Why was Hillary Clinton almost crucified for wanting health care for all American when she was First Lady?

Question

NOW THE PRESIDENT AND THE CANDIDATES ARE TALKING ABOUT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN ETC. HILLARY WORKED FOR KID AT THE CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND BEFORE IT WAS SO POPULAR
sHE IS MAGNIFICENT CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.

Answer 1

Let any candidate get in office and try to push socialized healthcare and see how far they get.

Answer 2

The biggest problem with the Clinton health plan was misinformation. As soon as it was proposed, a tremendous amount of money was invested in advertising and public relations to counter the proposal to the point that anyone who watched TV or listened to the readio KNEW it was a Very Bad Idea, despite not knowing any of the specific details about the proposal.

The irony of this situation was that although a majority of Americans disfavored the plan when polled if it was presented to them as Hillary's, an equally strong majority FAVORED the plan when the key components of the plan were described to them point by point as an alternative, with no mention of Hillary.

The United States is one of the last holdouts in the first world in not providing a guarantee of basic health care for its citizens. Such programs have been highly (although admittedly not perfect, but what is) in the nations that have instituted them. Most of the comments above mine are examples of the knee-jerk hatred of "socialized medicine" (a term created to scare people away from universal health coverage) that remains to this day.

The unfortunate fallout of this effort, is that the campaign against the program was so successful that it has prevented any meaningful discourse on the subject until now. The original proposal was far from perfect, and a bit confusing, to put it mildly (at 1000 pages, it was pretty hard to comprehend the whole, in large part due to complexities and compromises that were created to try to avoid offending different groups and avoid oppositon), but rather than engage in any meaningful attempt to correct the faults and craft a better program, the entire idea of universal health coverage was rendered taboo for over a decade.

Answer 3

She wasn't criticized for *wanting* health care for all, she was criticized because her proposal was godawful horrible, and because the taskforce was conducted in secret - a gross violation of the law.

Here's a few highlights:
- Cut number of doctors by 25%
- Cut number of specialists by 50%
- Mandated federal database of all medical records
- Control number and type of doctors permitted to practice in any geographical area.
- Study concluded it would require over 100,00 new bureaucrats.
- When a woman complained that she didn't want to get shoved into a plan not of her choosing, the first lady lectured, "It's time to put the common good, the national interest, ahead of individuals."
- When told the plan could bankrupt small businesses, Mrs. Clinton sighed, "I can't be responsible for every undercapitalized small business in America."

Some "magnificent" candidate! Harumph!

Answer 4

Hillary wanted to create yet another huge Democrat bureaucracy that would raise the cost of health insurance for everyone. Like the typical Democrat she is, she wanted the working people to pay for it through taxes.

The program that the President has in mind would give TAX BREAKS to individuals who had to purchase health insurance and TAX BREAKS to employers who provide health insurance.

She's a magnificent candidate for a lobotomy.

Answer 5

It's all talk to get the poor people's vote. Hillary Clinton as First Lady did more to screw up healthcare in this country than any other 100 people combined.

Answer 6

I don't think she was crucified for wanting a decent health care policy. I don't think she came up with a decent alternative.

Answer 7

The anti-health conservatives just haven't gotten the message that universal healthcare will save them money.