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THE CAPITOL.
>> ALSO ON CAPITAL HILL TODAY
FEDERAL LAW OFFICERS INVOLVED IN
THE BRANCH DAVIDIAN SIEGE AT
WACO.
JIM STEWART HAS OUR REPORT.
>> WITHIN MINUTES OF THE OPENING
SHOTS AT THE BRANCH DAVIDIAN
COMPOUND, FEDERAL AGENTS WERE
ON THE PHONE TO DAVID KORESH,
THE FIRST OF WHAT WOULD BECOME
51 DAYS OF FRUSTRATING PHONE
CALLS.
AGENTS TESTIFIED TODAY THEY
BEGAN WITH A PLEA FOR A
CEASE-FIRE.
>> I COULD HEAR THE MACHINE GUNS
INSIDE ECHOING THROUGH THE
PHONE, AND I COULD HEAR THEM
OUTSIDE SHOOTING, AND WATCHING
THEM SHOOT OUR AGENTS.
THEY JUST OPENED UP ON US.
WE COULDN'T GET THEM.
>> WHEN THE DEAD AND THE WOUNDED
WERE REMOVED, THE PHONE CALLS
RESUMED.
FROM THE START, JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TRANSCRIPTS SHOW,
KORESH RANGED FROM MAKING LUCID
PROMISES TO GIVE HIMSELF UP TO
ALMOST PSYCHOTIC RAMBLINGS.
>> IT WAS A RARE OCCASION THAT
HE'D SAY, "I'M NOT COMING OUT."
ALMOST EVERY DAY, HE SAID HE WAS
COMING OUT.
HE JUST SIMPLY DIDN'T DO IT.
>> LATER, SOUND TRUCKS WERE
BROUGHT IN, AT FIRST TO LET
KORESH HEAR HIS OWN SERMONS
PLAYED BACK, AND THEN TO HARASS
THE DAVIDIANS.
STILL, NOTHING WORKED.
>> WE TRIED TO GET THEM OUT
CONSTANTLY FOR 51 DAYS, 24 HOURS
A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
>> UNTIL FINALLY, THEIR PATIENCE
RAN OUT.
>> THE DECISION TO RECOMMEND A
GAS PLAN WAS MADE IN MARCH.
I MADE THE DECISION.
>> BUT WAS IT A PLAN THAT EVER
HAD ANY REASONABLE CHANCE OF
SUCCEEDING?
IT IS THE F.B.I.'S TURN AT BAT
NOW IN THESE HEARINGS, AND THAT,
WITHOUT DOUBT, IS THE TOUGHEST
QUESTION AGENTS WILL HAVE TO
ANSWER.
JIM STEWART, CBS NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> 14 WEEKS AFTER THE BOMBING OF
THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA
CITY, THREE-YEAR-OLD BRANDON
DENNY FINALLY LEFT A
REHABILITATION CENTER IN DALLAS
TODAY.
BRANDON SUFFERED BRAIN DAMAGE
AND IS UNABLE TO TALK OR WALK ON
HIS OWN.
HIS TWO-YEAR-OLD SISTER ALSO
SURVIVED THE BLAST.
THEIR PARENTS CALL THE CHILDREN
ABSOLUTE MIRACLES.
COMING UP NEXT, IS YOUR CHILD'S
CAR SAFETY SEAT UNSAFE AT NORMAL
SPEEDS?
>> MANAGERS AT NASA HOPE TO
DECIDE EARLY NEXT WEEK WHETHER
TO GROUND THE ENTIRE FLEET OF
FOUR SPACE SHUTTLES.
THIS FOLLOWS WORD THAT DAMAGE
WAS FOUND ON SOLID ROCKET
BOOSTER O-RING JOINTS AFTER EACH
OF THE LAST TWO SHUTTLE
LAUNCHES.
NASA SPENT YEARS AND MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS TO REDESIGN THOSE
JOINTS.
AN O-RING JOINT FAILURE
DESTROYED THE SHUTTLE
"CHALLENGER" AND KILLED THE CREW
IN 1986.
NASA SAYS THE NEW O-RING PROBLEM
IS FAR LESS SERIOUS.
THERE ARE NEW AND SERIOUS
QUESTIONS TONIGHT ABOUT THE
SAFETY OF SOME MAJOR BRANDS OF
CAR SAFETY SEATS FOR CHILDREN.
CORRESPONDENT BOB ORR HAS THE
STORY AND THE PICTURES.
>> MILLIONS OF AMERICANS EACH
DAY TRUST THE LIVES OF THEIR
CHILDREN TO CAR SAFETY SEATS
APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT
REGULATORS.
BUT RESULTS OF NEW CRASH TESTS,
RELEASED TODAY BY "CONSUMER
REPORTS" MAGAZINE, SHOW THAT
THREE OF THE MOST POPULAR SAFETY
SEATS FAIL IN 30-MILE-PER-HOUR
FRONTAL COLLISIONS.
>> WE RATED THEM NOT
ACCEPTABLE.
AT THE MOMENT OF TRUTH, THEY
SIMPLY DID NOT DO THEIR JOB.
>> THE CENTURY 590 SEAT FAILED
WHEN USED WITH ITS DETACHABLE
BASE.
THE KOLCRAFT TRAVELER 700 SEAT
FAILED WHEN FACING FORWARD.
AND THE EVENFLO "ON MY WAY" 206
MODEL FAILED WITHOUT ITS
DETACHABLE BASE.
>> HERE'S THE CRASH.
NOT ACCEPTABLE.
>> THE "CONSUMER REPORTS" TEST
USED DUMMIES HEAVIER THAN THOSE
USED IN FEDERAL CRASH TESTS,
WHICH CRITICS SAY ARE NOT TOUGH
ENOUGH TO ASSURE SAFETY.
>> WHATEVER THE WEIGHT RANGE THE
SEAT IS RATED FOR, IT SHOULD BE
TESTED AT BOTH THE MAXIMUM AND
MINIMUM CHILD LEVEL THAT CAN FIT
IN THAT SEAT.
>> KOLCRAFT SAID TONIGHT IT WILL
INVESTIGATE THE CHARGES AGAINST
ITS SEAT, BUT CLAIMED THE MODEL
HAS PASSED 100 OTHER TESTS.
CENTURY PRODUCTS SAID IT
CONDUCTED AN IDENTICAL TEST, AND
ITS MODEL 590 CAR SEAT "MET OR
EXCEEDED APPLICABLE SAFETY
STANDARDS."
EVENFLO HAS ALREADY VOLUNTARILY
RECALLED ITS SEAT, AND "CONSUMER
REPORTS" WANTS THE OTHER
COMPANIES TO DO THE SAME.
FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATORS
PROMISE TO REVIEW THE TEST
RESULTS, BUT SAY THEY'VE SEEN NO
EVIDENCE SO FAR TO SUPPORT A
GOVERNMENT-ORDERED RECALL.
BOB ORR, CBS NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>> FORMER POLITICIAN AND AUTO
EXECUTIVE GEORGE ROMNEY DIED
TODAY AT THE AGE OF 88.
ROMNEY WAS A CHAIRMAN OF
AMERICAN MOTORS, MICHIGAN
GOVERNOR, AND CABINET MEMBER.
IN AN ADDRESS TO CONGRESS, SOUTH
KOREAN PRESIDENT KIM YOUNG SAM
PAID TRIBUTE TODAY TO AMERICANS
WHO DIED IN THE KOREAN WAR.
KIM ALSO WENT TO ARLINGTON
NATIONAL CEMETERY TO LAY A
WREATH AT THE TOMB OF THE
UNKNOWNS.
TOMORROW, HE'LL HELP DEDICATE
THE KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
IN WASHINGTON.
>> TONIGHT, WE CONCLUDE OUR
SERIES OF REPORTS ON H.M.O.'S,
HEALTH CARE PLANS DESIGNED TO
LIMIT THE HIGH COST OF MEDICAL
COVERAGE.
MEMBERSHIP IN H.M.O.'S IS
GROWING RAPIDLY NATIONWIDE.
ALSO GROWING IS THE WORRY THAT
H.M.O.'S CAN PUT PATIENTS AT
RISK.
IS THERE A WAY TO CUT COST, BUT
NOT QUALITY?
DR. BOB ARNOT FINDS ONE POSSIBLE
SOLUTION IN TONIGHT'S "EYE ON
AMERICA.".
>> HOW ARE YOUR FEET DOING?
>> IMAGINE A MODERN MEDICAL
SCENARIO IN WHICH THE PATIENTS
IN AN H.M.O. HAVE THE LAST
WORD...
>> WE ARE IN CHARGE!
>> ...WHERE THE DOCTORS HARDLY
EVER COMPLAIN ABOUT THE
SYSTEM...
>> THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
PLACE.
>> ...AND WHERE THE C.E.O.
HIMSELF SCOFFS AT BIG EXECUTIVE
SALARIES.
>> I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
APPROPRIATE.
I SLEEP NIGHTS.
>> THAT'S THE WAY IT'S BEEN FOR
NEARLY 50 YEARS AT GROUP HEALTH
COOP IN SEATTLE, A NONPROFIT
H.M.O. WITH MORE THAN 500,000
MEMBERS.
IT IS MEDICAL CARE BY DEMOCRACY.
AT MOST H.M.O.'S ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, PATIENTS DEFER TO
DOCTORS, AND DOCTORS DEFER TO
THE FINANCE OFFICE.
BUT AT GROUP HEALTH, IT'S THE
PATIENTS WHO RUN THE SHOW AND
SIT ON THE BOARD.
PATIENTS HAVE THE POWER TO SET
POLICY, HIRE THE PRESIDENT, EVEN
FIRE THEIR DOCTORS.
>> IT'S OUR MONEY AND OUR
HEALTH, AND WE OUGHT TO HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT HOW THE
ORGANIZATION DELIVERING THOSE
SERVICES DOES THAT.
>> CAROLINE McCALL IS ONE OF 11
NON-PAID BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED
BY HER FELLOW PATIENTS.
SHE WORKS WITH MANAGEMENT AND
DOCTORS TO SET RATES AND
TREATMENT PLANS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE HAVING THE
PATIENTS RUN THE SHOW AS MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD?
>> I THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL.
IT'S ALWAYS HUMBLING, A REMINDER
OF WHAT WE'RE REALLY ABOUT.
WE'RE ABOUT HEALTH CARE.
>> AS A NONPROFIT H.M.O., GROUP
HEALTH SPENDS 91.5 CENTS OF EACH
PREMIUM DOLLAR ON HEALTH CARE.
MOST FOR-PROFIT H.M.O.'S AVERAGE
ONLY 77.4 CENTS PER DOLLAR.
THE STRESS IS ON PREVENTION.
GROUP HEALTH'S SCREENING FOR
BREAST CANCER, CERVICAL CANCER,
AND CHOLESTEROL IS AHEAD OF THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE.
SO IS THE IMMUNIZATION RATE FOR
FLU AND MANY CHILDHOOD DISEASES.
>> THEY DEFINITELY SAVED MY
LIFE.
>> GROUP HEALTH'S BREAST CANCER
SCREENING PROGRAM DETECTED PENNY
PEABODY'S CANCER.
NURSES WERE RELENTLESS IN
GETTING HER TO COME IN FOR A
MAMMOGRAM.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO DO
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING SHORT OF
DRAGGING YOU IN THERE TO MAKE
YOU AWARE THAT YOU NEED TO BE
THERE.
>> BUT THIS BIG INVESTMENT IN
HEALTH CARE HAS A PRICE.
GROUP HEALTH'S PREMIUMS ARE
HIGH, AND IT'S BEGUN TO LOSE
PATIENTS TO LESS EXPENSIVE
H.M.O.'S.
TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE, GROUP
HEALTH WAS RECENTLY FORCED TO
LAY OFF 200 NURSES.
>> WE DO HAVE TO REDUCE OUR
COSTS.
WE DO HAVE TO BECOME MORE COST
EFFECTIVE.
AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT
COUNTRY ARE GOING TO HAVE IT
UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY WANT TO
KEEP HEALTHCARE COST DOWN, THAT
IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME
CHANGES IN THE WAY CONVENIENCES
SATISFACTION, HEALTHCARE IS
DELIVERED.
>> ULTIMATELY, THE CHALLENGE
FACING ALL H.M.O.'S IS HOW
MAINTAIN QUALITY AND CONTROL
COSTS.
SO FAR, GROUP HEALTH IS
BALANCING THE TWO, BUT CONSUMER
SURVEYS SHOW LOW PRICE IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN
CHOOSING A HEALTH PLAN.
THE QUESTION IS, IN THE LONG
RUN, WILL AMERICANS HAVE TO
SACRIFICE GOOD MEDICAL CARE TO
GET THAT LOW PRICE?
DAN?
>> THANKS, DOCTOR.
THAT'S PART OF OUR WORLD
TONIGHT.
TOMORROW ON "CBS THIS MORNING,"
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