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themottle Over California's Propostlon 186, Swmeof Nation's Top Gay LeaUrs
Have Apparently Turned Their Backs on the Best Interests oat heir Constituenm
BY STUART TIMMONSh., lorryrit d ar ed Ealr amtbar e in it De rH R
t SRm, th itul A Jma !U JI h enittJi ui Ill
st powetfu! g2y ac!ivist n -Amnrv-1,e erressed
7Crcin3 2h110 186. r ? . itt
lir '\r - Ar t. hr"rr ;i-own si terhe arr's si n.rjg
rilk'r irlitiati'e .
He wote to his friend D Fr.P SFtt IMit, a politically
active AIOS periealit who jt reportedly a contender for a
spot on the preeidenus AIDS Commiear,' After much
review and :tnigglhng, I have decided, nor cdnly to strongly
oppose this ntanve. bit to w-ka aKnett it$ a:.gi," thk
trighrcnirig5 and e xtreriely datitto-
he listed seven arguments agalon
ballot measure followed by a there
meas r inon heeiNed
In pesee, David 1
Four days later, tie p QI
(nrAlmA)It r Aim Prpr r Ln An
(APIAi) h1a ..,c we , he iutai
ettchodujod to oo0 I ots kgi
mondatton regarding the oget s 1
tion on Pop. 186,Pi. th
OtMtiMifeiS mener1s wrepreset a
four would later say that they were pry
p&EA ta os at APLA's .J,.,
of the measure. But ;here was to be r.
endorsniment. The voe O ct}
wkr place'. Ter
Hit, ponpined
is that for several month. he hr I,'
Govemornteri Takeover, srI known es tt No on Ib6
Committeeir Ncr did he mention that Aetna Life and
Casualty, which hw si-knowledges having representd Ii
the past s a corituknt, had been heavily subsidizing rl._
.IU 2 Afl., DW h .-m ., .o tlwiAcs a
has so tar given just under $200,0OY to the campaign. And
no committal masmber nked Hitt, a partner in a haadeat
Molip tlat revcniaea itself as the largest VN pact&
(he netson (xWth annul saes of d.i million, dccnrdirg t
a Dun'. Marke ldenritkr" report) how he would
francially tftced by the passage D a bill resulting
oedieat costs
slesece is the SiaRg start. Mut tw C
mt-knwn advoi mii men who hve jor the rm
several months lying quietly-but to their appa'ent
inancial sgain-ijsinst a healthcare measure that has
tr-n tryrt'r by a broad srrtrnn of gaylshian and
yealthcete groups acros the state. Meet feminist lawyer
ae 4pect.; wb lil; lvlA.Ugd adinspt tin, ieidrCi-e ii
meetings with women's groups and whose Arm has taken
ronsultaeion fees from the No on 186 gommirtee
Welome to the intricate and ofteiMok world where
phbli Advocacy it oraets with private pedn.r, -nifAr Relil a 8-yrr-nid TtSidet at 1 i A
l iYdfniflal1 rfti ~i1onria lifiiifn d hiri in he Isk
of many physicians volunteering to help pass Prop.
:arid e gdlarly plains to interested grcups that the
irnhII:Lve wrndd provide health cmrrgr. to e.vr.ry state
?4JL " -II*- IM. It.. Ii t 46 .}.L11 w Iu.dt . ,I1. i, r
(turt CS fund, but it Isases deatra and ha spitals privatet
says Reifal, noting that those covered would receive a
comprehensive set of benefits which rival anything F(r-m
tune_ .0 companies provide.
Tee pay for this plates, A ~e lNd would be established
rnrouhhpcrso~nal, payroil.,nd butck-a-.park rlgsrrtte tRwses
-h u I t -r would pay far less
meoacai care mran
do now "The i-W
a ,ce industry has
-inaged our health
..sue charges. Ihey
-d about 3(1 cents of
- doi!ar we pay their
Sx,"MPlap. l.4 uup.,
Thead at (ourpercenc,
;ure rho golls tor'
clc, since Lfanaa
Sit fu less than ee
- C w r~l' Dc."C p !ea A%40-
- -ns from op':n .; ts
tis a radical, socia
tpr, . oi ue m ea-
i! supported by s'ach
nasteam grotips as
ni i rsrans Aaseei
.ot Retired Personsr
, Si ih eand
Cslirofria Tea:her
. alton
afornia, wath Itscommunity has lung
yearned forsingle
payer5" fgq
acftvlsvxonssslbnt-
DavidI MlXnor
concluded. But Prop.
186. ha warned,
volddo "a great
disservice to us all."
Nowhere In his letter
did MLnaer reveal h1s
employment by
fdrduiAyianI Ii
Government
Takeover, making it
undai $What hie*,become an inpo ta
*'for single payer.
b mea quick death
federal crnsade
- t's. carP rerorm.
rh ti's'e 1T4
Timer anijti 'w Wish.
* c.xiiubocr the 111et
ward shift of the health-
we reform Isptre
Senator Paul Well-
scuane i.'Minn!. co-
rpotor of the nadonn!
5 9e-pae, h a
warned Califnrnians
a'out she dang, Prq.
196 woultic. ,it a
uve and there'e a lot
ofr money agahtst. ;4,
. said during a recent
!,.,it to Los Angd1dA to
a - ept an award kom
the National Gaind
I I shan TREy-rA Oi of money It the mwfit'rr passes. the ('nllen State
Uqiihi ilm.i.vr at hr i rh.nima-inre indnniti u r i
enjoys annual, profits of $1 billon, would quickly wither,
prditet Melissa Sweeney of the pro-186 campaign.
The. hth-sakes hu tl detat the iniuutive is unlike any
i a ' -C -. vijiutlU it ?h, I'IL. yuunc mta p
to Set At All.
A DS Proiect Los Angeles wRs not rain;'tag a re-
M ortrr sephi-ne calls. The agency's board of director;
:Y 1s voted on its position regarding Prop. 1IS6von
Septmer7 but the news vas not immedi i iraeed
S5it pct'lie. A iac-1tr Acir .qr bpr 2S ad
anotier tie tnpow~rday.Scrmcone wet
cal! back-soon
The pr-SP186 c.:
pagn had cowv rc:
APLA fbr its endorr-
rmert, certain the
odkr al'Eig dlier " -
An. tIC %tiQ0i 6
il nd L r l':!t A ID
agency had a heid
tart on understand -
Like moot: ASO-(the
insider itarm fI AIDS j
ervtcc 'Ig atlrs *
tion), APLA hadt a
been cramming on
health ai' ft.e ,118.-
year, lobying Was
li1gp' ftt in rhr i
couple with AIDS it a a ice
e rai plan pase d
Por th se suffering from0 he would b
die dan Piup a otilia
a special urgency.vCom- knowing th
S " d!~ die infecr part of a
people with AIDS are
eight times mere ltkg Ic group that
Loae their instrance, largely on
coroir g to S t!Wl1 siun
Fnrty -ercent rely on Nas
Sa nd 3G pcct definitely
Dopa.: la. \ my mind th
with the San Franotten see why he
AIDS Foundation, bluntly
calis Prp. I the tlQ ln
lute best hope for ( 4k,- de
ninnicslt iflUl o h i fOr
aehievinj eqsl acess to
beaU~l gate." The benetfits
in lude choice of physl- ewel Tha
ciarn. prencriptlon druga, rembi
!.,ac lditam. itetital public-policy
health cfare, and lent-term
J' fut iliuscWii w . on.tommitt
Of terminal conditions
Most Inportandy, preexis- (pict
Ling conditions would ne -
vet again exclude anyone
ftrm torMae.cling that
i biased,
at he was
a medical
depends
insurance
ments. It
ly crossed
at I could
would be
?rested in
eating the
-Williams,
e of APLA's
committee,
te chair Dr.
R. Scott Hitt
ured above)------
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