[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 24, 1993 The tide of history is rolling now, and we cannot let it be stopped. The President succeeded in lifting people's eyes up from the squabbles over details to the horizon and the vision of a health care system fit for a great people and a new century: one built on the bedrock principles of Security, Simplicity, Savings, Choice, Quality and Responsibility. After the President's stirring call to arms, he and 15 cabinet members and senior officials fanned out across the country to carry the campaign for health reform to the people. To send him on his way, more than 1,200 people gathered on the south lawn of the White House. They came from all parts of society, all parts of the health care system to support the President, many of them having soldiered for years to make health reform happen. "For the first time in the 20th century," the President told them, "we have everybody in the same place at the same time" on the issue of fixing the health care system. "For this whole century, someone would decide this was a terrible problem ... but all the other players were like ships passing in the night. Now, all are agreed that the time has come to act." To prove the point, more than 90 leaders stood on stage with the President, the First Lady and Vice President and Mrs. Gore to symbolize their support of his effort and their solidarity with the principles he has laid down. They included the AARP, the AFL-CIO and several other unions, the the American Nurses Association, the American Hospital Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the Catholic Health Association, the Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, the American Society of Internal Medicine, the National Black Nurses Association, the National Medical Association, and the CEOs of 26 businesses, from Ford and Chrysler to the Soapbox Trading Company and Ralph's Grocery.