Clinton role in health program disputed

WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton, who has frequently described herself on the campaign trail as playing a pivotal role in forging a children's health insurance plan, had little to do with crafting the landmark legislation or ushering it through Congress, according to several lawmakers, staffers, and healthcare advocates involved in the issue.

In campaign speeches, Clinton describes the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, as an initiative "I helped to start." Addressing Iowa voters in November, Clinton said, "in 1997, I joined forces with members of Congress and we passed the State Children's Health Insurance Program." Clinton regularly cites the number of children in each state who are covered by the program, and mothers of sick children have appeared at Clinton campaign rallies to thank her.

But the Clinton White House, while supportive of the idea of expanding children's health, fought the first SCHIP effort, spearheaded by Senators Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, because of fears that it would derail a bigger budget bill. And several current and former lawmakers and staff said Hillary Clinton had no role in helping to write the congressional legislation, which grew out of a similar program approved in Massachusetts in 1996.

"The White House wasn't for it. We really roughed them up" in trying to get it approved over the Clinton administration's objections, Hatch said in an interview. "She may have done some advocacy [privately] over at the White House, but I'm not aware of it."

"I do like her," Hatch said of Hillary Clinton. "We all care about children. But does she deserve credit for SCHIP? No - Teddy does, but she doesn't."

Clinton role in health program disputed

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She touts her 'involvement' in this program as one of her major accomplishments. But the truth is, just like the peace negotiations in Ireland, she had absolutely nothing to do with it. Her 'resume' is a lie. Her list of 'accomplishments' is basically fiction. People must be made to understand that. Her ditto head will never believe it until theyr experience it. She gets elected and they'll deserve all the scorn and derision a Trump or Cruz supporter would get.

(I don't know if I'm right in my feeling, or letting my hate run amuk, or overly biased but crazy ass Trump doesn't scare me as she does. And dragging back that bulbous nosed old lech just makes it worse. He was/is a HORRIBLE man. And they've BOTH made their political bones on the backs of the weak and defenseless.)

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thanatokephaloides's picture

...... and here are your winnings, sir!"

Hillary Clinton, pad her resume? Surely you jest!

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"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar

"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides

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But let's not make the mistake of simply saying that it's all lies. For example, for the Irish peace talks; according to PolitiFact, she had a small but significant role in them. Basically, she talked to women within the community, which probably did help to keep things going or something, but she really wasn't a key player in the process.

Stephen Farry, a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, said it's important to put the Clinton administration's efforts in perspective. "It is an exaggeration to say that the administration brokered the agreement. ... Most of the heavy lifting to reach the Good Friday Agreement was provided by the British and Irish governments

It would seem that the Clinton administration didn't have as much of a role in the peace talks as they would like to believe they did, at least according to Farry.

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New lies - about S-CHIP, down-ballot help is really money laundering scheme for Hillary Victory Fund, and now the Irish peace talks? How DOES she get away with it? Is fact checking dead? Is journalism? Do voters care?

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longtalldrink's picture

nothing except MSNBC or CNN, never really read anything online. They spout these (non truths) about Clinton that they hear on these stations. Some started with Bernie but now believe "he should back out, doesn't stand a chance" against "front-runner" Clinton. That I should just "accept the inevitable". I tell them they need to read more and understand just who the Elites are trying to force down our throats, by hook or by "crook".

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Well done is better than well said-Ben Franklin

and we're going to like it.

I no longer believe anything HRC says. The Clintons, both of them, are liars and cheaters. And they are not Democrats. No real democrat would choose to holiday with war criminal Henry Fucking Kissinger.

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Yahoo

There is so much that came out the last time she ran, and her supporters now seem to have just taken rohypnol and forgotten it all. She claims everything positive and runs from bad decisions like they were a dumpster fire. Should she not be charged with crimes, and end up the nominee, the Republicans are going to scorch the earth with all her contradictions and exaggerated claims, and they will WISH for the nice Bernie supporters who mostly aimed at Wall Street.

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WindDancer13's picture

but didn't use it for anything as I was still at TOP at the time and knew better. It's not like the media doesn't know it. I think one of the pieces I found came from a fact checker. *sigh*

One of the factoids that I unearthed recently was her implication that she was important to the Children's Defense Fund (note that she only ever addresses the one case). She was there for maybe six to nine months before she was hired by people who were working on the Nixon thing. From what I understand, they believed her to be shall we say less than honest. There are several reports that she was actually fired from that project, but there is some conflicting information, so I let it rest for the time being.

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