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In a message dated 10/30/99 11:59:15 AM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Saving money presently spent on drugs, surgeries, care, disability payments to pwp who can no longer work and on sick leave days for ill pwp would seem to me a needed priority for an elected official to consider, especially when fiscal responsibility is a top concern. It should also be a concern of tax payers who might rather see tax monies spent on health concerns at a level that might match other spending areas. >> The comment re: sick leave days for ill PWP was a reminder to me that all of us should encourage our family members and friends to contribute "sick leave" days at their employment source if this is possible. The University where my husband teaches/research provides the possibility for employees to donate unused vacation time that might otherwise be "lost at the end of the year" or disappear with retirement to a family crisis leave fund. Our daughter, whose young son had liver transplants this summer, has six months of paid family leave because fellow employees in the public safety departments in the county where she works donated time for her to use.....her husband also received 3 months of leave time. This is another way in which we can help ourselves.....or encourage our employers to adopt this policy so that others may benefit. We don't realize the great value of this benefit until we need it so desparately ourselves! Rita 55/10