The White House
Health Care Reform Today
December 2, 1993
- The President's health care reform plan is
drawing strong support in Massachusetts. A poll
conducted on behalf of the Massachusetts Hospital
Association showed that 62% of those polled said
they support the passage of the President's plan.
Pollster John Marttila, quoted by AP said: "These
results clearly show that the president's health
care proposal appeals to the people of
Massachusetts on a fundamental level, one that goes
beyond the normal considerations of cost and
quality. The idea that everyone has a basic right
to health care benefits, a right that exists
regardless of a person's income or employment
status, is a basic value shared by the vast
majority of the state."
- Speaking yesterday at Georgetown University
Medical Center, the President clearly articulated
the need for health care...particularly for the
AIDS community. He said: "I think the best thing
we can do for people who are living with HIV and
living with AIDS is to pass a comprehensive health
care plan so that people do not lose their
benefits. That is important."
- The board of directors of the American
Academy of Family Physicians has voted unanimously
to support President Clinton's Health Security Act.
In their release sent out yesterday, Dr. William
Coleman of the AAFP said: "We see the Clinton
program as the best of the plans offered so far.
We believe it is taking the nation in the right
direction."
- First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will be in
Hanover and Manchester, New Hampshire today. In
Hanover, Mrs. Clinton will participate in the
Tri-State Rural Health Care Forum at Dartmouth
College. The forum will be moderated by former
Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop and will be
attended by health care professionals from the
Tri-State area. Following the forum, Mrs. Clinton
will address Dartmouth students and faculty and
will travel to Manchester, New Hampshire and visit
the Manchester Community Health Services Center.
- On Friday, President Clinton will visit the
El Pueblo Health Services Clinic in Bernalillo,
New Mexico. The clinic serves a population which
accurately represents the problems of rural health
care today --- inadequate care, lack of coverage,
lack of access to care and shortages of doctors.