Description: Members of United States Olympic Hockey Team Mike Eruzione, David Silk, and Jack O'Callahan arrive back home to Boston at Logan Airport to large crowd of fans. Press conference at Logan in which athletes discuss their experiences at games in Lake Placid, NY. Athletes later depart Logan.
Description: Michael Dukakis states unequivocally his commitment to universal health care to serve uninsured people. Mothers holding babies. Nurse taking blood pressure.
Description: Balloons released outside State House as Gov. Michael Dukakis signs universal health care bill. He presents pen to Sen. Pat McGovern, chief author of the legislation. Rep. Jack Flood says coverage will be costly to taxpayers.
Description: Rep. Robert Emmet Hayes says health care for all bill may not be affordable because business can not bear the payroll tax to support it. Hospital b-roll.
Description: Universal health care in jeopardy because funding once promised to hospitals has been rescinded from state budget. Montage of hospital file. Steven Pierce, Kenneth Lemanski, William Nagle.
Description: Because of state's revenue problem, universal health care plan will suffer loss of $214 million formerly promised as compensation to hospitals. James Hooley, medical security commissioner.
Description: Profile of University of Lowell as affordable institution where high tech education is paramount. Student union building. Classrooms where computer graphics and robotics are developed. Cafeteria, lab.