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Dear Carol:
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the . remar~kable results that has brought about. ' As
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H. Robert Silverstein, M.D., F.A.C.C.
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Dear Dr. Silverstein:
Thank you for taking the time to further
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Ms. Carol Rasco
Domestic Policy
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Washington, D. C. 20500
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Dear Ms. Rasco:
Thank you for the privilege of meeting with you 9116/93. I am very appreciative of
the extensive time you allowed me to explain how Preventive Medicine can make a
profound difference in "the most important piece of domestic legislation in a
generation" as stated by President Clinton 1012193. I now come to you for further
guidance concerning this approach which can capture the imagination of the
American public, and at the same time give scientists and economists a more
organized approach to significant disease and cost reduction. This system will result
in programs and practice guidelines that avoid spending excessive funds on the
detection and early treatment of diseases. when prevention and potential for reversal
by these methods is far cheaper, less invasive and more humanistic than high
technology medicine which can only temporarily alleviate poor health habits. Unlike
the disease care paradim which has resulted in the current "unchanged all-cause
mortality" and exorbitant expenditures, these proposed recommendations for health
care do not substitute one form of disease which is increased for another form of
disease that is decreased. This new health care paradim REDUCES (virtually)
ALL DISEASES AND COSTS. Exactly as President Clinton asserted, "Our
health care won't be secure until we practice more prevention." We must "make
change (such as this) our friend."
Goals and Potential fo~ Success We Have Discussed:
.. The surest way to reduce the growth of the nation's overall health care spending, both
government and private, is through prevention-lead decreased utilization by a healthier
populace-thereby escaping a reduction in services. Critics who believe that the only
way to achieve bold savings is by significant reductions in benefits are simply
unaware that a quantum decline in diseases and costs is possible by the recognition,
promotion and use of Preventive Medicine concepts. Such opposition exists because
too many are unaware of. or unschooled in. the virtual preventability of multiple
H. Robert Silverstein, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Medical Director, Preventive Medicine Center
1000 Asylum Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
(203) 549·3444
�Ms. Carol Rasco
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December 13, 1993
diseases through the identification and control of Common Denominators/Originators.
This can be changed.
The Problems for which Solutions are Offered:
Health security comes from healthy practices based on the reality of multiple
diseases preventability rather than the method of insurance payments. We must no
longer retain the outdated and unconscionable "scientific" belief in the
inevitability of such widespread diseases as diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke,
heart disease and most cancers within our culture. With imagination, courageous
leadership, and determination, it is possible to vastly reduce, even eradicate, these
scourges and their co'sts with the safety of prevention, rather than with potentially.
dangerous and certainly very expensive new technologies--the major driver of high
health care costs.
To achieve the full potential for success as outlined herein requires Presidential
support for these concepts. Others will recognize the stature and importance of these
ideas by their having such a high level stamp of approval, too strong to be ignored. .
Popular and political endorsement can be initiated by using appealing and
commonsensical risk factor control concepts which create legitimate medical solutions
to what are medical problems, This honestly moderate approach is based on
statistics and hard data. Having developed the skills to deal with the mind-set of
critics and the press, I can present a lucid vision of a program to combat both disease
and intolerable health care costs. The simplest way to promote this program is to
allow me to coordinate a developing alliance based on these considerations (see
Appendix I).
Our Meeting Led to Insurance Industry Contacts:
On September 16, 1993, just before we met, I spoke with Ronald Compton,
Chairman of The AEtna Insurance Company, who was in the West Wing lobby
waiting to meet with David Gergen. After that conversation he arranged for me to
speak with his Vice President for Health Issues, John Glaudemans. On October 5,
1993, one day prior to the AEtna meeting, I met with the President of Managed Care
for The Travelers Insurance Company, Elliott Gerson, whose support is limited
because current preventive programs did not appear to him to create any beneficial
economic reward. On the contrary, the Chief Medical Officer of Mutual of
Omaha, Ken McDonough, whom I mentioned to you at our meeting, is pursuing this
preventive path and was impressed with the description of multiple diseases
prevention. I have enclosed summaries of the Glaudemans/Gerson conversations.
Attached to This Letter and Under Separate Cover:
Attached to this letter are various copies and thoughts/summaries of relevant press,
meetings, conversations, correspondence, reference material and patient education
�Ms. Carol Rasco
Page Three
December 13, 1993
handouts. As an example of methods I have successfully employed with a wide range
of patients, under separate cover you will receive two different Cable Access TV
programs on'VCR tape which demonstrate one of several healthful cooking styles.
The first program was recorded at The Hartford Club (comparable to The City Club
of Washington D. C.) and the second program is an appearance on a neighboring
Cable Access network. For these TV programs, an experienced high fiber, low fat
cooking chef was utilized. In addition, please enjoy the enclosed Self Healing
Cookbook, by K. Turner, one of the more lucid cookbooks of this genre ..
Public Medical Education:
This program can be geared to any audience. I have taught these ideas and
techniques in classes ranging from Inner City Churches and Suburban Literary Groups
to nighttime Community College courses and Industrial Management Clubs, and
employ this program on a daily basis for my individual patients of every age and
situation. In the words of my very professional, honest and insightful auto mechanic,
"This diet is based on vegetables and is very easy. It is not a sacrifice, it is not
difficult, it just needs increased availability and promotion."
I am aware of how engaged you are in these crucial times, but please call upon me. I
can simplify many of the problems which you face.
With respect, sincerity, and appreciation,
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H. Robert Silverstein, M.D.
Medical Director, Preventive Medicine Center
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Ms. Carol Rasco
Domestic Policy Advisor
The white House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Ms. Rasco:
I read with interest the profile of you in the Washington
Post and especially your challenge to ensure that your son
achieves an independent and self-fulfilling life. My sister,
13 y'ears older than' I and in her early 50s, is handicapped.
She was born with a form of spina bifada and is unable to
command the use of her lower body. She suffers no mental
handicap and thanks to family support and her own inner
resolve, no debilitating emotional problems.
She is a high school graduate
more than 30 years in various
State of Connecticut. She is
equipped with a lift and hand
herself.
and has worked full-time for
clerical positions for the
able to drive to work in a van
controls. She bought the van
She lives at home with my aging parents who have assisted her
with her personal needs all her life. My other sister and I
--we both live and work in distant cities--are concerned with
her continued well-being and independence in the near future
when my parents are no longer able to provide her with the
attention and assistance she requires. We have contacted the
very few specially equipped facilities in and near the
Hartford area, where she would prefer to remain. She is not
so severely handicapped that she requires constant medical
attention. Unfortunately, the waiting lists for these few
units that are accessible to the disabled are lengthy. As I
noted, there are very few of them.
However, the lack of suitable facilities is not our only
concern. Because she has worked for more than three decades
she has managed to save a small amount of money, but not
enough to provide for the daily assistance she needs with
bathing and other personal matters. I should state that
neither my parents nor I have the means to adequately
supplement her finances.
�Ms. Carol Rasco
August 24, 1993
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In the event she is accepted as a resident for suitable
housing, she would be required to impoverish herself in order
to qualify to live there. All assets, of whatever small
degree, must be turned over. She would, in effect, be forced
to live at a subsistence level, deprived of the few benefits
she has worked to obtain for more than 30 years.
I am certain that other families, especially those less
fortunate, face similar dilemmas. I would guess that this
issue involves not only the handicapped but the aged as well.
I have no ready solution but would suggest it is one topic
that should be addressed as President Clinton considers
domestic policy options.
Public or privately owned facilities for the handicapped, as
few as there are, should not be permitted to extract
unreasonable financial demands from their prospective
tenants. Housing for the physically able does not demand
these concessions. This sort of action only underscores the
difference between the able-bodied and those people who have
already faced and for the most part, overcome, severe
obstacles in living an independent and self-fulfilling
existence.
Thank you for your time and attention.
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Carol Rasco
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Dear Carol:
It was a pleasure to meet you Saturday with the Jackson Hole Group which visited
with you. Ire. Magaziner and others on health cars reform. Russ Harrington had told
me what a wonderful person you are and now I know why. It was fun to have a
chanoe to visit briefly about our Little Rook connection.
For your Information, I am enclosing a copy of the letter which I sent to Ira Magazinsr
regarding our Saturday visit. As you will note, I have mentioned the June 8th
:nvltation to Mrs. Clinton which we have disoussed. We very much hope tnat she will
be able to be there as I think this is an important opportunity for hef to begin to
discuss the President's plan with those who are In a pOSition to effect the changes
which are advocated. It is extremely important that we engage, as soon as pOSSlbIQ,
those whose behavior we hope to be different under a reformed health system. This
J una meeting will be a good ohanoG to do so. Your assistance In arranging for Mrs.
Clinton's ~artlclpatlon will be very much appreoiated. If for some reason it is not
possible, perhaps you or Mr. Magazlner couid represent the President with this group.
Thank you very much for your assistance. It was a pleasure meeting you; I hope we
. have a chanoe to work together.
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l!'a Magazlner
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The Whit@ House
Room 287
Old executive Offioe Building
Washington, DC 20500
Oear Mr. Magaziner:
Thank you for the opportunity to visit last Saturday with my colleagues from the
Jackson Hole Group regarding your deliberations on behalf of the ~residant on
healthcare reform. Your sensitivity to our perspectives. while con...e~lng the 186U9$ as
you see them, is appreciated. Although W9 dlsagrea on some matters. it appears that
there also are araas of agreement. Idealogy and politics. notwitnstandlng, we all seek
to aesure all Americans access to beneficial services which are affordable.
Up to now. the policy formulation process has severely limited partioipatlon by those
who deliver health eervioes. Since SUCC;$sful Implementation of the President's plan
depends, in significant part. on phYSicians, nurses, healthcare managet's and other,
it is imperative to engage 'hem In dialogue as soon as possible. Healthoare
profasslonais are proud ()f their service to patients and have demonstrated creat
resiliency in adaptIng to new challenges. They have already begun to adapt to
alternative delivery arrangements and they will work with President and Mrs. Clinton,
if given en opportunity to do SO.
Voluntary Hospitals of America is an alliance of nearly 900 not·for~prcfit hospitals and
health systems In 46 statel). These organizations include approximately 1/5th 01 the
natlonlll's acute oare beds, 1/3 of practiCing physIcians and 1/5 of hospital nurses. I
would be pleased to organize groups of caregivers to work with you In understanding
the import of policIes and alternative strategies to achieve the President's goals.
Since much of behavioral ohange you seek is from providers, their Input is critical as
you move from planning to implementation.
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VHA Is holding abriefing session for our 98 shareholder CEOa and 29 regionall"lsaltl'l
care ohalrman on June 8, 1993 in Washington, D.C. We have Invited Mrs. Clinton to
discuss the President's proposal and look forward to the opportunity of working with
the Administration.
VHA is committed to improving the health of Americans. Our healthoare organizations
and physiCian partners recognize the need for change and welcome the opportunity
to address the deficiencies in our delivery and financing system. Please let me know
now we can be of assistanoe.
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Dear Carol:
It was a pleasure to meet you Saturday with the Jackson Hole Group which visited
with you, Ira Magaziner and others on health care reform. Russ Harrington had told
me what a wonderful person you are and now I know why. It was fun to have a
chance to visit briefly about our Little Rock connection.
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regarding our Saturday visit. As you will note, I have mentioned the June 8th
invitation to Mrs. Clinton which we have discussed. We very much hope that she will
be able to be there as I think this is an important opportunity for her to begin to
discuss the President's plan with those who are in a position to effect the changes
which are advocated. It is extremely important that we engage, as soon as possible,
those whose behavior we hope to be different under a reformed health system. This
June meeting will be a good chance to do so. Your assistance in arranging for Mrs.
Clinton's participation will be very much appreciated. If for some reason it is not
possible, perhaps you or Mr. Magaziner could represent the President with this group .
. Thank you very much for your assistance. !t was a pleasure meeting you; I hope we
have a chance to work together.
Sincerely,
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C. Thomas Smith
President and CEO
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Mr. Norman Steln
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I represent Local B-;-7 51, a small union engaged in a maj ol.~
battle with Ticketmaster corporation over the employer's refusal to
schedule employees for full-time work and thereby deprive them of
health insurance. See the enclosed New Y9rk_.TiJn..Jtl! article.
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coverage aspect
proposal.
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First Lady.
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them, and hopefully creating' some additional media coverage?
Tbank you for your help in thj s regard..
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BOB HERBERT
Health Care Squeeze
The women who work for Ticket- week. 20 the ne.... 2& tile week after
master In New York are 1'10' partiel· mat, and so on. To average 35 hours a
pants In me gr&Bt national debate. week for six .'ralsln montll5 Is tr~
over health care and ftlfare fefonn. mendoUsly dlfflc:wl, the employees
Drawing from d1recl and often Illy, and 10 do It for a year 119 virtually
painful expetlences. they have plenty bnpoAsJble.
to say. Bur they are members of the
Of tbe UMl T1ckttmuter employees
explOited class to whom few are in- .·lis NeVI York. only 13 are covered by
elined to llsten. Besides, these women heaJth IIllUrance. And there's DO
don't hllve a lot of ume for InatruC[lna .lUarlll'ltee that coYeraae will Jut.
their beners. The'r daYI are spent in Once she lets Insurance. the employ
a constant .r1nl as they try to ~tay ee has to'contlnue her 3&·hout weekly
one stride &head of eaWtrophe. That
means, above al~ hlllsins on to their
low-paying jobs, chaslna every avail·
IIble hoqr at work and praying that
neither they nor their children set .
sick.
The company they work tor Is a
major hindrance lJ\ this endle",
struBile.
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The Tlcketl'llaster Corporation Is a
national computerized tIcketing
Ilgency. Its 2J1OO ellents Include
Broadway meaters, the Yankees and
the Metli, Madll.lOft Square Garder.
and Radio City MUSic Hall. Ticketmll~ter Is lOPS In Us fleld. with annulll
When a company
keeps benefits just
out of reach.
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"I was once at full Ume bur they cut
me back to 'Ivl! hourA a day." said
Tlc:ketmasler employee Tanlsha
Green.. "At five hou.... a day. not only
do you set no beneflti. but you ean't·
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pay your bills."
Another employee, Louise Dough
ty. said sbe sot sick wbUe worldq 'or
Tk:keU1'lllster bUt she wall making 50
little money she qualified for Medic
aid. Tbe taxpayers covend her.
about
130 employees In
the company's Naw York City office,
nearly all of· theJtl women. They an
swer the phones and take the ticket
orders. Most 01 them would like to
work full time and have health snsur·
Fnderlek Rosetl caned me OIl Fr1
anee, but they lIay they are being
thwllned - and they believe deliber
ately - by (be way Tll!.ketma18ter
schedules
work weeka.
To be ccnaidered tuU-Ume employ.
ee5. tbewomen Pave to averase 3.5
hours or wort per week for three
conseeutive months. To quality tor
health InllUr.n~ they have to reach
full·time eQlplayee stalUS, and thon
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day from his car phone in Los Anile.
Ies. Vlhere Tlcketmaater II based.
"We have to talk ott the record," he
!laid. He wail told to fors!t it He went
GO to IIY that he doetn't "exaclly
Iinow" how the 5chedullns worlta but
that T1cketmaster 18 a "SOCially con
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are condemned to a frustraUng and
nerve-wracking flpt for lIublllstenCf!,
sales of 11.3 bUilOIl.
lbere are
average. or the covetase lapses. But
U', sU11 up to Tlcketmaster whether
sM wlU Sll'l 3$ houri. of work. Ml1IIt
likely aM won'L It's a cruel system.
"If your average drop&, you los!!,"
said Janiee Diedrick. prellident of L.,o.
cal 8-7$1 01 tire Mail Tdephone Order
Clerb Un~onj which represents thtl
employeei "But your averil' Is not
up to you; irs up to them."
.
. The union has taken the company
to arbltrat..lOO, arauinl that Tlek.et·
muter, Which is headed by presldem
and Chlet eucullve officer Frederick
D. Rosen, Is deliberately manlpulat
illS tus work schedules to iruwre tha.t
"wOWel be appalled."
maintain an aver. 01 35 htNra per'
Tbe dispute Ia nat about benefits,
week for an Ilddltlonal three Qlooths.. Mr. ROIIBn saud; "It'. about cur IbUl·
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tull time. The women art 8t lbll lib. ntilY from welfare.. But they want
hue mercy ot Tlcketmaster's sched· desperately to wor1t. Ticketmulel' 1.$
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Iy. A woman ml;ht work 35 hours one that de~tre.·
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.lm:encirent to Senate Budget ReSOlution
Carol, it is rrrI understanding that TCBTbers of your staff will be briefed
tarorrow ab::rut an arrenarrent to the Senate Budget Resolution to increase
the federal share of funding for special education by $5 Billion in IN
1995, to be spent down over a five-year pericxi. Although the anendrrent
was defeated on Wednesday, March 15, it is rrrI understarJding that this
am:mdrrent will be brought up on the Senate floor either 'I\lesday, March
22 or Wednesday, March 23. Arr:I help that the White House could give to
this mrendrrent will be appreciated.
The extra dollars would go a long way in providing of early
intervention; lIin-class" supports (particularly, 9Xf'EIlSive and necessaxy
technology devices and services) and services needed to avoid e.xcluding
children with disabilities fran the regular classrcan and regular
education enviroment; and to inplem::::m.t transition teams to help ensure
that appropriate transition activities are being developed and
inplerrented for students with disabilities. fV.Iy list could go on and on
with regard to how these dollars could be spent--e>..tende.d school year
services, school-based. day- treatrrent programs, pt'.IreIlt tra:i.ni.:ng I etc.
Martha Fields, Executive Director of NASDSB 1 will be in the briefing of
your staff on 'I\.J.esday, March 22. I told her I would alert you to our
need for the dollars. Many thanks.
Personal note:
I hof:e that we can get together soon. Your last visit was too short l
Just let us know when you will be in tOWn.
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November 22, 1993
'Mike Sells
303 W t Capitol Avenue
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Mr.
Dear Mr. sell.:
Tbia 11 in r ••pon.e to your letters to Firat LaQy Hillary Rodham
Clin~on
and Secretary Shalal. rogar4ing your
dond~rnA
abOUt the
availability of Jota.eron® for the treatment of relapsing
remitting multiplQ
Spocifically, you
scl.~o.i..
.xpr.~ ••d
a
concern &bout :a.rle:x: l.aboratoriel' IIlottery" .y.tem that will be
implemented to
lnitiall~
4i.tribute the
p~oa~ot u~ttl
qu.antitie. are manufactured.
larger
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Once a product is licensed tor interstate oommerce, it is the
m&nu£aet~r.~
that decides how it.
In .the case of
p~04uot
patient demand
will be
4ist~ibQt.a.
fo~ the product has far
exceeded its cu,,,,,.nt lIIupply. 'rho diatz:o:l.but :LOD lilY.tom you cu..cuss
was the company', attempt at 4evi8in~ lome reasonably fair sy8tem
tor ~rov1d1ng the lim!ted supply of p.odugt to •• .aA¥ patients
aa ~o •• ible until more is available. However. your aoncer.a.
Detas8~on®,
about th. "lOtt.el:l"" system of distribution ror this iuwc.ttmt
bV others. Althou~h the roo4 and ~rua
ia not involved in p~o4uat ~£.tr~tion
aro looking in~o the mattar to deter.mine what, if
produc~ hAve baan aehoad
Admi~i.tr~tion aenarally
deciaioD8, we
~t~iftg, oan be dODO.
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you~
I hope thl.
OOACe=. with us.
b•• b.eD helpful.
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Sup.~180r.r
.oliay Analy.t
Office of the B3.gutiv.
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Dear Mrs; Clinton:
My name is Mlke $ella from. Little Rock, &\rklMu. I work at C,atJord
Johnson A\,bintOn Wood. with Skip Ru.therr~rd" with whom I know you
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tor the treatment 01 relapslna/rem.1ttLnsMultlple Sclerosis adS), BetaM:'Cftt
will be c!lstribut@d randomly by lottery. Of the 100,000 relapslnli temittfns MS
paticmtl in the tJ' ,S'# only 20,000 wW reeelve the drug Wltil lnlU'lwactuMI can
. be Irn::n!a!led to meet demand, possibly II lata u 1995..
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bo&rd member of the Natlo1'\ll Multiple Sclerosis 90clety • AtkWM
Chapter# and the spouse of an MS sullerer, I beUe\ie tnilt this distribution
method if very questionable, and deserva, dOM 1Cl'&l..iny (er several ftaSOILl.
1. It eliminates Input from phyaida&\5. If rela.psiJ\,~remittins MS wert a
dearly bl,,~k and white is,uI, It m1Sht be dlffer~nt. However, u any .
rttW'Olopt who &pedalim in MS can tell you, rhere ate widely
YlrymS des1'. of relapslng/remltt1n, MS. Ph,'lician& should hay.
inP1.lt into whlch oE their patiets need. th- drug the mOSl· dependifta
upon who it w111 hetp the mOlt and who it win most ase"t in arresttns
the development of the diMaN. It il Important to fell\.mbe:thAt all
damap done by an MS episode is permanent and in'uverS1b1e.
Betaaeron dramatically reduces onl's chanc::a of having art episode and
aufferlftl permanent damase. .There are pat.tents who are cummtlrlA
bad. need of the drug to stop InJ.d\ epleod.lis b\lt they may not NCelv.lt
to, many months under this sfel'W'fo. A better alternative would be
the method used lor transplant Ust$ where the d.etenninlttcm 01 who
leta a transplant b milde baaed phyelcll.l\$ based upon who need. it
the rnoet ,."d it. most likely to benefit hom it.
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6ittrlbudon method. wOtGld be employed. Furthermore, they hive no
oversight rights G1\ the cllstr1bution method.
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I have alked the departme:nt of hUl'JW'\ servlcet to mvestl,ate and 1I000tlnlze
thla plan dotely to msure that thll remarkable and We-changlnl medication
"dietrib\&ttd fauly.
Bec:aUH of yout work on healmCIf8 1I11u., 11150 wanted to make you. aware
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of this s1tuatlon. U yO\l have my q1JfiUonl, or need. additional
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Mimi stewart
Director of communications
American Home Economics Association
1555 Kinq Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Dear Ms. Stewart:
Your request tor the First Lady to address
a letter for your Annual Meeting Program
has been forwarded to the appropriate
person on her staff. I feel certain that
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February 28, 1994
Carol H. Rasco
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
The White House
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Dear Ms. Rasco:
Last June, at our Annual Meeting and Exposition, AHEA awarded Hillary Rodham Clinton the
association' s Friend of the Family Award for her effons on behalf of Ainerican families and children to
improve education and health care and to reduce illiteracy and infant mortality.
This year, our annual meeting will focus on "Global Transitions: A Profession Responding to Change."
A major track of educational programming will be devoted to "Diverse Families - A Cornerstone of
Our Global Society," and will include an address given by Dr. Henryk Sokalski. United Nations Coordi
nator of the International Year of the Family. (A Program Preview is enclosed for your review.)
Inasmuch as AREA and Mrs. Clinton share many of the same ideals and together strive to improve the
well-being of families and individuals both here at home and worldwide, we would very much like to
have a letter from Hillary Rodham Clinton to the attendees of our Annual Meeting introduce the Annual
Meeting program. The letter would provide a very nice continuity between her recognition by us last
year and our continuing mutual commitment to strengthening the family fabric. Because of your knowl
edge of and excellent relationship with AHEA, I am directing this request to you, in the hope that you
would intercede on our behalf.
I know how very much our members would value hearing from Mrs. Clinton and I trust that this request
is appropriately directed to you. If there is another avenue we should pursue, please do not hesitate to let
me know.
The Annual Meeting Program will be produced in May and I would ideally like to receive the letter prior
to May L If additional time is required, we can extend this date, if we know that it will be fonhcoming.
Thank you for considering this matter. I look forward to working with you on its fruition.
Sincerely,
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We deeply appreciate your assistance in working our our behalf and if there is anything else we may
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Per your request, I called Sarah Shuptrine regarding the Community Enterprise
Board. She would like to recommend that the board have an advisory commission
of individuals like herself who could bring the perspective of local communities
dealing with Federal agencies and lack of coordination. Since the Enterprise
Board is not an official agency per say, I believe it is not· possible to have an
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Jam" T. McLawhorn. Jr.
Candie Brown Penn
William A.. Prince
Bryan P. Speny
TO:
Carol Rasco
FROM:
Sarah Shuptrine
DATE:
April 4, 1994
RE:
Report on Welfare Dependency Study in Charlotte
I spoke with Rosalyn by telephone this morning regarding the
report on welfare dependency released at a news conference in
Charlotte last week by the Southern Institute on Children and
Families.
In October 1993, we conducted personal interviews with 33
recipients of AFDC and Transitional Medicaid in Charlotte and
the report is replete with quotes from them as well as the
professionals who work to prepare them for employment. We
also interviewed 36 recipients in Nashville.
A number of news articles have been written on the report by
the North Carolina papers and it has had extensive radio
coverage. The Charlotte QbBerv~[ editQrial is attached. The
press may ask President Clinton about the findings of our
report. Also t it was my feeling that he would want to be aware
of the reportts findings.
The attached "op ed" piece is the most succinct write up on the
study. I added some background at the beginning. The
Conclusion of the report contains a more in-depth discussion of
the findings and recommendations. If you can't locate your copy
ofthe report and you need me to FAX the Executive Summary or
the Conclusion, please let me know.
Please call me if you need additional information. The office
number is 803-779·2607 and home is ~==~=
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succeed. Students, too, need help.
all you can be, says the Anny ad, 'confidence to risk changes. And it offered
building on the best of the American some practical explanations for the contrary
dream of individual achievement and pressures: Families worry about the welfare
upward mobility.
check. boyfriends and relatives don't like the
;>;But,lhe reality is not al~aysso grand. Y()ung ,nev.:ly assertive and independent w9men., '
. eople In particular sometimes find them· SOme of the resistance to 'achievement can
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selveS pressured not togo beyond their peers be explained by simple envy. And students
ac,demlcally. not to rise above the group. who complain about the bright youngster who
There was the science fair winner who avoided ruins the curve have their own,grades at slake.
talking about his passion;lest he be picked on " The hostility of the bumper sticker,is directed
as a nerd: There' are the black students who' , 'not just at achievement, but at the spotlight of
fear being .solated in classes for high·achiev. the honor roll. But envy is not all of it. It is hard
ers, and cut off from their friends. There is the to: imagine a similarly hostlle bumper sticker
open hostility of the bumper Slicker: "My kid scoriling, say. winners of sjx>rts letters.
beat up your honor roll student."
, American life harbors a strong strain of
, Peer pre$Sure matters. How much it matters anti-intellectualism, and a false egalitarianism
was illustrated here Monday in a report based hostile to achievement It is not the official
be the re~lity.in th~'peer
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those who' ~ork with them. The report, from group.": ~
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Many students shake itbff. bolstered iby
lies in Columbia. talked about how poor strong families and,~friends who share their
information and the fear of lOSing benefits ambition.' But there i~ orten less natural
'discourage; the move from welfare to work. support for welfat~ recipient$ .and students
,l\nd then J(talked about something else: "
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Among ~(jt~er' thmgs..., the report:1 recom·
"Staff ~nd advocates often referred' to
situations ;where welfare recipients were held mended case management to help families
back by pelsons who were ~lose to them. They making the transi~ion from welfare. And some
face ridicule from relatives~ friends and boy- of the most hopeful stories from schools tell of
friends' if:' they go back to school,',or take students blossoming with support from coun·
advantage of special courses,designed to build selors. teachers and other mentors.
Such 'mentOrs and role models can make a
confidence and skills. Some told of situations
where boyf,riends showed up during classes difference. But the pressures from the culture
and threatehed recipients if they continued to aren't a sometime thing, and neither should
take classes."
the support we provide for people daring to be
The report talked about the importance of all they can be. If we really valve achievement, '
building s,elf·esleem.to give recipients the we need to support it. '
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Poor Information, Limited Transitional Benefits Prolong
Welfare Dependency
Note: The Southern Institute on Children and Families conducted
an exploratory study in Charlotte and·Nashville to examine the impact
of the potential or actual loss of Medicaid on welfare dependency. In
this context, other needs such as child care; housing and transportation
were also examined. During the fall of 1993, interviews were conducted
with 33 recipients in Charlotte and 36 recipients in Nashville. The
report entitled A Study of the Relationship ofHealth Coverage to
Welfare Dependency was released at a news conference in Charlotte on
March 28, 1994. The following is an op ed piece written by the
President of the Southern Institute on Children and Families, Sarah
Shuptrine.
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Many people believe that welfare recipients do not work because
. they do not want to work. The information gathered during a recent
study strongly refutes that view. Armed with accurate information on
benefits for working families, and given some assistance with the high
cost of child care and health care, the study's findings indicate that
more recipients would be willing to leave the security of welfare to face
the risks of the workplace. The following quotes from welfare recipients
were typical:
Give people incentives. Don't take everything away once they get a job because
it makes the struggle that much harder.
1 could keep ajob if 1 had child care for my children.
Help me out-l am trying. Medicaid is the biggest thing, especially ifyou
have small children.
When you work, they take everything away....lt gets real frustrating at times.
While health coverage was a major concern, recipients said
assistance with child care is essential to their ability to leave welfare for
work.
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Study recipients provided evidence that minimum wage jobs
without health coverage will not draw many families off welfare.
Eighty percent (80%) of the recipients responded "Not Likely" when
asked if they would accept a minimum wage job without health benefits
for them and their children. Only 17% responded "Not Likely" when
asked if they would accept a minimum wage job with health coverage
for them and their children.
When asked for suggestions on improving the welfare system to
better support a parent's decision to go to work, over two thirds said
that benefits should be gradually reduced rather than eliminated to give
families a better chance to get off and stay off welfare. Forty three
percent (43%) said job training, job placement and classes to help build
self esteem are needed.
Self esteem turned out to be a potentially significant factor in
helping recipients to move from welfare to work. Professionals reported
that it was not uncommon for recipients to receive little or no support
from their family, friends and bqyfriends when they take actions to
become self sufficient. Some even face ridicule and hostility from those
closest to them.
A disturbing finding is that far too many recipients and persons
who work with them have an inadequate understanding of eligibility
rules related to working families, particularly Medicaid eligibility rules.
• 41 % of AFDC recipients and 23% of Transitional Medicaid recipients
did not know that it is possible for a parent to work full time and still
get Medicaid for her children..
• 62% ofAFDC recipients and 37% of Transitional Medicaid recipients
did not know that children can be eligible for Medicaid if their parents
are married and living together.
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Public and private sector staff, advocates and employers in the
community discussion sessions were also unaware of Medicaid
eligibility rules applying to children in working families. This lack of
information serves as a work disincentive.
An additional obstacle to moving families from welfare to work is
the slow pace at which some states have implemented the 1988 Family
Support Act JOBS program. For example, in FY 1992, South Carolina
matched only 56% of the available federal funding for job training and
other programs to help welfare recipients build skills.
What can be done? State and local social service agencies should
establish aggressive information outreach initiatives, the President and
Congress should simplify the federal eligibility rules, Governors and
state legislators should move quickly to fully implement the 1988
Family Support Act JOBS program, public and private sector leaders
should establish policies to assist low income working families with
child care and health coverage (based on a sliding scale), and state and
federal officials should make self esteem initiatives central to welfare
reform.
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT'ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
B. KAY SHAFER
Special Assistant to
the District Attorney
GIL GARCETTI • District Attorney
,October 25, 1992
Ms. Carol Hampton Rasco
Assistant to the President
for Domestic Policy
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D~C. 20500
Dear Ms. Rasco:
It was a pleasure to meet you when you spoke' at Congressman Cramer's conference on
the 7th. • I learned a great deal from your presentation at the conference, and from our
conversation afterward. As an added treat, I spent the next ten days vacationing in
Virginia; the Shenandoahs are beautiful this time of year.
.Thank you for your interest in children's and family issues. Certainly the future of our
country is dependent upon how successfully we deal with the problems which plague our
young people and their families. I am especially interested in the President's proposal
reagrding enterprise zOnes, and will do what I can to support your vision of a "one-stop
shop." In fact, when 'you used that phrase my fellow Angelenos and I exchanged glances; .
. it's a phrase that has come up in our brainstorming sessions more than once.
I have informed the District Attorney of your remarks, and of your suggestion that we
consider how the services we provide to the community might fit into the enterprise zone
concept. He was very ,pleased that we met, and hopes to meet you himself in the not too
distant future.
Once again, thank you for your support of our efforts in
can do for you, do not hesitate to ask.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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Pam Steager
Barrington Public Schools
Drug Abuse Counselor
283 County Road
Barrington, RI 02806
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WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN A WORK ADDRESS FOR PAM STEAGER
BARRINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DRUG ABUSE COUNSELOR
283 COUNTY ROAD
BARRINGTON, RI 02806
If you wish/need a home address, Pam is the only
person who can provide us with that and she will
be available later in the day.
Please advise.'
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PROVIDENCE, RI
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