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Clinton Presidential Records
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THE WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING WORKSHEET
INCOMING
DATE RECEIVED: SEPTEMBER 09, 1993
NAME OF CORRESPONDENT: THE HONORABLE TOM BARLOW
SUBJECT: DISCUSSES CONCERNS REGARDING PRESIDENT'S
HEALTH CARE REFORM OACKAGE AND OPPOSES
RAISING TOBACCO TAXES AS A MEANS FOR
FINANCING HEALTH CARE REFORM
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�THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 23, 1993
Dear Tom:
Thank you very much for your letter concerning
our health care reform package and your support for
keeping government regulation of the private health
system to a minimum.
I can appreciate your concern about how our
financing approach, particularly any new taxes on
tobacco products, might impact your constituents.
However, because the health costs associated with
smoking have contributed to the overall rise in our
nation's health care expenditures, the American
people believe that some tax on tobacco products is
appropriate to partially compensate for the healthrelated costs they generate.
We will do our best to fairly spread the
burden of financing for this program and will not
single out the hard working family farmers of your
district.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
The Honorable Tom Barlow
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
�THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 7, 1993
Dear Representative Barlow:
Thank you very much for your letter to President Clinton ·
concerning his health care reform package.
The President has been advised of your interest in this
matter and you should be hearing from him in the near future.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of further
assistance.
With best wishes,
• Paster
Howar
Assistant\ to the President
for Legislative Affairs
The Honorable Tom Barlow
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
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September 3, 1993
The Honorable William J. Clinton
President
United States of America
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Clinton:
I applaud your efforts to provide adequate health care to
all Americans. While the final details of this plan have yet to
be released, the details that are currently available show your
commitment to expanding access and reducing costs. Further, your
insistence that we should keep government regulation of the
private health care system to a minimum is very encouraging.
At the same time, I am disturbed by the proposal to increase
tobacco taxes as a means for funding health care reform. Tobacco
is one of the most important crops grown in my district.
Thousands of small family farmers across my district grow
tobacco. Many other non-farming jobs flow directly from tobacco.
Thousands of my constituents would suffer if tobacco excise taxes
are increased significantly.
Tobacco opponents always single out tobacco for taxation,
despite the fact that there are numerous other products that
arguably pose risks to health. If the government 1 s intent is to
protect Americans· from all health risks, then fairness demands
that we also scrutinize a wide range of activities and products
that could threaten one 1 s health. But our government cannot and
should not protect us against all risks. If the government were
to embark upon such a policy, then many of the individual
freedoms that many Americans enjoy would also be in danger. It
is unfair to single out a particular industry for taxation and
punish thousands of Kentucky families that rely on tobacco
income.
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While I look forward to working with you to reform health
care, I strongly oppose raising tobacco taxes as a means for
financing health care reform.
Sincerely,
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Member of Congress
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Correspondence between the White House and Congress concerning the Health Care Task Force
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White House Office of Records Management
Office of the Counsel to the President
Office of Policy Development
White House Health Care Interdepartmental Working Group
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1993
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<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/36142" target="_blank">Collection Finding Aid</a>
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2006-0225-F
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This collection contains White House correspondence to and from Congress concerning the Health Care Task Force between July 1993 to December 1993. The Task Force on National Health Care Reform was created by President Clinton in January 1993 and was charged with developing a comprehensive national health care reform package. The Task Force was chaired by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. The majority of the congressional letters were written to express the concerns of constituents, as well as correspondence regarding the maintenance of the Health Care Task Force's records and requests by Congress to view those records.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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83 folders in 2 boxes
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2006-0225-F
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Box 1
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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