The Supreme Court could “strike down the mandatory purchase [of health insurance], although I find it amazing that they would,” he said. “I mean, you can make people buy automobile liability insurance.”
Mr. Clinton also criticized the GOP-led House’s plan to replace Medicare with subsidies for insurance companies. “What this bill will do will [is] actually increase the cost of health care,” he said.
Read The Hill report about President Bill Clinton’s thoughts on the healthcare reform challenge.
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