Mediscare II: Obama health plan evokes ’96 campaign

 
The OKLAHOMAN EDITORIAL
Published: June 16, 2009

We’re waiting for the AARP to kick off a "Son of Mediscare” campaign in opposition to President Obama . That wait may be long.

Bill Clinton practically based his re-election campaign in 1996 on attacks against the Republican congressional majority for its plans to cut the rate of growth of Medicare . Note that no actual cut was proposed, only a cut in the rate of growth.

And now Obama is pus...


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