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08/17/1994
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�May 24, 1994
Mr. John Salamone
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Dear John:
Thank you for your h e a r t f e l t l e t t e r t e l l i n g
me of your son David's i l l n e s s .
I am deeply concerned about the thousands
of individuals who, l i k e your son, are denied
health care insurance simply because they have
an i l l n e s s or d i s a b i l i t y . Today, no family i s
immune to losing health coverage.
My health care reform plan was s p e c i f i c a l l y
designed to help prevent the sort of tragedy
you described, and I am continuing to fight
hard to help families l i k e yours. Your support
and encouragement mean a l o t to me as I work to
make health security a r e a l i t y for a l l Americans,
You and your family are i n my thoughts and
prayers.
Sincerely,
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May 24, 1994
Mr. John Salamone
P6/(b)(6)
Dear John:
Thank you f o r your h e a r t f e l t l e t t e r t e l l i n g
me o f your son David's i l l n e s s .
I am deeply concerned about the thousands
of i n d i v i d u a l s who, l i k e your son, are denied
h e a l t h care insurance simply because they have
an i l l n e s s o r d i s a b i l i t y . Today, no f a m i l y i s
immune t o l o s i n g h e a l t h coverage.
My h e a l t h care reform plan was s p e c i f i c a l l y
designed t o help prevent the s o r t o f tragedy
you described, and I am c o n t i n u i n g t o f i g h t
hard t o help f a m i l i e s l i k e yours. Your support
and encouragement mean a l o t t o me as I work t o
make h e a l t h s e c u r i t y a r e a l i t y f o r a l l Americans.
You and your f a m i l y are i n my thoughts and
prayers.
Sincerely.
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�August 17,
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1994
Amanda Cook
[ CjCJ^Pvl
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Dear Amanda:
Thank you f o r sharing your personal s t o r y w i t h
me. You are not alone i n your concern about our
present h e a l t h care system.
Few issues are of greater importance t o t h e
l i v e s and w e l l - b e i n g o f Americans, and I want
t o reassure you t h a t I am committed t o achieving
u n i v e r s a l h e a l t h care coverage. At the same
time, I am working t o maintain q u a l i t y and choice,
contain costs, and place a greater emphasis on
primary and preventive care. By strengthening
what i s r i g h t i n our current system and f i x i n g
what i s wrong, we can provide the American people
w i t h the h e a l t h s e c u r i t y they deserve.
Your h e a r t f e l t concerns emphasize the desperate
need f o r meaningful h e a l t h care reform t h i s year.
I w i l l keep your thoughts i n mind as we continue
t o work w i t h Congress on t h i s c r i t i c a l issue.
Sincerely,
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August 17, 1994
Mrs. Amanda Cook
Dear Amanda:
Thank you f o r sharing your personal s t o r y w i t h
me. You are not alone i n your concern about our
present h e a l t h care system.
Few issues are o f greater importance t o t h e
l i v e s and w e l l - b e i n g o f Americans, and I want
t o reassure you t h a t I am committed t o achieving
u n i v e r s a l h e a l t h care coverage. At the same
time, I am working t o maintain q u a l i t y and choice,
contain costs, and place a greater emphasis on
primary and preventive care. By strengthening
what i s r i g h t i n our current system and f i x i n g
what i s wrong, we can provide the American people
w i t h the h e a l t h s e c u r i t y they deserve.
Your h e a r t f e l t concerns emphasize the desperate
need f o r meaningful h e a l t h care reform t h i s year.
I w i l l keep your thoughts i n mind as we continue
t o work w i t h Congress on t h i s c r i t i c a l issue.
Sincerely,
m. mmK
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�February 22,
1994
Mr. R i c h a r d G. Smith
13902 Chisom Creek
San A n t o n i o , Texas 78249
Dear R i c h a r d :
Thank you so much f o r your message o f s u p p o r t .
Your k i n d words about my S t a t e o f t h e Union
address mean a g r e a t d e a l t o me.
I was d e e p l y moved t o read about your s t r u g g l e
w i t h cancer and your e x p e r i e n c e s w i t h t h e h e a l t h
care system. Far t o o many f a m i l i e s are t h r e a t e n e d
w i t h f i n a n c i a l r u i n because t h e y don't have h e a l t h
i n s u r a n c e . My p l a n w i l l ensure t h a t people l i k e
you can r e c e i v e h e a l t h care coverage, r e g a r d l e s s
of any p r e - e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n .
As my p l a n i s c o n s i d e r e d by Congress i n t h e coming
months, I w i l l never s t o p i n s i s t i n g t h a t a l l
Americans must have t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o o b t a i n
h e a l t h i n s u r a n c e . I am g r a t e f u l f o r your
w h o l e h e a r t e d s u p p o r t o f my e f f o r t s t o ensure
h e a l t h c a r e coverage f o r everyone.
You a r e i n my t h o u g h t s and my p r a y e r s .
Sincerely,
�e ® [? ^
F e b r u a r y 22, 1994
m.
Mr. R i c h a r d G. Smith
13 902 Chisom Cr"(
San A n t o n i o , Tex^s 78249
Dear R i c h a r d :
Thank youCsg^jpr((icE~~fXr}^-~:y[Qur message o f support,
Your k i n d words about my S t a t e o f t h e Union
address mean a g r e a t d e a l t o me.
I was d e e p l y moved t o read about y o u r s t r u g g l e
w i t h cancer and y o u r e x p e r i e n c e s w i t h t h e h e a l t h
care system. Far t o o many f a m i l i e s a r e t h r e a t e n e d
w i t h f i n a n c i a l r u i n because t h e y don't have h e a l t h
insurance.
My p l a n w i l l ensure t h a t people l i k e
you can r e c e i v e h e a l t h care coverage, r e g a r d l e s s
o f any p r e - e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n .
As my p l a n i s c o n s i d e r e d by Congress i n t h e coming
months, I w i l l never s t o p i n s i s t i n g t h a t a l l
Americans must have t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o o b t a i n
h e a l t h insurance.
I am g r a t e f u l f o r y o u r
w h o l e h e a r t e d s u p p o r t o f my e f f o r t s t o ensure
h e a l t h care coverage f o r everyone.
You
a r e i n my t h o u g h t s and my p r a y e r s .
Sincerely,
lili CLii^; J
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21:18
Richard G. Smith
13902 Chisom Creek
San Antonio, TX. 78249
29 Janua""- 1993
President C l i n t o n gave ai. EXCELLENT State of the Union Address.
Please be advised t h a t t h i s v o t e r i s NOT INTERESTED i n occuping
President Clinton's time w i t h a WHITEWATER INVESTIGATION.
We are i n t e r e s t e d i n t r x i l y substantial issues l i k e HEALTH, CRIME and
WELFARE REFORMI hope t h a t you w i l l not be the k i n d of p o l i t i c i a n - i n t h i s case
l i k e a REPUBLICAN - who w i l l t r y and d i s t r a c t the President's a t t e n t i o n on
something t h a t we are simply not i n t e r e s t e d i n .
Walsh spent over 40 MILLION DOLLARS on an Irangate i n v e s t i g a t i o n and
simply WASTED THE MONEY. Please DO NOT flS A PART OF THIS.
We support the President i n h i * i n i t i a t i v e s . We simply are not
i n t e r e s t e d i n the p o l i t i c a l GAMES, WA^TE and INEFFICIENCY we see going on w i t h
t h i s OBVIOUS p o l i t i c a l back-stabbing.
I am one of those millions who i s WITHOUT medical insurance. I am
diagnosed w i t h t e r m i n a l caD.<r^r and I have no insurance company t h a t w i l l cover
me f o r t h i s p r e - e x i s t i n g iftedical condition. I am very hopeful t h a t Health
REFORM - i f not i n my l i f e t i m e , w i l l be a p a r t of YOUR LEGACY w i t h the public
o f f i c e t h a t we hav© elcted you to. I simply can not understand how a public
o f f i c i a l - who h»»* one of the best "health insurance coverages around f o r both
themselves an-rf t h e i r family" can say t h a t there i s not a "CRISIS."
For ME, th'^i'e i s a CRISIS. I am only 35 years old, never smoked, worked a l l
my l i f » and followed directions. Now I have cancer. NO INSURANCE COMPANY
Wnx TOUCH ME BECAUSE OF MY PRE-EXSISTING CONDITION. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME.
We SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT and are very r e l u c t a n t t o VOTE FOR, or
FINACIALLY SUPPORT anyone who i s t r y i n g t o keep r e a l reform from beginning by
t h i s s t u p i d Whitewater Investigation.
Please support the President and his i n i t i a t i v e s .
sincerely,
Richard Smith
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�February
23,
1994
Ms. Sandra L. B u t l e r
President
United Seniors A s s o c i a t i o n , Inc.
12500 F a i r Lakes C i r c l e
F a i r f a x , V i r g i n i a 22033
Dear Ms.
Butler:
Thank you f o r s h a r i n g w i t h me t h e t h o u g h t s and views o f t h e
many concerned members o f t h e U n i t e d Seniors A s s o c i a t i o n , I n c .
A l t h o u g h your l e t t e r reached t h e White House a f t e r my speech,
I want t o address t h e i m p o r t a n t issues you r a i s e d .
Our n a t i o n owes a g r e a t d e a l t o our e l d e r s . My economic package
r e f l e c t s my commitment t o t h e e l d e r l y who r e l y on S o c i a l S e c u r i t y
and need Medicare f o r t h e i r h e a l t h c a r e , and i t r e f l e c t s my
b e l i e f t h a t s e n i o r c i t i z e n s should n o t be asked t o c o n t r i b u t e
more t h a n t h e i r f a i r share toward r e d u c i n g t h e d e f i c i t .
I understand your concerns about t h e S o c i a l S e c u r i t y T r u s t
Fund, and I assure you t h a t t h e Fund i s sound. For more t h a n
h a l f a c e n t u r y , f e d e r a l law has r e q u i r e d t h a t S o c i a l S e c u r i t y
funds be used o n l y t o pay b e n e f i t s and t o meet t h e program's
a d m i n i s t r a t i v e expenses. Balances n o t immediately needed f o r
these purposes must, by law, be i n v e s t e d i n o b l i g a t i o n s t h a t
are e i t h e r i s s u e d or guaranteed by t h e f e d e r a l government.
Any
such e x p e n d i t u r e s are always r e t u r n e d t o t h e Fund w i t h i n t e r e s t .
T h i s system ensures t h a t t h e Fund w i l l remain s a f e and s t a b l e ,
and t h a t i t s unused p o r t i o n s w i l l generate i n t e r e s t t o h e l p t h e
S o c i a l S e c u r i t y program pay f o r i t s e l f .
W i t h r e g a r d t o your concerns about t a x e s , you s h o u l d know t h a t my
economic p l a n w i l l n o t a f f e c t t h e n e a r l y 75 p e r c e n t o f S o c i a l
S e c u r i t y r e c i p i e n t s who c u r r e n t l y pay no t a x e s on t h e i r b e n e f i t s .
For those who do pay t a x e s — i n d i v i d u a l s w i t h incomes o f more
t h a n $34,000 and households w i t h combined incomes o f more t h a n
$44,000 — t h e percentage o f b e n e f i t s s u b j e c t t o t a x a t i o n w i l l
be i n c r e a s e d from 50 p e r c e n t t o 85 p e r c e n t .
�Our e f f o r t s t o c o n t r o l the costs of the Medicare program are
p a r t of our o v e r a l l s t r a t e g y t o reform our nation's h e a l t h care
system. The savings i n Medicare are aimed a t encouraging more
e f f i c i e n t and c o s t - e f f e c t i v e d e l i v e r y of health care t o senior
c i t i z e n s , w h i l e meeting our goal t o reduce the d e f i c i t .
Again, I appreciate hearing your members' concerns, and I'm glad
you took the time t o w r i t e .
Sincerely,
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February
23,
1994
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Ms. Sandra L. B u t l e r
President
United Seniors A s s o c i a t i o n , Inc.
12500 F a i r Lakes C i r c l e
F a i r f a x , V i r g i n i a 22033
Dear Ms.
Butler:
Thank you f o r s h a r i n g w i t h me t h e t h o u g h t s and views o f t h e
many concerned members o f t h e U n i t e d S e n i o r s A s s o c i a t i o n , I n c .
A l t h o u g h y o u r l e t t e r reached t h e White House a f t e r my speech,
I want t o address t h e i m p o r t a n t i s s u e s you r a i s e d .
Our n a t i o n owes a g r e a t d e a l t o our e l d e r s . My economic package
r e f l e c t s my commitment t o t h e e l d e r l y who r e l y on S o c i a l S e c u r i t y
and need Medicare f o r t h e i r h e a l t h c a r e , and i t r e f l e c t s my
b e l i e f t h a t s e n i o r c i t i z e n s s h o u l d not be asked t o c o n t r i b u t e
more t h a n t h e i r f a i r share toward r e d u c i n g t h e d e f i c i t .
I u n d e r s t a n d your concerns about the S o c i a l S e c u r i t y T r u s t
Fund, and I assure you t h a t t h e Fund i s sound. For more t h a n
h a l f a c e n t u r y , f e d e r a l law has r e q u i r e d t h a t S o c i a l S e c u r i t y
funds be used o n l y t o pay b e n e f i t s and t o meet t h e program's
a d m i n i s t r a t i v e expenses. Balances not i m m e d i a t e l y needed f o r
these purposes must, by law, be i n v e s t e d i n o b l i g a t i o n s t h a t
a r e e i t h e r i s s u e d o r guaranteed by t h e f e d e r a l government.
Any
such e x p e n d i t u r e s are always r e t u r n e d t o t h e Fund w i t h i n t e r e s t .
T h i s system ensures t h a t t h e Fund w i l l remain s a f e and s t a b l e ,
and t h a t i t s unused p o r t i o n s w i l l generate i n t e r e s t t o h e l p t h e
S o c i a l S e c u r i t y program pay f o r i t s e l f .
W i t h r e g a r d t o your concerns about t a x e s , you s h o u l d know t h a t my
economic p l a n w i l l n o t a f f e c t t h e n e a r l y 75 p e r c e n t o f S o c i a l
S e c u r i t y r e c i p i e n t s who c u r r e n t l y pay no t a x e s on t h e i r b e n e f i t s .
For those who do pay t a x e s -- i n d i v i d u a l s w i t h incomes o f more
t h a n $34,000 and households w i t h combined incomes o f more t h a n
$44,000 -- t h e percentage o f b e n e f i t s s u b j e c t t o t a x a t i o n w i l l
be i n c r e a s e d from 50 p e r c e n t t o 85 p e r c e n t .
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�Our e f f o r t s t o c o n t r o l the costs o f the Medicare program are
p a r t o f our o v e r a l l s t r a t e g y t o reform our nation's h e a l t h care
system. The savings i n Medicare are aimed at encouraging more
e f f i c i e n t and c o s t - e f f e c t i v e d e l i v e r y o f health care t o senior
c i t i z e n s , w h i l e meeting our goal t o reduce the d e f i c i t .
Again, I appreciate hearing your members' concerns, and I'm glad
you took the time t o w r i t e .
Sincerely,
BC/SEM/AH/ps
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(Corres. #1296028)
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12500 Fair Lakes Circle • Fairfax, Virginia 22033 • (703) 803-6747
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE
1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
WASHINGTON D.C. 20500
•^•^ DEAR PRESIDENT CLINTON:
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THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED SENIORS ASSOCIATION, INC., LISTED ON THE
ATTACHED PAGES, URGE YOU TO REMEMBER US IN YOUR STATE OF THE UNION
MESSAGE JANUARY 25TH. TELL CONGRESS AND THE NATION THAT AMERICA'S
SENIOR CITIZENS WILL BE A PRIORITY IN 1994.
WE SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE FAITHFULLY PAID OUR TAXES INTO SOCIAL
SECURITY AND MEDICARE ALL OF OUR WORKING LIVES ON THE PROMISE THAT
GOVERNMENT WOULD KEEP THIS MONEY SAFE AND SECURE.
NOW WE ARE FACED WITH INCREASED TAXES ON OUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND
AN ADDITIONAL $124 BILLION IN MEDICARE CUTS -- ON TOP OF THE $59
BILLION CUT ALREADY IN 1993.
MR. PRESIDENT, PLEASE DON'T ALLOW AN OUT-OF-CONTROL FEDERAL
BUREAUCRACY TO CONTINUE SPENDING THE HARD-EARNED MONEY WE'VE PUT
INTO_THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND._ CONGRESS HAS SPENT EVERY
PENNY FOR THE ONGOING OPERATrON OF THE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING
THINGS LIKE THEIR $133,000 SALARIES, $2 MILLION PENSIONS
CHAUFFEURED LIMOUSINES, AND ALL SORTS OF WASTEFUL PORK-BARREL
SPENDING PROJECTS FOR SPECIAL INTERESTS.
AND, WE DON'T WANT THE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE BENEFITS WE
PAID FOR AND EARNED CUT JUST SO THE WASHINGTON POLITICIANS CAN
HAVE MORE OF OUR MONEY TO SPEND.
AS SENIOR CITIZENS AND VOTERS, MR. PRESIDENT, WE IMPLORE YOU TO
USE THE FULL POWER OF YOUR OFFICE TO SEE THAT CONGRESS REPAYS ALL
$320 BILLION REMOVED FROM THE TRUST FUND, REPEALS THE SOCIAL
SECURITY TAX HIKE, AND DOES NOT CUT AN ADDITIONAL $124 BILLION
FROM MEDICARE.
RESPECTFULLY YOURp,
SANDRA
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<p>This collection contains records on President Clinton’s efforts to overhaul the health care system in the United States. In 1993 he appointed First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to be the head of the Health Care Task Force (HCTF). She traveled across the country holding hearings, conferred with Senators and Representatives, and sought advice from sources outside the government in an attempt to repair the health care system in the United States. However, the administration’s health care plan, introduced to Congress as the Health Security Act, failed to pass in 1994.</p>
<p>Due to the vast amount of records from the Health Care Task Force the collection has been divided into segments. Segments will be made available as they are digitized.</p>
<p><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0885-F+Segment+1"><strong>Segment One</strong></a><br /> This collection consists of Ira Magaziner’s Health Care Task Force files including: correspondence, reports, news clippings, press releases, and publications. Ira Magaziner a Senior Advisor to President Clinton for Policy Development was heavily involved in health care reform. Magaziner assisted the Task Force by coordinating health care policy development through numerous working groups. Magaziner and the First Lady were the President’s primary advisors on health care. The Health Care Task Force eventually produced the administration’s health care plan, introduced to Congress as the Health Security Act. This bill failed to pass in 1994.<br /> Contains 1065 files from 109 boxes.</p>
<p><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0885-F+Segment+2"><strong>Segment Two</strong></a><br /> This segment consists of records describing the efforts of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to get health care reform through Congress. This collection consists of correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, memos, papers, and reports. A significant feature of the records are letters from constituents describing their feelings about health care reform and disastrous financial situations they found themselves in as the result of inadequate or inappropriate health insurance coverage. The collection also contains records created by Robert Boorstin, Roger Goldblatt, Steven Edelstein, Christine Heenan, Lynn Margherio, Simone Rueschemeyer, Meeghan Prunty, Marjorie Tarmey, and others.<br /> Contains 697 files from 47 boxes.</p>
<p><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0885-F+Segment+3"><strong>Segment Three</strong></a><br /> The majority of the records in this collection consist of reports, polls, and surveys concerning nearly all aspects of health care; many letters from the public, medical professionals and organizations, and legislators to the Task Force concerning its mission; as well as the telephone message logs of the Task Force.<br /> Contains 592 files from 44 boxes.</p>
<p><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0885-F+Segment+4"><strong>Segment Four</strong></a><br /> This collection consists of records describing the efforts of the Clinton Administration to pass the Health Security Act, which would have reformed the health care system of the United States. This collection contains memoranda, correspondence, handwritten notes, reports, charts, graphs, bills, drafts, booklets, pamphlets, lists, press releases, schedules, newspaper articles, and faxes. The collection contains lists of experts from the field of medicine willing to testify to the viability of the Health Security Act. Much of the remaining material duplicates records from the previous segments.<br /> Contains 590 files from 52 boxes.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0885-F+Segment+5">Segment Five</a></strong><br /> This collection of the Health Care Task Force records consists of materials from the files of Robert Boorstin, Alice Dunscomb, Richard Veloz and Walter Zelman. The files contain memoranda, correspondence, handwritten notes, reports, charts, graphs, bills, drafts, booklets, pamphlets, lists, press releases, schedules, statements, surveys, newspaper articles, and faxes. Much of the material in this segment duplicates records from the previous segments.<br /> Contains 435 files from 47 boxes.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0885-F+Segment+6">Segment Six</a></strong><br /> This collection consists of the files of the Health Care Task Force, focusing on material from Jack Lew and Lynn Margherio. Lew’s records reflect a preoccupation with figures, statistics, and calculations of all sorts. Graphs and charts abound on the effect reform of the health care system would have on the federal budget. Margherio, a Senior Policy Analyst on the Domestic Policy Council, has documents such as: memoranda, notes, summaries, and articles on individuals (largely doctors) deemed to be experts on the Health Security Act of 1993 qualified to travel across the country and speak to groups in glowing terms about the groundbreaking initiative put forward by President Clinton in his first year in the White House. <br /> Contains 804 files from 40 boxes.</p>
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