“I think your efforts in trying to try to reform the nation's health care system are commendable.” As Ag Commissioner, he went on to request farmers and rural members not be forgotten. There are limited choices in these areas for health care.
This was 5 months before Hillary's task force submitted a plan. It is a tough sell to claim he supported a plan that didn't exist yet.
This was 5 months before Hillary's task force submitted a plan. It is a tough sell to claim he supported a plan that didn't exist yet.
I remember those days. I had the same conservative views that I have now in 2003 and 1993 and 1983.
It was clear to every conservative in the country what the goal was for Hillarycare, because they said what the goal was.
In his campaign, Bill Clinton talked about health care being a "right" of all Americans.
He had already talked about defining a basic package of health care that every American would have a right to receive.
They had appointed big government arrogant liberal d-bag Ira Magaziner to head things up.
All of us conservatives were fighting this thing tooth and nail at the time.
Hillary was trying to keep the proceedings secret because the idea was to write the bill in secret and then spring it at the last minute and try to ram it through.
You can argue that Rick was a liberal in 1993 and only became a conservative later, that would be fine.
But I remember those days and those of us who were conservative were fighting like hell to push the RINOs like Bob Dole into fighting this thing, it was clear to all what the goal was. Conservatives certainly weren't commending Hillary and lobbying for government favors for some specific group.