HRC's Healthcare Plan

[SnowballsChance]

I was watching snippets from HRC's speech in San Antonio last night where she continues to tout her nationwide healthcare plan and it dawned on me that I had heard this before. When Bill was running for president in '92, wasn't this her only platform? I distinctly remember hearing that this would be her cause, much like Nancy Reagan's 'Just Say No' campaign.

My question is, should she really get another shot at pushing a plan that she could not get approved for 8 years? Is it likely that this will remain her focus once she is elected? After all, she had virtually no other cause for her husbands 8 years in office and she is likely to be distracted by running the armed forces and other national issues that she did not have to worry about during his terms. I know that most of the promises that are made during the campaign will likely not materialize, but this one just seems much more hollow to me than most others.

Hook 'Em

 

[Roger]

in all fairness, once her UHC plan got ***** slapped she gave up so she didn't really work on it for 8 years

 

[Wesser]

Yeah, HRC's plan was torpedoed by the 94 mid term elections, and helped to sweep in the first Republican congress in 50 years. After that, Bill kinda sent her on the bake cookies and Africa tour circuit.

The plan itself is not that similar to the 93-94 plan (the proposed Health Security Act). The old plan was based on a government hybrid of expansion of Medicare and a HMO - similar to Germany's. The new one relies upon the existing employer pay system, so she has worked on it some.