Mrs. Clinton’s 1st Stop on Road to Health Reform: Pennsylvania
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WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton will make Pennsylvania, where the national debate about health reform was launched, the first stop in her quest for answers to the nation’s health care woes.
Administration officials said Friday that the First Lady will join Sen. Harris Wofford (D-Pa.) at a statewide conference on health reform next Thursday in Harrisburg. Wofford surged to victory over former U.S. Atty. Gen. Dick Thornburgh in the 1991 Pennsylvania Senate race on the strength of his promise to provide health insurance for everyone.
Wofford’s strategy was fashioned by James Carville, who went on to serve President Clinton as a senior campaign adviser.
Clinton named his wife last week to chair his Task Force on National Health Care Reform, which is supposed to draft legislation by May to bring soaring health costs under control and provide coverage for all Americans.
This will be Mrs. Clinton’s first out-of-town appearance in her unpaid role as the President’s chief health policy adviser.
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