"Clinton was first told the story during a campaign visit to a family’s living room
in Pomeroy, Ohio. Bryan Holman, who was hosting the candidate, at the event told her
on Febuary 28, ‘I’d like to tell you a story of a young women I know that didn't have
health insurance. She worked in a little pizza place around here and she was pregnant
and worked for minimum wage ..The hospital told her she needed a hundred dollars up
front that she didn't have, of course.”
Clinton’s speech accurately reflects what she was told that day,
but the campaign admits they were not able to confirm the account.
Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee said, “She had no reason to doubt his word”.
He said,” Candidates are told stories by people all the time, and it’s
common for candidates to retell those stories. It’s not always possible to
fully vet them, but we try. For example, medical records are confidential.
In this case, we tried but weren’t able to fully vet the story.”"
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/06/clinton-drops-hospital-story-from-stump-speech/