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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 43, folder \"1975/03/20 - Jack Veneman\" of the\nJames M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 43 of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\n3PM - Meeting with Jack Veneman\nThursday, March 20, 1975\ngiors\nJOHN G. VENEMAN\n555 California Street, Suite 2635, San Francisco, CA 94104\n(415) 397-2932\nMarch 5, 1975\nMr. James Cannon\nDirector\nDomestic Council\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Jim:\nJust want to confirm our meeting at\n11.00 am on Monday, March 17.\nIt was good talking to you on the phone\nand I look forward to seeing you.\nSincerely,\n10,\n3/20 3PM\nzliz\nReschedule\nGERALD LIBRANT R. FORD\nOFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMr. John G. Veneman\n555 California Street\nSuite 2635\nSan Francisco, California 94104\n4 * *\n4\n#\nOFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT\nWASHINGTON\nFebruary 28, 1975\nMundey 3/17\n11 Am\nMr. John G. Veneman\n555 California Street\nSuite 2635\nwr Dirk Durham\nSan Francisco, California 94104\nDear Jack:\nThank you very much for your letter of\nFebruary 24, 1975. I appreciate the kind words,\nand only hope I can live up to them.\nAfter officially becoming Executive\nDirector of the Domestic Council, I would be most\nhappy to have one of the staff speak with Dr. Frank\nSeubold about Health Maintenance Organization.\nWith warm personal regards,\nSincerely,\nJames M. Cannon\nFORD is 076830 LIBRARY\nFebruary 28, 1975\nMr. John G. Veneman\n555 California Street\nSuite 2635\nSan Francisco, California 94104\nDear Jack:\nThank you very much for your letter of\nFebruary 24, 1975. I appreciate the kind words,\nand only hope I can live up to them.\nAfter officially becoming Executive\nDirector of the Domestic Council, I would be most\nhappy to have one of the staff speak with Dr. Frank\n7A send to\nA\nSeubold about Health Maintenance Organization.\nWith warm personal regards,\nSincerely,\nHuman\nresources\nNeedhard\nJames M. Cannon\nFORD & LIBRARY 07V335\nFebruary 28, 1975\nMr. John G. Veneman\n555 California Street\nSuite 2635\nSan Francisco, California 94104\nDear Jack:\nThank you very much for your letter of\nFebruary 24, 1975. I appreciate the kind words,\nand only hope I can live up to them.\nAfter officially becoming Executive\nDirector of the Domestic Council, I would be most\nhappy to have one of the staff speak with Dr. Frank\nSeubold about Health Maintenance Organization.\nWith warm personal regards,\nSincerely,\nJames M. Cannon\nLIBRARY GERALD R. FORD\nJOHN G. VENEMAN\n555 California Street, Suite 2635, San Francisco, CA 94104\n(415) 397-2932\nFebruary 24, 1975\nMr. James Cannon\nDirector\nDomestic Council\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Jim:\nCongratulations on your new assignment. The news\nthat the Vice President and you will assume the\nresponsibilities of the Domestic Council was wel-\ncomed with enthusiasm by a great many people, both\nwithin and outside of Government. The conflicting\npressures for reduced Federal spending and the\ndemands for increased involvement in the human\nservices areas makes your task difficult but\nchallenging.\nI believe I mentioned my continued involvement in\nHealth policy during our discussion in Washington\nlast Fall. Perhaps one develops a somewhat different\nperspective of what is going on from the outside, but\nthere are a couple of trends I see taking place that\ncauses some concern.\nAs you may know, I was deeply involved in the develop-\nment of the Health Maintenance Organization concept as\nan alternative to the present method of delivering\nhealth care. We were successful in getting Administration\nsupport to include payments to HMO's in PL 93-603, which\nultimately led to the HMO Development Act of 1973.\nDuring the past year, the support for the program from\nkey officials seems to have diminished. Questions are\nbeing raised about the sincerity of the Administration\ntoward the concept.\nLIBRARY GERALD FORD\n- 2 -\nAt no time did we suggest that HMO's were the panacea\nthat would cure all the ills of the health delivery\nsystem. We did, however, feel that HMO's, over time,\nwould begin to institutionalize a combination of broad\nhealth care coverage with strong cost control incentives\ninto health economics, something that no other movements\nin the health policy field showed equally good chances\nof accomplishing. Such policies as the HMO concept,\nwhich combine increased productivity and cost control,\nare especially important in controlling both inflation\nand recession, and should be strongly supported during\nsuch periods.\nThe budget for HMO development has been cut signifi-\ncantly, which is understandable though perhaps not\ndesirable. But equally as important is for someone,\nbe it the President, the Vice President, or the Secretary\nof HEW, to champion the cause. If this were to occur,\nI would predict that a good many plans would develop or\nexpand without additional Federal funds.\nThere are some impressive statistics available from\nHEW which verify the cost effectiveness of the HMO\nconcept. It would be helpful if you or a member of\nyour staff spent a few minutes with Dr. Frank Seubold,\nthe Director of the Program for HEW.\nAnother area that concerns me somewhat are the dis-\ncussions going on in Congress to extend health coverage\nto the unemployed. I hope the emotional concerns created\nby today's economy do not lead us into an overly narrow\napproach for National Health Insurance that would be\nundesirable in the future.\nEnough of the personal opinions. The purpose of this\nletter was to extend my very best to you. Perhaps we\ncan get together when I'm in Washington.\nPlease extend my regard to the Vice President.\nSincerely,\nD\nBERALD FORD LIBRARY"
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