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Monday, February 4, 2008 12:00 AM

The qualms before the storm

How might Clinton and Obama handle the Oval Office? On the eve of Super Tuesday, what we still don't know could come back to haunt us.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Monday, February 4, 2008 09:26 PM

    Obama's NOT Universal Health Care

    Good edit by Krugman in today's NYT on Obama v.s Clinton Health care. In short: Obama's will PREVENT universal health care while costing nearly as much. My take: It was stunning to hear Obama state in the 1:1 debate that he will FINE uninsured people for getting health care (I know; I wouldn't believe me either. Ck it out. He said it) Obama was criticized because under his plan people would be incentivized to NOT get insurance (no mandate + no pre-existing conditions = free care without insurance) so he actually patched his plan by saying he'd fine uninsured people. That's right, he criticizes Clinton for mandates and when the math in his plan doesn't work out, patches it with fines. At that point I realized he has no plan other than what his pollsters created (Obama reportedly has more pollsters than all other candidates combined). And the gaff got zero press coverage other than Krugman. Amazing. P.S. Then he ran commercials in California that mimic the insurance industry's attack ads on Clinton -- where Obama attacks universal health care. (Honest. Watch them. "I'm Obama and I approve this attack ad.)

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