clinton healthcare
Article?#1 MAJOR?POINTS: ?Health?Security?Act ?The?major?legislative?initiative?of?Bill?Clinton?s?first?year?in?office?was?the?reform?of?the?US?health?care system. ?In?January?1993,?Clinton?announced?a?major?Administration?health?care?policy?that?would?be?headed?by Hillary?Clinton ?Key?principles?of?universal?coverage?and?managed?competition,?great?success?with?Democrats?in Congress?as?well?as?public?opinion ?Clinton?considered?and?rejected?a?single?payer?plan?because?it?was??too?socialized??and?decided?that?his plan?would?rely?on?private?insurance?companies?and?employer?mandates ?Argued?that?bottom?line?was?universal?coverage,?and?threatened?to?veto?any?bill?that?did?not?provide?it