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Eli Ginzberg, PhD

JAMA. 1986;256(2):254-255.

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"ETHOS vs. Exigencies: Medicine's Dilemma" was the theme of the tenth Annual Symposium of Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Illinois, held Oct 18, 1985, in Chicago. There were four participants in the opening session entitled "Managing the Cost of Care—The Key to Survival"; I was assigned the anchor role.

Representative Daniel Rostenkowski, the first presenter, argued in favor of his proposal that Congress impose a ceiling of $300 per month on tax-free health benefits, emphasizing that only 5% of all families would be adversely affected. In his view, this was a much more reasonable approach than that of the President, who recommended taxing the first $25 of any employer contribution, a plan that, the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee pointed out, "nobody in the Administration or out defends... as good politics or good health policy."^1(p2)

C. McClain Haddow, acting administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, next sang . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From Conservation of Human Resources, Columbia University, New York.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Columbia University, Conservation of Human Resources, New York, NY 10027 (Dr Ginzberg).

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