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At 08:18 AM 12/20/95 EWT, you wrote: >Jeff, > Should we support the Udall bill anyway because of its "needed and >appropriate provisions for patient care" or just scrap the whole thing and >stop worrying about it? HELP!! >Marti Eiermann > > I believe that the Udall bill is worth supporting. I am practical enough to be able to find the loopholes and flaws yet recognize the few benefits. If such a program helps even a few it's worth it. I don't expect the nature of Gov't or national organization funding for research to change. Regardless of the disease, regardless of the organization. Hypothetically, even if we, as a computer network, had some funds to award for research, I bet you anything that we'ld see lots of internal and external politics that would make the nausea from Sinemet seem like fun. There would be feeding frenzies by researchers, attempts by national organizations to receive the funds as a donation and who knows what all else. Jeff