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Clinton's final health-care meetings took place in five two-hour sessions two weeks ago. Some aides were surprised at the lineup: attending were Clinton, his wife, Vice President Al Gore, his wife Tipper, most of the Cabinet, their top aides and leading White House advisers. The first day didn't go well: Clinton's conclusions leaked almost in their entirety to the press. For the next four days Clinton sat quietly, listening to his aides argue, taking notes and deciding later behind closed doors. He backed away from a plan to tax alcohol and opted instead...
This recent round of congressional hearings on TV violence seems to have produced nothing more than a vague commitment from broadcasters to play warnings before "violent" programming. If these warnings operate anything like those imposed on the record industry by then-PMRC chair Tipper Gore, all they will accomplish is to enhance the success of shows which bear them...
...TIPPER GORE (left, and 25 lbs. lighter, right...
...alone. Comprehensive mental-health care is among the medical benefits that President Clinton is thinking about guaranteeing to all Americans. Its chief advocate: Tipper Gore, who heads the mental-health section of the White House task force. During a recent evening session in the Roosevelt Room, Clinton discussed the issue with Mrs. Gore, the Vice President, Health Secretary Donna Shalala and members of the mental-health working group. Joining the 90-minute briefing, Clinton questioned the advisers and listened closely as Mrs. Gore explained how many severely disabled Americans are going without help. "I know," said the President, telling...
...going to question the use of psychotherapy for the stress of going through a divorce, then one should also question physical therapy to rehabilitate a knee so a patient can return to skiing." Even so, Clinton's plan is likely to offer only half a loaf. As Tipper Gore told a Senate committee two weeks ago: "The final plan may not contain everything I would like it to. Anyone who is passionate about any aspect of health care must be prepared for that." Those words contain a good deal of political wisdom for shaping all the aspects of Clinton...