Bill Clinton single payer

[Tavarious Jackson]

SECURITY CARD: An identification card that would serve as proof of a person's eligibility for the Government-guaranteed package of benefits. All citizens and legal aliens would be eligible. SINGLE-PAYER OPTION: A provision of the Clinton plan that a state would be allowed to enact as an alternative to the system of regional health alliances. Under this alternative, the state would make direct payments to health care providers, with no intermediaries.



http://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/23/us/clinton-s-health-plan-transcript-president-s-address-congress-health-care.html?pagewanted=all&mcubz=0

[GaryCnf]

1. STATES would have been allowed

To adopt a single payer option, just as they can under the ACA.

NOT what was introduced by Representative Conyers and co-sponsored by then-Representative Sanders and Representative John Lewis, Representative Tammy Baldwin and others in 1993;

And NOT what Senator Sanders and Senator Harris will be introducing now;

And, NOT single payer

Speaking of introducing, who introduced the legislation described in this speech in Congress?

[Tavarious Jackson]

4. After a 12 year GOP Reign the Clintons had to try and get what they could

It was a good effort and they paid politically for trying

[oberliner]

2. Do you remember how that played out in Congress?

Short version: not well.

[Tavarious Jackson]

3. My point is

DEMOCRATS have wanted this for years and its not a new Bernie thing

[oberliner]

5. My point was that Democrats in Congress fought against that plan

There was a Democratic majority at the time - and they put up a lot of resistance to the idea.