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President Clinton was under fire from the opposite end of the political spectrum, as today’s USA Chamber of Commerce member of the Business Roundtable opponent in terms of their health, while the Liberal lawmakers and unions complained that the president was also prepared to make concessions.

Robert E. Patricelli, Chairman of the Board of Health, the Committee stated that the business conference of the group could not support Mr. Clinton’s bill for health care, because “it provides such a charge by contributions from employers high premium, rich benefits and against regulation.”

In addition, the activities of groups to strengthen their criticism of the Clinton plan, a coalition of 29 organizations, consumer organizations and liberal groups come in a letter to the chairman’s statement that he was too eager to compromise on principles Fundamental reform of health. ”

Developments today show the political problems facing President Clinton, when he fought to fulfill a campaign to guarantee health insurance to require all Americans. It is broad, deep support for many, the chairman of the objectives pursued, but care specifically for its complex proposal mechanism seems to be very thin. The move to criticism

Business groups and medical societies, which remains a neutral public during the last year, while quiet attempts to influence the White House behind the scenes, are now open to criticism of Bill Clinton-plan, saying there have too much power Government.

Liberals and unions, the president of this plan as a means to universal coverage, including some groups, funded by the government prefers a program of the National Health Insurance Fund, now express concern that Mr. Clinton seems to be far from its natural allies derive this theme.

Mr. Patricelli’s negative comments were more than today, when he testified before Congress in October. He said then that “all employers and assistance to insurance to pay for their workers. But in an interview yesterday, Mr. Patricelli, president of Value Health Inc., said: “After a year of collaboration with the administration, we have reluctantly concluded that we have against the President of the bill. Value Health which is based in Avon, Connecticut , East-Managed Care-programs that help companies control costs of medication and psychiatric care staff.

The Chamber represents more than 215000 companies, including many small and medium enterprises. Its publication comes a day after the Business Roundtable, which represents about 200 of the largest companies in the nation, Struck a clash against Mr. Clinton, the health, a modest proposal sponsored by Representatives Jim Cooper, Democrat of Tennessee.

Whether these events were a setback, President Clinton said: “I do not know what it does, but I would not read too. This is the beginning of what will be a long debate Legislature. “A certain type of pressure”

In an interview on CNN, George Stephanopoulos, senior adviser to the president for policy and strategy, said that the chamber of commerce was “to comply with some form of pressure - I do not know what.”

The coalition said in its letter that the recent statements by officials of the administration proposes a willingness to delay the date of universal health insurance, to weaken the cost controls in the President’s account the reduction in benefits and increased the number of companies that its own programme of health insurance outside the purchase or groups or alliances, by most people would be coverage.

Signatories of the letter, USA Federation of State, County and Municipal Employers, the League of Women voters, the Communications Workers of America, Consumers Union, Citizen Action, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United States, Workers’ Party automobile .

Co-liberal Democrat Bill Clinton sponsors of the bill, including Senators M. Howard tree Metz, Ohio and Tom Harkin of Iowa, have said they share some of the concerns of these groups.