[THIS IS THE DAILY BRIEFING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO ITS OFFICIALS AND OTHER SUPPORTERS OF ITS HEALTH-REFORM PROGRAM. IT PROVIDES AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS PROMOTING ITS PLAN. THIS ITEM WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME SUBJECT LINE (WITH DIFFERENT DATES) SO YOU CAN EASILY SKIP IT IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO READ IT.] The White House Health Care Reform Today September 22, 1993 * Tonight the President will bring health care to the front of the public debate. He will talk about the goals of health care: Security, Savings, Simplicity, Quality, Choice and Responsibility. Here's how to talk about the President's speech tonight: Security of guaranteed, comprehensive benefits. Health care costs that are under control. Improved quality of care. Increased choices for consumers. Less paperwork and a simpler system. Responsibility from everyone. Here's how to talk about the problem: Over the next two years, one out of four of us will be without health coverage at some point. Change jobs, lose your job, or move -- and your insurance company is currently allowed to drop you. Today's system is rigged against families and small businesses. Insurance companies pick and choose whom they cover. Then they drop you when you get sick. If you have a pre-existing condition, you usually can't get any insurance at all. Insurance companies charge small businesses as much as 35% more than the big guys. Only 3 of every 10 employers with fewer than 500 employees offer any choice of health plan. Millions of Americans have almost no choice today. Twenty-five cents out of every dollar on a hospital bill goes to bureaucracy and paperwork -- not patient care. Fraud and abuse are exploding, costing us at least $80 billion a year. That's a dime of every dollar we spend on health care. Our nation's health costs have nearly quadrupled since 1980. Without reform, by the year 2000, one of every five dollars we spend will go to health care. * Thursday afternoon, more than 1,000 people are expected on the White House south lawn to show support for the President's plan. We don't have room to put in the whole list...but there'll be a few surprises! Stay tuned and join us tonight!