Hillary Clinton has emulated John Edwards in unveiling a
$110 billion health care reform plan that would require
by law that all Americans have health insurance.
Both Edwards
and Clinton have said that under their presidency every
citizen in the U.S. would have to enroll in a state-managed
socialized health care system where regular check ups, including
mental screenings, would be mandatory.
The vision of an America where every citizen
is forced by law to participate in health screenings overseen
by the government should set stark warning bells ringing.
The level of micromanagement and the expansion
of government into everyday life this would entail represents
the antithesis of the founding principles of a constitutional
Republic and the free market.
There is also concern that such a mandate
would be too financially burdensome for lower-income individuals
and families
Clinton attempted to dispel such worries, reducing the
debate to a left-right paradigm stating "I know my
Republican opponents will try to equate this plan with government-run
health care. Well don't let them fool you again," explaining
that her plan would allow participants to "keep the
doctors you know and trust" while it would expand "personal
choice" and keep costs down.
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While aides stress that no new federal bureaucracy would
be created under the Clinton plan it offers expanded versions
of two existing government programs: Medicare, and the health
insurance plan currently offered to federal employees. Consumers
have a choice between either government-run program.
Both Clinton and Edwards propose covering the cost of their
plans by ending tax cuts to people who make more than $200,000
per year.
Clinton has said that her healthcare system would ensure
lower premiums and higher quality, and lessen the power
of drug and insurance companies over healthcare choices.
This is difficult to believe however given that Hillary
openly
admits to accepting campaign contributions
from powerful health care groups, drug companies, insurance
companies and their lobbyists.
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During her tenure as First Lady, Clinton was at the forefront
of a similar and extremely unpopular socialized medicine
plan that became known by critics as "Hillarycare".
One editorial in the Washington Post by University of Virginia
Professor Martha Derthick stated:
"In many years of studying American social policy,
I have never read an official document that seemed so suffused
with coercion and political naivete ... with its drastic
prescriptions for controlling the conduct of state governments,
employers, drug manufacturers, doctors, hospitals and you
and me."
U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan added "anyone
who thinks [the Clinton health care plan] can work in the
real world as presently written isn't living in it."
The plan ultimately collapsed under the weight of opposition
and the fact that the Republicans won the 1994 mid terms.
