An analysis prepared by the committee staff said the proposal would affect 10,000 patients and 3,810 medical employees.
He also explained for the first time that his proposal would affect only those who earn more than $1 million a year.
The proposal would not affect Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund, which is expected to run out of money in 2001.
The proposals would not affect the companies' international business.
The new proposal affects about half of the 430,000 women who registered for the original settlement.
He did not say how his proposal might affect rates.
For instance, how many people in the country would the proposal affect?
The proposal would therefore not affect the safety or quality of spare parts.
It should be noted that this proposal does not affect the Community budget.
The proposal would affect about 8 percent of those now receiving Medicare benefits.
