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Article: Health Care Reform Leaders Will Oppose Legislation Unless it Includes Universal Coverage, Shared Responsibility
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- U.S. Newswire
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- July 20, 1994
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WASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Health Care Reform
Project, the largest and most diverse pro-reform coalition, comprised
of 54 member organizations representing more than 65 million
Americans, told Congress today that it would urge its members to
consider opposing any legislation that did not guarantee universal
coverage financed through an employer mandate.
In a letter to every member of Congress, the project said
"incremental reform will hurt the middle class." The letter warns
that "Congress should not be under the illusion that incremental
reform is a step in the right direction. In New York where
insurance reforms were implemented without universal coverage,
premiums shot ...