U.S. President John F. Kennedy walks on crutches as he leaves his limousine to board the presidential yacht "Honey Fitz" for a cruise down the Potomac River with Japanese Prime Minister Ikeda, in Washington on June 21, 1961.
It is said that President John F. Kennedy created the President's Committee on Corporate Pension Plans '- yet another ERISA forerunner '- because he realized how privileged he was to have superior health insurance while dealing with Addison's disease, a chronic adrenal insufficiency. You can read the report issued by the Committee online at http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKPOF-075-012.aspx.
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