Re: Substance Abuse Forum remarks

From:ssolow@hillaryclinton.com To: aoleary@hillaryclinton.com, jsullivan@hillaryclinton.com CC: dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com, speechdrafts@hillaryclinton.com, hkirstein@hillaryclinton.com, mvlacich@hillaryclinton.com, jferguson@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2015-08-11 09:26 Subject: Re: Substance Abuse Forum remarks

+ Jake I made some edits. Dan / Jake (I'd imagine Ann is asleep), could you please revise? I am sorry for the last minute; I was asleep when it came through last night. My edits changed to goals language to dial back sounding like proactive federal policy -- because we havent settled on the design choice yet, for how to realize these goals. I also moved the insurance paragraph up, because our current plan would not monkey with insurance rules at the federal level in a major way, so i didn't want it to sound like we were proposing an ACA/insurance change... (at least not yet!) On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Sara Solow <ssolow@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > For the pharmacist paragraph-- it has to be changed to say "so my goal > would be that every xxx who writes a prescription gets training ... And > should have to consult..." > > I don't think she can require these guys to consult those programs. These > are state run programs (the pdmps) and to impose that look up requirement > would raise federalism problems. And for the training piece, both the Feds > license docs to write prescriptions thru the DEA and the states do as well, > but we haven't decided on whether she's going to change the federal policy > or just incentive the states to. So this bullet should be changed in the > language of a goal or aspiration rather than affirmative policy that she > would do or require. We were leaning towards implementing this -- and > actually all 4 goals -- through competitive grants to states and a race to > the top idea (as of yesterday evening!). > > I'm a bit nervous that the things we gave her as the four goals now sound > like affirmative federal policy -- and so this could make news, even though > the plan isn't out til next week or decided on yet. Ann, are you ok with > that? I thought we didn't want to make news... > > Sorry; this whole thing shifted a bit later yesterday so just want to make > sure we are ok with where this is headed. > > > > On Aug 11, 2015, at 1:18 AM, Ann O'Leary <aoleary@hillaryclinton.com> > wrote: > > This is good. Thanks, Dan! > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Dan Schwerin < > dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > >> Thanks all, that was very helpful feedback. Revised is attached. >> Dan >> >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:44 PM, Sara Solow <ssolow@hillaryclinton.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Dan - can you send around the final version when you get a chance? >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Ann O'Leary <aoleary@hillaryclinton.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Dan - This will need your fine word smithing, but I tried to put in the >>>> 4 points that we want to make as policy recommendations. >>>> >>>> +Sara Solow >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Dan Schwerin < >>>> dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> HRC is doing a forum on substance abuse tomorrow in NH. Here are some >>>>> bullets for her topper. >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ann O'Leary >>>> Senior Policy Advisor >>>> Hillary for America >>>> Cell: 510-717-5518 >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Ann O'Leary > Senior Policy Advisor > Hillary for America > Cell: 510-717-5518 > >