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Groups Weigh Ideas
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August 24, 1993

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New York (JTA) — As the
nation waits for President
Clinton to present his pro-
posal on national health care
reform, Jewish groups are
staking out their positions
on what promises to be one
of the coming year's most
consuming domestic con-
cerns.
Jewish groups' proposals
span a wide range of con-
cerns, from halachic to so-
cial, from prenatal and
pediatric care to care for the
elderly.
Nobody knows how many
Jews are included in the
more than 37 million Ameri-
cans who are uninsured or
underinsured. But according
to one official at a Jewish
organization, anecdotal
evidence suggests that "it is
a problem that appears to be
present and growing" within
the Jewish community.
So Jewish organizations,
like countless other re-
ligious, ethnic, business and
special-interest groups, are
weighing in with their pro-
posals and suggestions for
what would be this country's
best method of health care
delivery.
There are some hard-and-
fast demographic facts about
the Jewish community that
have led organizations to
emphasize the needs of the
elderly, pregnant women
and young children.
The Jewish community is
among the oldest ethnic
groups in the country, with a
mean age of 44 compared to
the average American's
mean age of 33, and with
nearly one-third more elder-
ly members than the general
population.
Nursing home care is not
an affordable option for 80
percent of elderly Ameri-
cans, according to a position
paper published by the
United Synagogue of Con-
servative Judaism, the
movement's congregational
arm.
Another demographic fact
of Jewish life is that re-
ligious Jews are among the
most prolific of Americans,
with a high birth rate being
the rule rather than the ex-
ception. For them, prenatal
and pediatric care are major
concerns.
The fervently Orthodox
community may also have
the largest proportion of
lower-middle-class and blue-
collar Jews — those who are
least able to afford the

David Saperstein:
Concerned with survey.

health care they need, ac-
cording to David Zwiebel,
legal counsel and director of
government affairs for
Agudath Israel of America,
which represents that com-
munity.
But Jews are willing to
pay more to ensure that
every American has health
insurance, according to a
survey of Reform Jews in the
New York area.
By an eight-to-one margin
respondents said they were
willing to pay more in taxes
to provide universal access
to health insurance, said
Rabbi David Saperstein.
Rabbi Saperstein, co-
director of the Religious Ac-
tion Center, discussed the
survey at a January meeting
of the Interreligious Health
Care Access Campaign.
Of the several Jewish
groups that have weighed in
with proposals for health
care reform, only the Na-
tional Jewish Community
Relations Advisory Council
has put forward a com-
prehensive plan.
Along with the inter-
religious consortium,
NJCRAC has endorsed a
"single payer" system,
which is supported largely
by liberal groups.
A single payer, or publicly
financed system, would
allow consumers to choose
their health care providers.
Payment would be ad-
ministered by the govern-
ment, which would collect
all the money being spent on
health care and distribute it
to the providers.
This system would provide
universal coverage and