Presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) has promised a universal health care system if she gets elected next year. I had this deja vu feeling listening to the highlights reel. So, here we go with ClintonCare Part II.
The only piece of the 1993/1994 ClintonCare Part I program that was actually implemented was Hillary’s “Vaccines for Children Program.” The program has had some interesting results. First, immunization rates among the poor which were increasing prior to the initiative, leveled off in the later years of the Clinton administration. Second, reimbursement rates to manufacturers were cut and manufacturers scaled back in production (one company getting out entirely) which directly led to the flu shortages in 2003 (a topic well chronicled in the Wall Street Journal).
Senator Clinton claims she’s learned her lesson from ClintonCare Part I, but only time will tell.
The only piece of the 1993/1994 ClintonCare Part I program that was actually implemented was Hillary’s “Vaccines for Children Program.” The program has had some interesting results. First, immunization rates among the poor which were increasing prior to the initiative, leveled off in the later years of the Clinton administration. Second, reimbursement rates to manufacturers were cut and manufacturers scaled back in production (one company getting out entirely) which directly led to the flu shortages in 2003 (a topic well chronicled in the Wall Street Journal).
Senator Clinton claims she’s learned her lesson from ClintonCare Part I, but only time will tell.
