Clinton Hashes Out Health Plan


	Clinton Hashes Out Health Plan

BobbyDelray

10-18-2007 4:02 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/03156eae-0eb1-4d4b-bb23-1c515b71cad2/E29ED14B-FC7C-4360-974A-E3F35808C995/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/10/18/clinton-hashes-out-health-plan/" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/10/18/clinton-hashes-out-health-plan/" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.wsj.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/10/18/clinton-hashes-out-health-plan/"><P><IMG height="97" hspace="0" src="http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/images/HC-GF029_Clinto_20061024191338.gif" width="58" align="left" vspace="0" />Hillary Clinton is talking health today with a bunch of journalists including the WSJ’s Laura Meckler. <STRONG>Click <A href="javascript:window.open('http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/playerhealth08.cfm?id=3645', 'wsj_abc', 'width=345, height=440, status=no, toolbar=no, menubar=no, location=no'); void(0);">here</A> to watch the video feed.<BR /></STRONG><BR />Look for Clinton to use the word “choice” or “choose” a lot. She calls her proposal the “<A href="http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/healthcareplan/" target="blank">American Health Choices Plan</A>.” Some <A href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/09/18/hillary-clinton-choosy-about-health-reform/">Washington wags</A> have suggested the name shows the lessons/scars of the failed plan she pushed during Bill’s presidency — that plan was unpopular because many believed it would restrict their choice of insurers or doctors.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/10/18/clinton-hashes-out-health-plan/"><P>The new plan includes tax credits for insurance to encourage enrollment (popular among Republicans) and would give people the option of enrolling in public insurance programs (popular among Democrats). Her plan would also require insurance companies to “offer and renew coverage to anyone who applies and pays their premium.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/10/18/clinton-hashes-out-health-plan/"></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E29ED14B-FC7C-4360-974A-E3F35808C995/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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