From the debate on Thursday:
Transcript: The Democratic debate in Milwaukee
CLINTON: So what we have tried to do and what President Obama succeeded in doing was to build on the health care system we have, get us to 90 percent coverage. We have to get the other 10 percent of the way to 100. I far prefer that and the chances we have to be successful there than trying to start all over again, gridlocking our system, and trying to get from zero to 100 percent.
(APPLAUSE)
Hillary’s website doesn’t even address how she would achieve that laudable goal, instead we are treated to some vague platitudes.
Affordable health care is a basic human right.
Transform our health care system to reward value and quality. Hillary is committed to building on delivery system reforms in the Affordable Care Act that improve value and quality care for Americans.
Hillary got applause for for making the promise to cover the uninsured.
How would Hillary achieve this? No one knows.
Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Have a Practical Plan, or Any Plan, for Universal Health Care Coverage
By Ben Mathis-Lilley
I asked the Clinton campaign about this, and they directed to me to several progressive proposals she's made that are in fact quite specific about how she would reduce costs for people who already have insurance. But if you can tell me how President Clinton would provide coverage to the 11 percent of Americans who don't have it right now, I'll send you one American dollar (and update this article).
There are logical political reasons why this might be the case. Clinton has already apparently convinced most people that she's the practical candidate, so why expose herself to criticism that her own plan is unrealistic? Listing specific promises or goals related to universal coverage, as Slate's Jamelle Bouie noted this morning in regards to the "public option," would just create ammunition that could be used against her when/if she's elected and the Republican Congress refuses to pass anything that expands the ACA.
Hillary has yet to present any proposal to to cover the uninsured.
Where’s her plan??
Hillary has none.
