
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 2, 1990                   TAG: 9003023409
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: los angeles times
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                 LENGTH: Short

REPORT MAY PUSH HEALTH CARE REFORM

A powerful bipartisan commission created by Congress was expected to recommend today mandatory health insurance for all businesses with more than 100 workers and a costly expansion of government-financed nursing home care for the elderly.

However, the Pepper Commission report was expected to avoid the key question of how to finance the proposed $50 billion-a-year health program, saying only that the group supports "raising whatever additional revenues are necessary."

The 15-member group, which includes key House and Senate leaders on health issues from both parties, was scheduled to vote today on final approval of an ambitious agenda of health care reform. But the majority was expected to be narrow.

by CNB