HEALTH CARE . . . NOW INTRODUCING DICK'S PLAN

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House Democratic leaders introduced a health-care proposal with employer mandates and a goal of universal coverage by 1999. Majority leader Richard Gephardt called it "a piece of the American dream," but it's likely to be one that goes unrealized, observers say. While it may get the nod from the House, its requirement that employers pay more than 75 percent of their workers' health insurance will almost certainly deep-six it in the Senate.