But the possibility of special pension-financing waivers for certain companies and sectors has drawn complaints from other businesses that do not offer pensions to their workers.
Dr. Berhane said important lessons from the program's first year could be applied across a wider population if the program received financing through the waiver.
Upon completion of the transaction, which Tribune spokesman Gary Weitman said is expected to close in the fourth quarter pending federal waivers and financing, Zell will become chairman of the board and hold a minority stake in the company.
Allegheny is holding talks with lenders to get waivers and extra financing to resolve its credit problems, which a spokeswoman said were limited to its trading operations.
Those countries may request United States government credits and private financing, conditional on a presidential waiver.
The Council plan also calls for allowing developers to use low-income housing tax credits in conjunction with Liberty Bond financing, and for creating a waiver to allow 25percentt of the funds for residential development to be used throughout the city, as is the case with commercial projects.
Part of the financing package -- a five-year waiver of state taxes that is limited to historic hotels being restored -- required an amendment to the state Constitution.
"There is no assurance we could cure a default, secure a waiver or arrange substitute financing," G.M. said.
His rival Christine Quinn agrees that Long Island College Hospital should stay open and that getting the Medicaid waiver is the key to financing needed innovations in health care, but she doesn't think Mr. de Blasio has the whole answer.
So the Section 1332 waivers would allow states to finance their reinsurance pools by tapping into that money that would've otherwise been spent on subsidies.
He says that much of 'Romneycare' as the state's health law was dubbed, after the Republican governor who signed it was financed through a Medicaid waiver given by the federal government, and that it now relies heavily on Obamacare funding streams to keep plugging along.
