President Bill Clinton naninded. Americans at his ncent press conference that any fmal health cam legislation will be the product of conference negotmons between the House and the Senam 7bus, lawmakers nPlating their votes an the majority leadership bills in each chamber should remember diet the bill their chamber passes will become a vehicle for that conference bill. Hence they should examine the common elements of these bills. that these we the elements most likely to be in tho find conference, bill-and also that the White House and majority leadership will have the loudest voices in shaping conkrence decisions. Moreover, the common elements do not even have, to survive in both bills to become law. N the While House and its ED allies succeed in retaining a feature they dean in eidw version, the conference committee can keep it in die conhrence report. Given the likely makeup of do conference, this is very likely. And many h1wrals in the Senate also have, indicated that their s=W is to accept a bill without certain features they really want (such a an employer mandate or, still. a single-payer Adedicare Part C provision) with do expectation that some or all of them elements will be in a conference bill. It thus becomes clear why Pftsidew Clinton spoke so warmly of a Senate bill that May seem. to depart from mmy of his health can objectives, IU fact is that the leadership bills developed by Senator George Afacbell (D-ME) and -10sentative Richard Gephardt (13- MO) contain key common elements that an the some a the cential features of the original Clinan pbm.

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