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LOS ANGELES TIMES Title: INSURE: Home Care May Be in Package Continued from A1 (unavailable at this time) The emerging basic benefits package, which is also expected to cover mental health services and electlve abortions. is at the core of the overall health care reform agenda that the President is expected to unveil in mid-June. That the President has tentatively decided to include long-term care in the basic benefits package ls not a surprise. although it marks a dramatic new turn in federal health policy. Administration officials. most notably Mrs. Clinton, have strongly argued that long-term custodial care at home is much cheaper than that provided in a health care institution or a nursing home. The long-term care program is expected to be vigorously supported by such powerful groups as the American Assn. of Retired Persons—but just as strongly opposed by the insurance industry. which would like to see private insurers continue selling such policies. Whether the long-term care program will gain widespread middle-class support remains to be seen. On the one hand. the cost of the President's health care reform could roach $90 billion or more a year. and that could sap popular support for his agenda, including the long-term care coverage. Yet key Administration officials view long-term care as a family issue that cuts across generations and they are known to believe that such coverage would gain the support of members of the middle class because it affords them a new measure of peace of mind. "Protection from the high cost of long-term care increases the public's willingness to support and pay for health care reform," said Judith N. Brown, who chairs AARP's board of directors. An estimated 7 million disabled Americans need help annually with basic daily tasks, and that number may double by the year 2030, according to Sen. William S. Cohen of Maine. the ranking Republican member on the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Today, nearly half of all long-term care costs are paid for out-of- pocket by those in need or their families. The high costs of such labor-intensive care often wipes out the life savings of those without long-term care coverage, forcing them into Medicaid programs to make them eligible for government-subsidized nursing home care. The Administration's long-term goal is to provide coverage for institutional care as well. One top insurance industry official called It "a fundamental mistake" to include long-term care for all disabled Americans regardless of age or wealth. "Those who can afford to cure for themselves should attempt to take care of themselves." he said, asking to rennin anonymous. According lo one set of options prepared for the President by his task force working group on long-term care, purchase of such coverage could be voluntary. During a recent closed meeting with members of Congress. Mrs. Clinton cited as one model for the White House a program in Wisconsin that began in the mid-1980s called Community Options Program. It now serves 11,300 disabled persons. And by keeping them out of more expensive nursing homes or other institutions, the $71.6-million program is saving an average of more than $100 million annually, officials said. COI has a two-year waiting list of 3,700 persons. The program uses personal case-managers in each county and is often tailored to each individual. A similar program in Arkansas, which also has served as a paradigm for the Administration, has 10,000 beneficiaries, many of whom are costing the state $300 a month instead of $1,200 a month for intermediate care in a nursing home, officials said. - ADAPT (863)
THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON April 29, 1994 Greetings to everyone gathered in our nation's capital to voice your support for providing health security to all Americans. I am delighted that so many of you have come together for this exciting event. Now is the time to act on our awareness that disabilities are a natural part of the human experience. Having a disability does not diminish one's right to participate in any aspect of mainstream society. With the shared strengths of all those participating in this rally, you send a powerful message —— the key to improving the quality of life for millions of Americans with disabilities and their families is passing a comprehensive health care plan that meets the needs of each one of our citizens. The active participation of groups like ADAPT, the National Council on Independent Living, and the Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities is essential in meeting this crucial goal. I commend you for working toward making health care reform a reality. Your knowledge and expertise are helping to advance the rights of and services for all Americans, especially those persons with disabilities, and I thank you for your leadership and dedication. Working together, we can build a health care system that moves our nation from exclusion to inclusion, from dependence to independence, and from paternalism to empowerment. Hillary joins me in extending best wishes to all for a successful rally. [signed] Bill Clinton - ADAPT (871)
Graphic with the words: A Bridge to Freedom [the name of this action] - ADAPT (767)
San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, October 19, 1992 TITLE: S.F. Protesters In Wheelchairs Bar Hotel Exits By Dan Levy, Chronicle Staff Writer Hundreds of demonstrators in wheelchairs calling for a national program for home attendant care surrounded a downtown San Francisco hotel last night in a noisy protest. The protesters blocked the driveway and main entrances to the San Francisco Marriott hotel on Fourth Street for more than an hour, disrupting the opening night convention activities of the American Health Care Association, which represents the nursing home industry. Police in riot gear formed a narrow corridor for hotel guests to pass in and out of the hotel on the Market Street side, but the building was blocked at Fourth Street by about 300 demonstrators -most in motorized wheelchairs, some with dog guides — chanting “Up with attendant care, down with nursing homes." There were no arrests. Attendant care advocates have urged that $25 million of the federal Medicaid budget currently allocated to nursing homes be used to create a national program for home care. Wade Blank, a founder of the Denver-based advocacy group, American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, said home attendant care is less expensive than institutional care and allows disabled people to live in their communities. - ADAPT (752)
San Francisco Chronicle S.F.Police Being Trained How To Arrest Disabled Protesters San . Francisco police are bracing for a demonstration this month in which they may arrest dozens of wheelchair-bound protesters, an event that poses special problems for officers. Groups of officers have been taking a two-hour class at the Police Academy aimed at teaching them how to arrest and search disabled people and prevent wheelchairs from being used as weapons. The demonstration is planned in conjunction with the October 1'/-23 [sic] annual convention at Moscone Center of the American Health Care Association, an organization of nursing home and residential-care facility operators. A Denver group that goes by the name ADAPT, an acronym for Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, plans to have 400 protesters at the convention, said Michael Auberger, its organizer and co-founder. ADAPT wants some of the federal money that goes to nursing homes and residential-care facilities to go for attendant care for disabled people who live on their own. “Over the years, we've used various tactics in different situations," Auberger said. “We're very confrontational, and we're going to make sure we get in their face." The Police Academy courses are being taught by Paul Imperiale, the mayor's disability coordinator. He said officers are learning how to search a -person they have arrested without harming the person. Police also are being warned that some protesters may have life-support devices that must be handled with care. Vans with special wheelchair lifts will be available to take away arrested demonstrators.