Clinton promoting her husband s proposal in Nevada on Friday noted that several Republican Mem Bers of Congress have insisted there is no health care  such statements she said Are unfair and Inmany ways  speaking at the University of Nevada Las vegas she told a group of doctors government officials and local leaders that she had met living proof of a crisis earlier in the Day Pamala Hinkley a 34-year-old pregnant woman said she was considering going without an an aesthetic when she gives birth because it would Cost her $1,200. The Mother of four told the first lady that in her last delivery she had two such epidural injections because she gives birth to 10-Pound babies. Ill Tell you the people in Washington who Are say ing there is no health care crisis their wives Don t have to worry about whether they can afford an epidural said the first lady who headed the administration s task Force on health Reform. After a tour of University medical Center a county Hospital she said Hinkley is in a dilemma because her husband s insurance covers their four children but not her and the family cannot afford to cover her. She stays Home with the children. He is the main breadwinner of the family Hinkley said of her husband. But i am the  Hillary Clinton said critics who advocate Only minor repairs in the health care system Are misguided. It s riot mutually inconsistent at All to say we have one of the finest health care delivery systems but we have one of the stupidest financing systems you can imagine she said. The first lady heard complaints from business Lead ers and physicians. Many said they fear the president s plan would bring rationing of care problems in the Quality of care and too much government control. Rationing already exists Hillary Clinton said. We ration care every single Day in America but we do it through the Back door she said. When people can t afford Basic care she said they Are victims of rationing. Fatal duty a helicopter Flics Over the first american title building in san Jose calif., where another helicopter crashed on the roof and exploded while trying to move air conditioning equipment Friday morning. The Pilot was killed but four men working on the roof at the time escaped unharmed. Parts of the helicopter rained onto the streets below and the crash ignited a fire in the top floor that took a i hours to put out. Pioneer of suburban living Dies at 86 Manhasset . A William j. Levitt who pioneered the notion of affordable suburban houses with the development of Levittown on Long Island die Friday of kidney failure at age 86. Levitt died at North Shore University Hospital Hospital spokeswoman Laura Green said. He recently had been in poor health and had been living at the Hospi Tal s extended care and rehabilitation Center in Manhasset. The Developer who was named one of the 100 most important americans of the 20th Century by life Magazine foil on hard times in the late 1970s and 1980s and was accused by new York state officials of looting millions of dollars from a charitable foundation. Levitt built More than 17,000 houses in the years after world War ii mostly for returning veterans. He began in new York but also built similar developments in Pennsylvania and then new Jersey. He sold his development companies to his sons in 1968 and later lost millions in a series of failed business ventures including projects in Iran Nigeria and Venezuela. After 1986, he was forced to liquidate All his assets including a 68-acre estate on Long Island. In 1990, then new York state attorney general Robert Abrams accused Levitt of looting from the Levitt foundation a charitable  agreed to pay $11 million in penal tics in 1992, but according to a july 1993 memo from Abrans office the state was Able to collect Otey $7.7 million. Levitt first lady s brother eyes Florida race for Senate from wire reports Miami Hugh Rodham brother of first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is considering a run for the seat of . Sert Connie Mack a popular Republican. Rodham supporters held an exploratory fund Raiser thursday night and raised at least $10,000. A my Jet a politician. I be never been a Mician said Rodham a Democrat and assistant Blic defender in Dade county. But i certainly