NBC Nightly News - 1991-06-06 - 1 of 2

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[0:00] Rose Festival memories bloom on channel

[0:02] 8, your rose festival station.

[0:06] >> Okay, I know.

[0:07] >> Healthcare in America. Is it time for a

[0:09] new national plan to head off the

[0:11] prospects of going broke while getting

[0:13] well?

[0:16] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Bro,

[0:20] reporting tonight from NBC News

[0:22] headquarters in New York.

[0:24] >> Good evening. Now that they appear to be

[0:26] losing the political battle on job

[0:28] discrimination, Democrats hope to bounce

[0:29] back with a new national health care

[0:32] plan. But today, Republicans jumped all

[0:34] over their proposal, which is designed

[0:36] to provide health insurance for the many

[0:38] who don't have it and to slow the cost

[0:40] of medical care, now running $670

[0:43] billion a year and going up. NBC's

[0:46] Andrea Mitchell on Capitol Hill. Andrea

[0:49] >> Tom, it is a time bomb for 37 million

[0:51] Americans who have no coverage at all

[0:53] and millions more who are right on the

[0:55] edge

[0:58] >> right now. Everybody is one pink slip or

[1:02] one car crash away from economic ruin

[1:06] for their families and they know it.

[1:08] >> But the two parties have never agreed on

[1:10] what to do about it. Democrats want to

[1:12] ensure everyone

[1:13] >> real people are are hurting. The 10

[1:16] million children in our society who have

[1:18] no coverage are hurting. Their parents

[1:20] are hurting.

[1:21] >> A new Democratic plan would force

[1:23] businesses to provide insurance for

[1:24] their workers or pay an 8% tax to help

[1:27] the government provide it. Small

[1:29] businesses would get tax credits. People

[1:31] would pay premiums according to their

[1:32] income. Costs would be cut by

[1:34] eliminating red tape. Republicans call