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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press; Secretary
For Internal Use Only..
February 18, 1994
INTERVIEW ,OF THE FIRST LADY
KDLT-TV
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I guess, first of all,' there are so many people
that I have talked to, coming here today, that I wanted to
see what they wanted me to ask you. So many people said we
are all for'you out there, but they hesitate because they are
not exactly sure what's in the plan, what's going on.
I know,You mentioned earlier it's kind of a complex
issue. . How can you calm the fears of the people about this
plan?
MRS. CLINTON:. I think wn:at, I can tell you is we .
are not making that' many changes. What we are trying to do
is to build on what works in there. We have the finest
hospitals, docto~s and nurses in the world. But we really do
have a stupid finanping system that needs to be changed
because it uses up billions of dollars that should, 99 to
better health c;:are instead of into paperwork.
And what we are doing is taking what works for most
Americans. Most insured Americans get their insurance
through their work place. Thatis what we think the best
model is. That's an American.model. ,That's not a Canadian
or a European model. That's an American model. And we want
everybody to contribute because right now those of us who are
insured at our workplace, we pay for everybody else who uses
the system, who is not insured. 'That's not fair to·us.
Everybody should have to pay something. And once everybody
pays something, everybody will be in the system.
And then we want a system -- it's kind of like what
Congress has. Congress gets its health insurance by the
citizens paying their taxes. And that's the employer, the
government. And the employer pays for part of the health
insurance, and members of Congress pay their share. Then
every year members of Congress get to look at a whole variety
of health plans and they decide wh.:j.ch.one they want. And
it's not their employer's decision. It's their decision.
That's what we want for South and North Dakota, and
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We want people ,to pool their money together so
small' businesses and farmers get ,the same low insurance rate
as big business and government do. And that's not a
,government-run system because it is, still going to be private
insurance. The money is not, going to the government. It's
going to go to whoever you choose to be your health care
plan. And you are going to be able to pick from among a
variety of plans. ,And they are not going to be able to
discriminate against you because you are older, or you have a
pre-existing condi~ion.
So we think', actually, the system will be much
simpler, easier to ,understand. You are going to have only
one form to fill oqt arid it's goi,ng to save a lot of, money.
Q Do you plan on' any cut? How far will you go as
far as cutting back to make this approved by Congress?
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MRS. CLINTON: Well" we' don't have to make very
many 'cuts because ff everybody'contributes something, we will
have mo~e than enough money to do this. And everyone who has
independently looked at the ,President's plan, who doesn't
have some particular interest that they are trying to
promote, have said that the President',s plan will save
businesses and fami,lies and' the government money at the turn
of the century.'
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It's going to take a while to get it all phased in,
and we want to'do,i:t'right. And we want to give each state
flexibility because the problems in south Dakota are not the
problems in Texas. And so we w~nt each ,state to be able to
phase in what they think will work. But once it's all phased
in, in the next, couple of year~, it's going, to start saving
everybody m o n e y . '
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Q Senator Daschle recently said that because of
your work on (inaudl,.ble) health care 'task force, you are an
easy sell almost on: rural heal~h care. And honestly that's a
big important issue; to South Dakotans. He also said Congress
is going to be the hard sell.
What will:you be taki;ng'back, to Congress today,
that you have heard today, ~nd how are you going to convince
them that we need mere health care and not to'forget us?
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MRS. CLINTON: Well, the President won't forget
rural health care because he. knows, being a governor of a
small rural state, how tough it is to get doctors into rural
areas and to keep hospitals open. And tllat's why in this
plan we've got all kinds of provisions to encourage doctors
and physicians' assistants and nurses to go to rural areas.
We've got money set aside to help keep hospitals in
rural areas open and functioning. We have a special program
to encourage medic~l stUdents to go in rural areas and to
have their loans that they needed for medical school reduced
to forgiveness. So we have done a lot. And from the
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President's perspective, that has-to stay in the program.
I mean, we can't just perform health care for urban
America. That~s not fair.· We, need to reform it' for all
Americans, and that means paying special attention to rural
areas.
Q What about,special.-- can you get this approved?
Do you have a specia"I stra~egy to get it approved?
MRS. ,CLINTON: Well, we,are going to be doing a lot
of education and talking with. people around the country
because ultimately it's the ,people in the states talking to
their members of CQngress who will make this happen. And if
members of Congress, only -hear from special interests, if they
only have people who had made money off the status quo and
wanted to continue knocking on their door, we are going to
have a tough time ..
But I think there are millions of Americans who
know why we need to make some changes in, order to preserve
what works for us. And.I think they will be making the hard
case to members of Congress, and we are going to' get health .
reform this year. _
Q Do yo~ see a lot pf different special iriterest
groups or different people out there -- obviously they are
battling against yo~. Do you, ,~ee this (inaudible)?
MRS. CLINTON: Well,that's maybe a little bit too
much to say, but it's going to be a real battle.
Harry Truman, who everybody remembers as a real
battling President,'reallyfought hard for health care
reform. And a lot of the same groups that are fighting
against this presid~nt were fighting against him.•
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But we are going to get ,it this year because one
thing that my husband has proven is he is persistent, and he
doesn't give up easily. Just as he believes that if we have
'responsible budgeting the first time in years ,in Washington
we get the deficit down and we start seeing economic
activity, he believes that hea:1th care 'reform will do the
same thing. It's going to really help people if we do it.
And so he is going to stay with, it until we get it done.
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