AP Interview: Clinton on health care (On Drudge)

Yahoo.com/Associated Press ^ | September 18, 2007 | Beth Fouhy

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WASHINGTON - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that a mandate requiring every American to purchase health insurance was the only way to achieve universal health care but she rejected the notion of punitive measures to force individuals into the health care system.

"At this point, we don't have anything punitive that we have proposed," the presidential candidate said in an interview with The Associated Press. "We're providing incentives and tax credits which we think will be very attractive to the vast majority of Americans."

She said she could envision a day when "you have to show proof to your employer that you're insured as a part of the job interview — like when your kid goes to school and has to show proof of vaccination," but said such details would be worked out through negotiations with Congress.

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"At this point, we don't have anything punitive that we have proposed," the presidential candidate said

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[jdm]

What a maniac. Why does she always yell when she speaks?

[freekitty]

Lie, lie and lie. She just wants another bit entity government owned.

[Dante3]

To counter the image that she is a dumpy little housewife? Bad acting? To hide the face that she is really saying nothing much?

Sometimes she also talks real slow, like she thinks she is speaking to dummies.

[Graybeard58]

What a maniac. Why does she always yell when she speaks?

FOR THE SAME REASON THAT SOME PEOPLE TYPE IN ALL CAPS.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Why does she always yell when she speaks?

To be fair, she can't hold a candle to Howie Dean in that department.

[goldstategop]

Yeah right, Hillary. You'll save the tough love for later.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[EQAndyBuzz]

We already have universal health care. Walk into any emergency room, say you need treatment and say you do not have insurance.

You will get better care then anyplace on earth.

I pay for that. I pay for medicaid and medicare, neither of which I use.

So how do I benefit from this? Oh wait, I am a white, middleclass male. I am not supposed to benefit from this.

[Phlap]

"you have to show proof to your employer that you're insured"

Sounds like Social Security to me.

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FOR THE SAME REASON THAT SOME PEOPLE TYPE IN ALL CAPS.

Sometimes you have to type very slowly in all caps, for people that aren't good readers and are hard of hearing.

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She said she could envision a day when "you have to show proof to your employer that you're insured as a part of the job interview

She envisions lots of things that I find really creepy, including this. "Your papers are NOT in order."

[Jagman]

If this had been a Republican, they would have skillfully cropped out the "D" behind her, leaving

REAM!

[dearolddad]

Sometimes you have to type very slowly in all caps, for people that aren't good readers and are hard of hearing.

Speak up sonny.

[Popocatapetl]

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Sometimes you have to type very slowly in all caps, for people that aren't good readers and are hard of hearing.

[goldstategop]

I'M DOING IT ALL FOR YOU! I'M TRYING TO KEEP YOU HEALTHY! AND NO ONE WILL STOP ME FROM GIVING IT TO YOU THIS TIME AROUND!!!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

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[Ole Okie]

Sometimes you have to type very slowly in all caps, for people that aren't good readers and are hard of hearing.

Eh? What say?

[isthisnickcool]

Hillary Clinton opens the only hole she has that's still being used and not dry as a bone.