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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
Clinton Library
DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
AND TYPE
001a. letter
Personal (Partial) (1 page)
09/16/1994
P6/b(6)
001b. note
Personal (Partial) (1 page)
10/07/1994
P6/b(6)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
First Lady's Office
Domestic Policy Council (Karen Guss)
OA/Box Number: 5931
FOLDER TITLE:
Phone Calls Made
2012-0820-S
ms479
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRAJ
b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office |(a)(2) of the PRAJ
b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA|
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA|
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
Withdrawal/Redaction Marker
Clinton Library
DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
AND TYPE
001a. letter
Personal (Partial) (1 page)
09/16/1994
P6/b(6)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
First Lady's Office
Domestic Policy Council (Karen Guss)
OA/Box Number: 5931
FOLDER TITLE:
Phone Calls Made
2012-0820-S
ms479
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P1 National Security Classified Information |(a)(1) of the PRAJ
b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRAJ
b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRAJ
an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRA]
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
To Jennya for R
res. to SK
P6/b(6)
[001a]
P6/b(6)
Sept. 16, 1994
President & Mrs. Clinton
Having long been an admirer of your efforts to reform Health Care. I am writing to
you on behalf of my husband P6/b(6) who has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor
(Grade 4 Glioblastoma.) My husband is an engineer/scientist and renowned inventor who has
devoted his life to his country and the pursuit of technology, both in the U.S. Air Force, and
then as an engineer/scientist for Hughes Aircraft. He is a leading authority and innovator in
the world on electro-optical thermal imaging systems. My husband has been named a
national asset by the Hughes organization, and accordingly been inducted into the highly
coveted Hall of Fame. He is now in need of his country's help in order to survive. Our three
sons and I are writing to you because our mutual supporter, Robert King, knows that you
could be of tremendous help to us.
There is a program called Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) which is in the
experimental stages at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. We have personally
spoken to Dr. Bergland of Beth Israel Hospital in New York who is leading the experimental
trials at Brookhaven. He has informed us that the FDA (Dr. Pat Love) has not yet approved
use of the heavy water reactor in this treatment which must be used in my husband's case
because of the depth of the tumor. A woman from Long Island has just undergone treatment
for the same type of tumor at Brookhaven. However, she had to appear before a
Congressional Committee to get special permission of a compassionate nature.
In view of this exception which has already been granted on a compassionate basis, on
behalf of our family, the many employees of Hughes, and dignitaries in foreign governments
that has interfaced with in support of American industry, we are asking your support
and intervention to make it possible for him to undergo this treatment. we are not asking for
charity. Hughes has indicated they will do whatever it takes to help my husband. (Under.
separate cover, a list of International dignitaries, corporate officers and business leaders is
being prepared whom are in support of his cause.) This treatment is immediately necessary
for my husbands survival. Please help save his life! We shall always be grateful and
indebted to you for your help, and may God bless you.
P6/b(6)
Get info on
why not FDA
approved.
FDA official
Susan Kummerer
\ 301 443 3800
Withdrawal/Redaction Marker
Clinton Library
DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
AND TYPE
001b. note
Personal (Partial) (1 page)
10/07/1994
P6/b(6)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
First Lady's Office
Domestic Policy Council (Karen Guss)
OA/Box Number: 5931
FOLDER TITLE:
Phone Calls Made
2012-0820-S
ms479
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]
PI National Security Classified Information |(a)(1) of the PRA]
b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA|
b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA|
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information |(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA|
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA)
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
h(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
To: File
[0016]
From: Karen Guss
Date: Oct. 7, 1994
Re: P6/b(6) letter
I spoke to Jim O'Hare, Assoc. Commissioner for Public
Affairs and Dr. Pat Love at the FDA about the boron neutron
capture therapy the
P6/b(6)
family was interested in obtaining
for
P6/b(6)
Mr. U Hare and Dr. Love explained that the BNCT
is so experimental that it has only been performed on one person
in this country and it is not at all clear whether the therapy
was at all successful. I asked for the number of a person at the
FDA who the
P6/b(6)
could call. When I called Mrs.
P6/b(6)
she
explained that, for various reasons, she was no longer trying to
get BNCT for her husband. She asked me to let Mrs. Clinton know
that she appreciated Mrs. Clinton's taking the time to look into
this matter and to follow up on her letter.
to
-supportive Figure Healthright
HOMECA
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE
KAYE DANIELS
HONORABLE FRANK E. MOSS
TM
519 C STREET. N.E., STANTON PARK
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
SENIOR COUNSEL
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20002-5809
VAL J. HALAMANDARIS
STANLEY M. BRAND
(202) 547-7424. FAX (202) 547-3540
PRESIDENT
GENERAL COUNSEL
August 5, 1994
IR
E1
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Old Executive Office Building, Room 100
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
Thank you again for taking time from your busy day to participate in our latest
HealthRIGHT event, which took place today in the Ways and Means Committee hearing
room. From all reports things went extremely well. All of the networks, plus CNN and
MacNeil/Lehrer requested a copy of the video petition, which we presented. We hope
that the result, once again, will be positive news coverage which will help bring about the
enactment of true national health care reform.
When I returned to the office I received a rude shock. Our staff obtained a copy of
the Mitchell bill and analyzed it carefully. The conclusion of our staff and members of
our Government Affairs Committee is that the bill is inadequate -- marginal at best in
terms of meeting the objective for which we have all worked so hard, namely universal
coverage. We have even more problems with the treatment home care receives in the
acute benefits provisions. Although home health is included in the standard benefits
package, it can only be used when required as an alternative to institutionalization.
Even more serious from our point of view are massive cuts in Medicare, a
disproportionate share of which would come from home care beneficiaries. We are still
analyzing the proposal, but as we understand it, it contains the following provisions:
A 20 percent co-payment in the Medicare home care program would be required.
This provision would be particularly devastating. It would cut the home care
program by approximately $26 billion over a five year period. The burden of this
provision would fall squarely on the shoulders of Medicare beneficiaries. Our
members are concerned that this would add billions to their administrative costs at a
time when their reimbursement rates are frozen or being reduced and that it will act
as a significant disincentive to the use of home care benefits resulting in the end of
increased program costs as individuals are kept longer then necessary in institutions.
A continuation is proposed of an existing freeze on Medicare payments. Under
current law, Medicare costs and related limits are updated each year with automatic
increases put into effect which mirror increased costs related to inflation. Costs.
which have been frozen for the past two years would remain frozen at the 1993 level
until July 1996.
REPRESENTING THE NATION'S HOME HEALTH AGENCIES. HOME CARE AIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND HOSPICES
HOMECARE
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
August 5, 1994
Page -2-
A reduction in the Medicare cost limits is proposed to 100 percent of the median.
Costs limits are currently set at 112 percent of the mean. This is slated to reduce
Medicare benefits by at least $4.2 billion over five years.
Unfortunately, the above information comes only one day after a report in the Wall
Street Journal that the Clinton Administration has shifted $250 billion in future Medicare
spending away from home health agencies to hospitals as a means of enlisting the
support of the American Hospital Association, as one of the so called "Four Horsemen"
allied to bring about health care reform.
I have been around this city long enough not to believe what I read in the newspaper,
but our members are extremely alarmed. You have been gracious enough to say on
several occasions that no group has worked harder in the crusade and support of the
President's health care reform plan than has the hospice and the home care industry. I
know this is where your heart lies. The National Association for Home Care and our
allied Center for Health Care Law, Hospice Association of America and HealthRIGHT
organizations have done everything possible to assist you and the President. As you
know, we have spent millions of dollars in a national advertising campaign and funded
HealthRIGHT as a means of bringing real people with real problems to Washington to
lobby the Congress, to support the President and increase pressure for health care
reform.
The measures which are now being proposed by some people in Congress,
supposedly with Administration support, appear to be punitive and discriminatory to
home care providers and the millions of people they serve. I hope that we are wrong
and that there is some misunderstanding on our part. I would like to emphasize the
gravity of this matter by telling you it threatens our very support of current health care
reform legislation.
It is my fondest wish to be able to use all of our energies and resources support of
health care reform over these coming weeks. We have worked so hard to assist you and
the President in pursuit of common objectives. We would be extremely reluctant now to
have to oppose the legislation. I am writing to ask your advice on how to proceed. May
I ask your staff to set up a meeting for us to resolve this matter at the earliest
opportunity with key White House staff to discuss this matter? We are asking for
similar meetings with members of Congress.
Sincerely,
VAI Val Halamandaris
President
CC:
Melanne Verveer