European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 7, 1993 . The stars and stripes a Page 7 will save Money expansion says by Bill Mcallister the Washington Post Washington a the new head of the depart ment of veterans affairs is touting an idea that could endear him to the nations 26 million veterans he wants the government to expand dramatically the vans health care system. Coming at a time when the Clinton administration is talking about streamlining government a Secretary Jesse Brown May seem to be out of step. But Brown argues that his plan is Quot consistent with the presidents vision Quot for a new health care system and would Quot not bankrupt the  indeed the new Secretary said his plan which he has Laid before the White House task Force on health care May save taxpayers Money. Browne a proposal Calls for giving the estimated 23 million veterans who do not use a hospitals a Chance feral governments to Quot buy into Quot the a health care system using either private insurance funds or the Fedei a Quot medicare and medicaid funds. Assuming enough veterans signed up that approach not Only could cure the chronic funding problems facing the vans 171 hospitals Brown said but it could also help the White House get a handle on soaring medical costs. Citing a studies showing that the system can provide medical care at 16 percent to 22 percent below private hospitals Brown said Quot tremendous Cost savings Quot argue strongly that the a health care system should become Quot a Laboratory Quot for health care Reform. Browne a plan similar to proposals advocated by veterans service organizations poses a major policy question for the White House. Will president Clinton and Congress allow the  use medicare and medicaid funds and allow the a to treat veterans who do not currently qualify for a health care that concept has been shot Down by Congress and the office of management and budget in the past. But with the White House committed to controlling medical costs Brown said this May be his Quot window of oppor. Unity Quot to change the a health Cate system. Quot it just makes Good business sense Quot Brown said of his proposal. The new Secretary a 48-year-old, combat injured Marine who was executive director of the disabled american veterans Washington office has no commitment from the White House or its health care task Force on the Issue. Brown is a member of the task Force headed by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. But Brown has been allowed to argue freely for expansion at a time most Federal agencies Are downsizing a sign that veterans organizations find encouraging. John Hanson a health care specialist for the american legion said Nis group the largest veterans organization is delighted. Quot he sounded like he was reciting our plan Quot Hanson said. Hanson said Brown s efforts could determine whether Quot the a can be a health care player Quot or wih with or Quot into a smaller system of nursing Homes and specialized hospitals the direction things appeared to be taking under Bush. Transplant patient Stacy Sewell second from right reacts to questions at a news conference Friday in los Angeles with her parents James and Barbara Sewell and or. Vaughn Starnes who performed the lung lobe transplant. Lung lobe transplant patient optimistic As she Heads Home los Angeles apr five weeks after Stacy Sewell got parts of her parents lungs in a landmark transplant the cystic fibrosis patient was discharged from the Hospital Friday and declared a a in a just Happy to be  a i feel wonderful a said Sewell who will be 22 on april 1. A i can breathe freely now. Its  she thanked her parents for undergoing surgery to save her  i could not love them any More than i do Quot Sewell said during a news conference at the University of Southern californians University Hospital. A a in la take every breath for them because its their  Sewell was within weeks of death when she underwent transplant surgery Jan. 29. Doctors removed one lobe each from James and Barbara Sewell then implanted them in the couples daughter. The lobes act like a full pair of lungs in the Young woman. A pair of human lungs has five lobes. The surgery was the first simultaneous transplant of two lung lobes from living related donors although single lobes have been transplanted several times. Most it also was the first transplant of lung lobes As oped to whole organs into a cystic fibrosis a. Disease triggers excessive mucus r ing repeated infections and scarring that had Lett Ell coughing constantly and dependent on oxygen. James Sewell 55, and his 49-year-old wife left the Hospital in mid february and returned to their Home in the Mojave desert town of Quartz Hill. Stacy Sewell still must take Medicine to prevent her body from rejecting her new lungs. Until the dose is reduced she will be vulnerable to infections so she must stay away from crowds for about three months Wear a mask outdoors and have twice weekly Hospital checkups. Clinton invitation to jog no guarantee of admission from wire reports it Washington a presidential invitation Isnit colleague who is Chancellor of Fayetteville . State University to join him on his morning run. But word of the invitation Hadnot reached the. Northwest Gate of the White House when Hackley arrived about 5 30 . A i really am supposed to run with the  Hackley told Security officers there. Guards eyed him so optically and left him to Cool his heels outside the Gate for about a of Finuta before finally admitting him Hackley said. Quot this thing was so rushed yesterday that i guess they did no to put my name in the system Quot Hackley said. A a in a just glad they did t let a Guy with three big bags Rush past them Quot he said. Quot that would have upset me. Bites Lead to aids worries Waukesha wis. A police officer and a criminal suspect both bitten by the same police dog during a traffic Stop each want the other to take an aids test. Officer Scott Smith and suspect Shane Badding a n Slu a a fic in on a i dog bit Badding once first then bit Smith and then 21, were bitten by a German Shepherd named Mcduff after a feb 12 traffic Stop in which Badding was arrested for driving on a revolted License. The bit Badding twice More. Assistant District attorney Brad Schimpl representing Smith and attorney Eric Erdmann representing Badding say their clients could have been exposed to the aids virus during the incident. Smith and Badding say they do not have the virus. Schimpl requested a court order earlier last week for Badding to undergo an aids test. Erdmann filed a motion thursday asking that the state s request be denied. Badding says Smith should undergo the aids test because Mcduff bit him twice More after he bit Smith. Erdmann said state Law is flawed because it allows police officers and emergency medical technicians to request aids tests of suspects but suspects cannot request the same right when they believe they May have been infected by an officer or a medical professional. Wing tangle led to crash mart1nsburg, . A military cargo plane that crashed last fall went Down after its left Wing became entangled in Utility lines and its fuel tank ruptured and exploded investigators said Friday. The crash which killed All six people aboard occurred during a practice run for a Quot noncurrent Quot Pilot who was to be evaluated later that Day the investigators said. Capt. Dallas o. Adams jr., 32, of upper Marlboro md., was considered Quot noncurrent Quot because he had t flown in More than a month said maj. Edward Dock by or. Of the 167th Airlift group. Quot that does t mean he can t Fly the air plane but when he does Fly the air plane he has to Fly with an instructor on Board Quot said it. Col. Ronald James of the Maryland air National guard the Accident s chief investigator. The instructor was la col. Alfred j. Stcin Burger 45, of Leesburg a. Cockney said the plane struck a set of cables above three Power lines about 380 feet above the ground. Investigators  state a specific cause for. The Accident. Killer 13, gets maximum Madras Ore. A a 13-year-old boy who says he killed the couple taking care of him because they made him do his Homework has been sentenced to remain in state custody until he is 21. Acting juvenile court judge Thomas Mosgrove on thursday gave Jacob Colman the maximum sentence allowed for a juvenile. Lie was taken to a state run school in Woodburn where caseworkers say he will receive intensive psychological treatment. The judge earlier had found Jacob guilty in the april 20 Shotgun slaying of fete and Janet read in their ranch near  had been removed from his mothers care and was staying with the couple while awaiting an opening at the St. Mary a Home for boys near Portland