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Bill Clinton: I'm glad you like to talk to him, even if he doesn't say what you agree with. Guys like us, you know, when we get old…

On the recordAugust 9, 1995
I'm glad you like to talk to him, even if he doesn't say what you agree with. Guys like us, you know, when we get old with gray hair we're supposed to say things you don't agree with. That's our job. [Laughter] But this is very encouraging. Last year when we tried to get health insurance for everybody and we didn't succeed--that's the system every other country has. If we're not going to have that system, then the only way we can do right by the children of this country is literally to make a facility like this available to every child in America. There is no other alternative. You either have to have everybody having a health insurance policy or you have to have a community comprehensive health facility like this where Medicaid covers the poor kids, kids with low enough incomes, and everybody else is on some kind of sliding scale but nobody gets turned away. Those are the only two ways known to humankind to serve all the young people. And every young person needs to be able to get health care. What about you, Anthony? [Anthony Lattimore described how counselors helped him confront family problems and encouraged him to make responsible decisions.]
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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