Speech #960157793

Reclaiming my time. I would like to point out that I come from a State which has a per capita income substantially below that of New York. I come from a State which has a larger number of undocumented workers than New York. Our cost per admission under voluntary controls is only about twothirds of New Yorks cost per admission. We have dealt with the same problems. and we have done it through a voluntary effort. I submit that mandatory controls have not worked in New York. They have driven hospitals into bankruptcy. and they have been a failure. I urge my colleagues to reject the effort to impose this system of mandatory controls on the Nation. [Q 1320