[THE FOLLOWING IS THE PERIODIC BRIEFING SENT TO ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AND OTHER SUPPORTERS OF THE WHITE HOUSE'S HEALTH-CARE REFORM PROGRAM. IT GIVES AN INSIDE GLIMPSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S LOBBYING STRATEGY FOR ITS PROGRAM. THESE BRIEFINGS ARE ALWAYS SENT WITH THE TITLE "HEALTH CARE REFORM TODAY " SO YOU CAN SKIP THEM EASILY IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO READ THEM. -- STEVE FREEDKIN , LIST.HEALTHPLAN Manager The White House Health Care Reform Today November 23, 1993 * In 1980, the average family paid one dollar for health out of every eleven dollars of pre-tax income. By the end of the decade, without health reform, the average family will pay nearly one out of every five dollars of income for health. * That report was released yesterday by "Families USA". Executive Director Ron Pollack: "Without reform, health care will soon consume twice as big a chunk of your family income as it did in 1980." * In 1980, health payments per family averaged $2,590. Today, health payments average $7,739 per family, according to the Families USA report. Without reform, health payments will average $14,517 per family by end of the decade, more than five and a half times what Americans paid in 1980. * In 1980, health payments consumed nine percent of the average family's income, according to the report. Today, 13.1 percent of family income goes to health. By 2000, the report projects that health payments will devour 18.4 percent of a family's income, on average. * "In 1980, about a month of your pre-tax went to health costs. Without reform, Americans will have to work nearly ten weeks to pay their annual costs at the end of this decade." Pollack said. * The new report, "Skyrocketing Health Inflation: 1980, 1993 was produced by Families USA with a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.