Health Insurance? Forget It

Seattle, Wa.

HILLARY Clinton and Al Gore, sur- vivors of Bill Clinton’s failed attempt to socialize medicine six years ago, still haven’t given up on the idea of state-backed universal health insurance. Mrs. Clinton promises to make it an issue in her senatorial campaign. In his presidential bid, Gore proposes giving all children a government guarantee of health-care access and argues for a “Patient’s Bill of Rights” granting further new rights to adults, including the right to see a shrink at your insurer’s expense.

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David Klinghoffer

David Klinghoffer, a former literary editor at NR, is a senior fellow at Discovery Institute and co-author of The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath, and other books.

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Seattle, Wa.

HILLARY Clinton and Al Gore, sur- vivors of Bill Clinton’s failed attempt to socialize medicine six years ago, still haven’t given up on the idea of state-backed universal health insurance. Mrs. Clinton promises to make it an issue in her senatorial campaign. In his presidential bid, Gore proposes giving all children a government guarantee of health-care access and argues for a “Patient’s Bill of Rights” granting further new rights to adults, including the right to see a shrink at your insurer’s expense.

About the Author

David Klinghoffer

David Klinghoffer, a former literary editor at NR, is a senior fellow at Discovery Institute and co-author of The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath, and other books.