At 13:48 5/2/96 -0400, Dan Murray wrote:
>I just had a very unsatisfying discussion regarding the Udall Bill
> with Richard Ford of Sen. Pat Moynihan's office. FYI - Moynihan is
> undeclared on the bill.
> >>>>>>> snip >>>>>>>> snip >>>>>> snip
>Maybe we should try someone else as well... like Nancy Kassebaum
>
MY REPLY::::
On March 19 I received a call, in response to a letter to
Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, from Dr. Kent Bradley. He is supposedly
an advisor to Sen. Kassebaum on health related issues.
He explained that Sen. Kassebaum did not choose to be a sponsor
to bills that were in her committee since that would appear to
indicate that she favored passage of that bill. What I took this
to mean was that her association with any bill would swing some
votes favorable to her position with the bill.
I indicated that my primary concern was that funding for medical
purposes should be spent in a manner which represented somewhat
even distribution based on the populace subjected to the particular
disease. In other words, if funding for finding a cure for cancer was
set at about $100 per individual so afflicted then we should spend
not less than $100 per individual for those afflicted with PD, heart
disease or AIDS. However, if it could be shown that spending
proportionately more in a given area to find a cure would benefit
others with serious afflictions then a judgement should be made to
determine the population affected and proceed if reasonable
judgements would support such actions.
Dr. Bradley also explained that Sen. Kassebaum believed that NIH
and other qualified organizations should be responsible for
determining the distribution of funds and not the Senate or
Congress. Apparently she believes that the oversight of NIH
should be from the Administrators of NIH.
I am currently trying to find voting and sponsorship records of
the senator and others on bills related to health matters such
as The Ryan White Care of 1990 and the Ryan White Care
Reauthorization Act of 1995. Senator Kassebaum introduced the
1995 bill to the Senate on March 28, 1995 and she (in the
introduction) talked about "disparities and inequities in the
current distribution of CARE Act funding.". This bill relates
to HIV disease and AIDS.
I will welcome any information on this or related actions that
anyone may have that I can use as ammunition to influence
Senator Kassebaum to join our corner.
.............Jack...........
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