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IN recent months, persons seeking to understand and influence health legislation in Washington have encountered a bewildering maze created by the Congressional Budget Act. Most major actions in Congress this year have been taken through recisions, deferrals, and reconciliation bills. The result for legislators and lobbyists alike has been an unfamiliar, unpredictable, and all but uncontrollable legislative process.Budgetary procedures now serve as the means for determining not only the extent of federal financial commitment to health programs but also the substance of legislation that puts these programs in place. This fact has not been lost on a new, immensely . . .
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