Subject: U. S. to Fight Health Plan By Oregon, Magazine Says 
Date: Published: 8/3/92 (27 lines)
Source: Wall Street Journal. Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc.

    U. S. to Fight Health Plan
    By Oregon, Magazine Says

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration will deny approval of
 Oregon's unique health-care rationing plan on the grounds that it
 violates the Americans With Disabilities Act, U. S. News & World
 Report reported yesterday.
    The Oregon plan, the first of its kind, is the nation's boldest
 attempt to reform the health-care system.
    A state commission created by the Oregon Legislature has adopted
 a list of 709 medical procedures, ranked by priority.  The rationing
 plan would cover the first 587 procedures on the list.
    The administration is expected to deny approval outright until
 the plan is corrected, or will give approval only on condition the
 alleged violations are resolved, the magazine said in its Aug. 10
 issue.
    One category of non-covered services includes highly expensive
 treatments for incurable cancer, the final stages of AIDS and for
 premature babies who have almost no chance of surviving.

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