The fund is financed by a 19 percent surtax on hospital bills.

President Clinton has proposed a 10 percent surtax on taxable income over $1 million.

And there would be a 10 percent surtax for people earning more than $1 million.

The House bill would place a 10 percent surtax on incomes over $1 million.

Second, by a 5 percent surtax on the income tax of corporations earning over $75,000 per year.

Democrats have suggested a 20 percent surtax on taxpayers with incomes above $500,000.

A five percent surtax on hotel rooms costing more than $100 a night.

To restore the earlier rate would mean a 25 percent surtax on these people, yielding $40 billion more.

It would be paid for by a 10 percent surtax on incomes of more than $1 million per year.

It is financed by a 3 percent surtax on local real estate assessments.