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Throughout his presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter pledged he would reform the antiquated and anarchic welfare system run by the Federal Government. At his first Cabinet meeting, Carter ordered HEW Secretary Joseph Califano to get cracking on a solution. Califano quickly assembled a 32-member committee-composed of Administration, congressional, state and private experts-and set out to produce a plan by May 1. Last week, unable to get agreement on a single concept, Califano gave Carter four different approaches to the problem that were long on principle and short on detail. The President hopes to be able to choose...
...HEW proposals suggest ways of improving and simplifying existing programs, or try to provide public service jobs for the poor. The most comprehensive plan-and the one Carter is expected to adopt in some form or other-is known as Consolidated Cash Assistance with Jobs. It would cover almost 34 million people who now get some form of federal public assistance, although drastically changing the way the help would be given. The proposal would continue some federal programs, such as child nutrition and old age assistance. But it would kill others, including food stamps and Aid for Families with Dependent...
Long Struggle. To replace everything that was swept away, the HEW plan would provide a sort of guaranteed income at a minimal level-somewhat like former President Nixon's Family Assistance Plan, which would have given cash grants to the unemployed and working poor. An urban family of four would have a basic cash benefit of $4,400 a figure 25% below the current poverty level as determined by the Federal Government. A single adult would get $2,250; a widow living with two children would receive $3,600. But there would be a catch: to receive aid, every...
Details of how this major surgery is to be accomplished will emerge when HEW Secretary, Joseph Califano, tries to sell the program to Congress. It is certain that state and regional health authorities will be called upon to cooperate with federal officials in deciding just who can spend how much on what. For example, if two nearby hospitals in the same town both want to buy computerized X ray scanners (cost: $500,000 to $750,000), only one of the institutions may be allowed to make the purchase. Carter also hopes to place an annual ceiling of no more than...
David S. Weiner, director-designate of the Children's Medical Center, said "Richmond shows a broad, in-depth understanding of health-care systems" and will provide valuable advice to HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano on health care financing and administration...