Clinton Health Care Plan

Happy Health Care Reform New Year

Linda Bergthold | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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Linda Bergthold

Why will 2009 be different from 1993? Obama is not making the same mistakes the Clintons did, and that is good news for all of us.

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Hillary Takes It to McCain on Health Care Today

Art Levine | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics

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Art Levine

Maybe the Democrats, including Hillary's own most ardent supporters, will find winning health care reform a good enough reason to unite behind Obama.

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Jason Linkins

Elizabeth Edwards: Favors Clinton's Health Plan, Says Obama's 'Not Universal,' Slams McCain's As Ineffective

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

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Elizabeth Edwards continued her passionate advocacy of universal health care on today's morning shows, appearing on both The Today Show and Morning Jo...

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Clinton Role In Children's Health Care Disputed

Boston Globe | Susan Milligan | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton, who has frequently described herself on the campaign trail as playing a pivotal role in forging a children's health insurance plan, h...

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Clinton: Insurance Discriminating Against Sick "Unconstitutional"

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

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Hillary often discusses the unfairness built into the healthcare system: That discrimination by race and gender is barred, but that insurance companie...

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Michael Moore: Insurance Industry Would Love Hillary's Healthcare Plan

The Hill | Jeffrey Young | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

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en. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) proposal to mandate that all people purchase health insurance would be a boon to the industry, filmmaker Michael...

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Clinton Issues Economic Plan

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 02.18.2008 | Business

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MILWAUKEE — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign released a 13-page blueprint for fixing the economy Monday, detailing the former first la...

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Kennedy "Shocked" At "Distortion" In Clinton Health Care Ad

Political Radar | Sunlen Miller | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics

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The presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama put out big gun backer Sen. Ted Kennedy and the Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle to respond to the negative Cli...

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Bill Clinton: Would Be "Tragic If The Democratic Party Walked Away From Universal Health Care"

Dallas Morning News | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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Former President Clinton on Friday offered voters an image of his wife as the only Democratic presidential candidate with a plan to offer universal he...

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Krugman: Zero Chance Of Universal Health Care With Obama

NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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The principal policy division between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama involves health care. It's a division that can seem technical and obscure -- an...

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Obama Ad Compared To Nazi March On Clinton Call

Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

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[Note: Headline updated. See end.] Ben Smith reports: The Clinton campaign convened a conference call with health policy experts to denounce Obama's...

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Why Not Single Payer? Part 3: The Clinton/Obama/Edwards Individual Mandates Represent a Losing Political Strategy

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

The whole health care dust-up among Clinton, Obama and Edwards makes clear why Individual Mandate plans are likely to end up being as big a political disaster as Hillary's 1994 health reform fiasco.

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Why Not Single Payer? Part 2. What's Wrong With The Clinton / Obama / Edwards Health Care Plans

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Overall, a universal insurance mandate is bad public policy compared to universal single payer health care: It's a colossal waste of money.

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Clinton's Triangulation On Health Care Threatens Real Reform

Jamie Court | Posted 09.25.2007 | Politics

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Jamie Court

Clinton is embracing the very Republican notion of "shared responsibility" pioneered by the likes of Schwarzenegger and Romney.

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NY Post Contradicts Itself, Misrepresents Clinton's Health Insurance Plan

Media Matters | Posted 09.19.2007 | Media

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A September 19 New York Post article on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) proposed health-care plan bore the headline: "Hill Care-ried Away: Employ...

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