[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 117 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1489]
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                        THE 50/50 WELLNESS PLAN

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 1996

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be a cosponsor of the 50/50 
enrollment composition rule waiver for the Wellness Plan. I am well 
aware that the Health Care Financing Administration strongly supports 
congressional approval of this waiver at this time, given the now 
certainty that comprehensive legislation to address the 50/50 rule will 
not materialize in this Congress. The Wellness Plan is firmly 
positioned to become a full Medicare risk contractor in the Detroit 
area and beyond once this waiver is achieved. It is the prototype for 
the type of HMO into which HCFA hopes Medicare beneficiaries will 
enroll. I urge the leadership to work in a bipartisan fashion to ensure 
its enactment in this Congress.

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