Clinton Healthcare

Why Not Single Payer? Part 5: The Single Payer Health Care Movement and the Plans of the Democratic Presidential Nominee

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

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If a Democrat is elected president, the progressive mass movement should use the opportunity to move beyond their compromised health care plans to push for Medicare For All.

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Remember Health Care? It's Still a Problem

Harold Pollack | Posted 03.23.2008 | Politics

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Every day we are bogged down in campaign ephemera, many thousands of Americans are failing to get needed care, falling into medical bankruptcy, or are losing health insurance coverage.

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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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Coverage v. Coercion

Einer Elhauge | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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If you are worried about paying for your own healthcare coverage, there is no reason to favor the Clinton Plan over the Obama Plan. A mandate covering all health care would be an overboard solution.

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Clinton, Obama Spar over Dental Plans

Andy Borowitz | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

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With both candidates in agreement on a broad range of issues, the two rivals appear to be hoping that late-deciding voters will support the candidate who offers the best dental.

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Change, as in Policies

James Love | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

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By turning his back on universal health care, and attacking "mandates," Barack Obama is turning to the right on an important issue.

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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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Bill Clinton: Healthcare Fliers Are "Pure Garbage"

Political Radar | Sarah Amos | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

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While the Obama and Clinton camps go back and forth over the issues, old photos and everything in between, former President Bill Clinton has surprisin...

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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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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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Why Not Single Payer? Part 4. In Partial Defense of Obama Against Clinton's Attacks on His Health Care Plan

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Obama is right to criticize Clinton for putting forward a plan that would penalize the uninsured middle class, unless the cost can be brought down to an affordable level. Hillary's plan is a political loser.

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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, Public Health, and the Real Case for Health Reform

Harold Pollack | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

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Healthcare won't be fixed until we nominate a Democrat who can actually win, and who can assemble a working majority to get things done.

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Preview: Hillary To Debut "Sweeping Change" Health Care Plans

Wall Street Journal | Posted 09.15.2007 | Politics

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Thirteen years after Hillary Rodham Clinton's plan for health care went down to disastrous defeat, she is back with a new proposal that again seeks to...

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