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Sen. Clinton Vows To Establish Universal Health Care System if Elected President in 2008
[Mar 27, 2007]

Presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on Monday during an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America" broadcast from Iowa said that as president she would seek to establish a universal health insurance system, the AP/Detroit Free Press reports. At the Science Center of Iowa, Clinton spoke to more than 200 activists at a town hall meeting about health care issues. Clinton said, "We're going to have universal health care when I'm president -- there's no doubt about that. We're going to get it done." In reference to her failed effort to establish a universal health insurance system in 1994, Clinton said that "we're in a better position today to do that," because the number of U.S. residents who lack coverage has increased and because "so many people with insurance have found it's difficult to get health care because the insurance companies deny you what you need." She added, "I believe the American people are going to make this an issue." Clinton said she has not "set out a plan and said here's exactly what I will do" because she wants "the ideas that people have." In addition, Clinton disagreed with a claim from rival former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) that taxes would have to increase to finance a universal health insurance system. She said, "We've got to get the costs under control," adding, "Why would we put more money into a dysfunctional system?" (Glover, AP/Detroit Free Press, 3/26).