Clinton pick favors Oregon plan
WASHINGTON (AP)
Health Secretary- designee
Donna Shalaia is "favorably
disposed” to a federal waiver
for Oregon's plan to ration
health care services to the poor. Sen Hot) Pack
wood said.
Packwood, ranking Republican on the Senate
Commerce Committee, met with President-elect
Clinton's appointee Friday in preparation for her
confirmation hearing scheduled tiefore the com
mittee next week.
The senator has been sharply critical of the
Bush administration's refection last year of Ore
gon's waiver request. The state has submitted a
revised plan, which is awaiting consideration b\
the Department of Health and Human Servic es
“She was reasonably familiar with the issue
She had been briefed well. She is favorably dis
posed toward it.” Pac kwood told the Assoc iated
Press after the meeting in his office Friday.
"It is not an irrevocable commitment, but she
knew the subject well and said she thought what
Oregon was trying to do was verv worthy,” he
said.
The state's novel health plan would have Medi
caid cover more low-income people bv restricting
the number of services paid for by the federal
state health insurance program
Using a priority list i mated by Oregon's l.egis
lative Kmergencv Hoard. the Legislature would
decide how manv wruiw would h«* covered a<
cording to how much monov was available for the
program
Waivers of federal Medium! regulation* are
needed before the state inn lauru h the ex|Hsri
nmnt The plan would extend Medicaid coverage
to an estimated 120,(XK) additional Oregonians
Pa< IswtKxl said Shalnla pointed out that Clinton
had said during his campaign that he supported
the Oregon waiver However. Pat k wood said he
was worried that Clinton's position could change
because of opposition from Vice President-elect
Al Gore.
The senator said Friday he gave Shalaia "an
inch-thick packet of editorials" from newspapers
nationwide advocating the waiver
Shalaia said she understood that objections
voiced by Hush's Health Secretary Louis Sullivan
were being addressed in Oregon’s revised plan.
Pack wood said
The new list has f>88 health servic es ranked by
priority, and 568 would be covered by Medicaid
with the money now available The former list in
i luded 7(8) serve es
The state also has done away with a telephone
survey that asked respondents to rate the serious
ness of various health conditions. Critics argue
that unscientifu poll discriminated against the
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