2016 Postmortem

TheProgressive

(1,656 posts) Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:08 PM Feb 2016

By the way, H.Clinton FAILED to pass healthcare when she was in the Whitehouse...

What makes anybody think *she* can make healthcare better now?

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By the way, H.Clinton FAILED to pass healthcare when she was in the Whitehouse... (Original Post) TheProgressive Feb 2016 OP

True, but H. Clinton was not in a position to pass healthcare then, elleng Feb 2016 #1

I did fight myself on the word 'pass'... But, TheProgressive Feb 2016 #2

There were many disputes about the proposed legislation that she led in drafting, elleng Feb 2016 #3

No offense, please don't lecture posters... TheProgressive Feb 2016 #4

What exactly is your point here? Zynx Feb 2016 #5

Its just that she *failed* at getting healthcare in the 1990's.... TheProgressive Feb 2016 #7

She even had a Democratic Senate and House when she led the Health Care Reform Taskforce. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #6

Her proposal got further than Sanders single payer bill in 2010. Hoyt Feb 2016 #8

What was the bill number so I can look that up... TheProgressive Feb 2016 #9

elleng

(141,926 posts)

1. True, but H. Clinton was not in a position to pass healthcare then,

Reply to TheProgressive (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:10 PM

Feb 2016

her HUSBAND was. Do NOT conflate the two unnecessarily, please.

TheProgressive

(1,656 posts)

2. I did fight myself on the word 'pass'... But,

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:12 PM

Feb 2016

She was in charge of the policy, and she Failed. Period.

She said that it was to tough to fight the lobbyists...

elleng

(141,926 posts)

3. There were many disputes about the proposed legislation that she led in drafting,

Reply to TheProgressive (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:15 PM

Feb 2016

a little book (of some interest) might be written about such, and that's a good conversation. That's why it's important to state the issue properly to begin with.

TheProgressive

(1,656 posts)

4. No offense, please don't lecture posters...

Reply to elleng (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:16 PM

Feb 2016

Zynx

(21,328 posts)

5. What exactly is your point here?

Reply to TheProgressive (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:28 PM

Feb 2016

She tried, yes, and the Democratic Party suffered horribly because of how Republicans demonized the issue. He got the Affordable Care Act through because Obama had a big majority that was fueled by hatred of Bush. It was a bigger majority than Clinton had and a much more left wing one. We lost it over that battle.

Can you even imagine what would happen to Sanders?

TheProgressive

(1,656 posts)

7. Its just that she *failed* at getting healthcare in the 1990's....

Reply to Zynx (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:30 PM

Feb 2016

Failure....

That's all....

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

6. She even had a Democratic Senate and House when she led the Health Care Reform Taskforce. n/t

Reply to TheProgressive (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:28 PM

Feb 2016

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

8. Her proposal got further than Sanders single payer bill in 2010.

Reply to TheProgressive (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:54 PM

Feb 2016

TheProgressive

(1,656 posts)

9. What was the bill number so I can look that up...

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:58 PM

Feb 2016

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