Bill Clinton: “Good for you. When you get your degree, you'll be glad that you worked for it like that, if you can get it, and I think…”

“Good for you. When you get your degree, you'll be glad that you worked for it like that, if you can get it, and I think you can. Under our plan, the cost of insuring part-time workers would be shared between the employer, the employee, and the Government. So if you work--let's just say you work 20 hours a week, which is half-time, your employer would pay half the premium that the employer would pay if your worked 40 hours a week. And you would similarly pay your obligation, then the difference would be made up with help from the Government. But you would have to pay, and so would your employer, if you work more than 10 hours a week, but you would be eligible to get health care coverage. Let me say that one of the most interesting and controversial parts of any health care plan is how you treat younger workers. And here's a young man who wants health care coverage. But there are a lot of young folks who don't, who don't want to be forced to pay anything because they say, ``Hey, I'm young, and I'm healthy, and I'm not married and I have no responsibilities to anybody, and I ought to have the right not to pay.'' And you can say that, but the truth is if they have a car accident or a skiing accident or they, God forbid, get sick, they still go to the hospital and then the rest of you still have to pay if they don't have any insurance. So I think this is the fair way to do it, and you would be able to be insured under our plan. [At this point, the television stations took a commercial break.] Mr. Anschutz. Once again, Mr. President, it's a pleasure to have you here at our town hall meeting. And our next question is via satellite again from Topeka. Mr. Hipp. Thank you, Wendall. And, Mr. President, we'd like for you to meet this young woman. She is a single mother with a small child. And she simply could not find a doctor. Now, you've reconciled with your husband, right about that? So, you'll be covered by his insurance in May. And your question has to do with access to health care and the problems you've had. Why don't you tell the President about those. Medicaid Patients”