Why doesn't Obama point out Clinton failed at Health Care the first time?

Good question! I have wondered about that myself...

Because it shows she's tried. Her experience, even if it resulted in failures, is part of what has led her to develop the plans that she has today. A big part of the criticism against Obama is that he's never voted (or fought for) something really controversial when it was all on the line.

I think they both learn from their mistakes and the Democratic Party is the better for it.

Probably because it calls to light that HIS plan would not fare any better.

The only thing he is really offering is mandating insurance for kids--SCHIP exists AND for those Bush didn't tack on, 85% are covered, so where's the "urgency" for that?

IF they started debating substance, then it would come to light that NEITHER is dealing with the REAL problems because BOTH say the same thing now: go get an existing insurance policy.

However, that is just a gift to the large insurers:

When 75% of the people who declare bankruptcy over medical bills ARE INSURED, then insurance is CLEARLY not the answer.

"Aldrich’s situation is "asinine" but increasingly common, said Dr. Deborah Thorne of Ohio University. Thorne, co-author of a widely quoted 2005 study that found medical bills contributed to nearly half of the 1.5 million personal bankruptcies filed in the U.S. each year, said that ratio has likely worsened since the data was gathered.

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Like Aldrich, Thorne said, three-quarters of the individuals in the study who declared bankruptcy because of health problems were insured. "

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20201807/

Linda Peeno, MD testified that SHE had often denied treatment JUST to save the insurance company money http://www.thenationalcoalition.org/DrPeenotestimo...

Furthermore:

"the vast majority of health insurance policies are through for-profit stock companies. They are in the process of “shedding lives” as some term it when “undesirable” customers are lost through various means, including raising premiums and co-pays and decreasing benefits (Britt, “Health insurers getting bigger cut of medical dollars,” 15 October 2004, investors.com). That same Investors Business Daily article from 2004 noted the example of Anthem, another insurance company. They said the top five executives (not just the CEO) received an average of an 817 percent increase in compensation between 2000 and 2003. The CEO, for example, had his compensation go from $2.5 million to $25 million during that time period. About $21 million of that was in stock payouts, the article noted.

A 2006 article, “U.S. Health Insurance: More Market Domination, More CEO Compensation”

(hcrenewal.blogspot.com) notes that in 56 percent of 294 metropolitan areas one insurer “controls more than half the business in health maintenance organization and preferred provider networks underwriting." In addition to having the most enrollees, they also are the biggest purchasers of health care and set the price and coverage terms. “’The results is double-digit premium increases from 2001 and 2004—peaking with a 13.9 percent jump in 2003—soaring well above inflation and wages increases.’" Where is all that money going? The article quotes a Wall Street Journal article looking at the compensation of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group. His salary and bonus is $8 million annually. He has benefits such as the use of a private jet. He has stock-option fortunes worth $1.6 billion."

--Save America, Save the World by Cassandra Nathan pp. 127-128

"Insurance Companies Robbing Patients

Robbing patients to pay CEOs leads to unprecedented medical insurance corporation greed.

Thursday, January 3, 2008 8:52 AM

By: Michael Arnold Glueck & Robert J. Cihak, The Medicine Men"

http://www.newsmax.com/medicine_men/medical_insura...

Sensible plan--VOLUNTARY:

QUALITY, ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE health care for all.

That means preventative care (physical with follow up). Real medication (no Medicare "donut holes" the really ill are ripped off again.) No bogus ridiculously low "caps" on needed medical procedures. No abuse of the ER. No paying for the silly with the sniffles to go to the doc for free. No more bankruptcies over medical bills. I want THIS plan that ends abuse of the taxpayer, takes the burden off employers, provides price transparency, and ends the rip-off of the US taxpayer at the hands of greedy insurance CEOs (which has been repeatedly documented).

http://www.booklocker.com/books/3068.html

Read the PDF, not the blurb, for the bulk of the plan. Book is searchable on Amazon.com

Cassandra Nathan's Save America, Save the World

At least she had the balls to try. That was way back in 1993. I think she has learned a lot since then. And still perseveres. She is not a quitter! Obama has NOT even had one term in the senate. His inexperience is showing big time on every issue from Nafta to Iraq.

Because his plan for socialized medicine is just as bad as her initial 1992 plan.

okay and then we could also point out what barack has done in the senate because if you go and look you will see that he has a nice voting record.............NOT

go john mccain!

because she will have more of a chance to pass it as president then she had as senator

She didn't fail. What about CHIP? Several kids have health insurance because of her.

Because he knows it is pointless to say that since she WAS NEVER PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME.

He's trying to be nice.