05-27-94 Cal Brunson Invited to White House

OSU DIRECTOR INVITED TO WHITE HOUSE

     COLUMBUS -- Caleb W. Brunson, director of traffic and
parking for The Ohio State University, recently spent two days at
the White House discussing health care reform.

     Brunson was part of a group of about 100 presidents and
chairpersons of international businesses and organizations who
were invited to participate in the May 3-4 seminar.  Brunson
attended because of his role as president of the Institution and
Municipal Parking Congress.  The congress has representatives
from 49 states and 22 foreign countries, he said.

     The group met with White House officials in the Executive
Office Building on May 3 for an intensive session on the Clinton
health care proposal.  Vice President Al Gore also spoke to the
group, Brunson said.  Later in the day, they participated in a
rally on the Capitol grounds and talked to some congressional
representatives.

     "We learned a lot," he said, and many there discovered they
want universal health care.  "The opposition says you won't have
a choice -- but a lot of people who work don't have a choice.
Under Clinton's plan, there will be more HMOs (health maintenance
organizations) to choose from."

     On May 4, the group was supposed to meet with the president,
but he was called away to Atlanta, Brunson said.
     Brunson said he's been a supporter of Clinton's plan even
before his trip.  The experience only "reinforced my beliefs"
about universal health care, he added.  "It convinced me I was on
the right side."
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Contact: Caleb W. Brunson, 292-9341.


[Submitted by: REIDV  (reidv@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
               
Fri, 27 May 1994 14:19:13 -0500 (EST)]
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