Medicare expects to save $8 billion by limiting or reducing payments to doctors, especially surgeons and other medical specialists.
It enables individuals to sharply limit payments on their obligations and get a "fresh start."
That would have forced private health plans to limit or reduce payments to doctors, hospitals and other health care providers.
They should limit payments to 5 or 10 years at most.
The Clinton Administration is focusing on ways to limit payments to some providers of home services.
The amounts are budgeting calculations and would not limit actual payments for an individual's medical bills.
Insurers, he assumes, would then have to limit payments to doctors, hospitals and other health-care providers.
Their bill would not limit payments for damages.
It could limit payments from the United States to those that refuse to cooperate.
His plan would also limit no-fault payments for personal injuries to $75,000.
