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House, he co-authored a book on ending the draft that was later used as a basis for creating a volunteer army. He was elected to the Senate in 1968 and re-elected in 1974.
He was President Reagan’s running mate in the 1976 GOP presidential campaign and in. 1980, Mr. Schweiker served a? President Reagan’s northeast-, ern states campaign chairman. President Reagan* appointed him to be Secretary of Health and Human Services in January of 1981.
As Secretary of Health and Human Services (1981-1983), Mr. Schweiker led the successful effort to set up a prospec-; tive payment system for Medicare and took the lead inseeking full funding of biomed-. ical research at the National Institutes of Health.
As ranking Senator on the Senate Health Subcommittee he authored legislation to stimulate the growth of Health Maintenance Organizations inthe private sector and authored significant legislation tha„ helped the nation fight diabetes. ’
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