Bill Clinton

The Serbs should cease their attacks on Gorazde and should pull back.

I think we have to be prepared to do it.

I have a great deal of confidence in General Rose's determination.

Well, we do. My belief is that any successor government will keep working closely with us on North Korea and keep in close touch with us on China and keep working with us with China on North Korea. I believe that will happen. I would be…

Government can't do this job alone, nor should it.

More police in community policing settings means not only that more criminals will be caught, it means that there will be less crime.

The crime bill sends a simple message, 'three strikes and you're out'; commit three violent crimes, and you go to prison for life.

I'm determined to keep building on that strength.

Do you understand? I mean, like if you have Medicare or if you have an insurance policy or CHAMPUS whatever now, none of that money flows to the hospital now. Under our plan, you'd be able to go there, take your insurance policy, and get…

It's a complicated issue. We should have an argument. Mr. Anschutz. Okay, I think we have Omaha next. Is that right? Topeka. Let's go to Topeka and Ralph Hipp. Ralph. Mr. Hipp. Wendall and Mr. President, this is a woman who lost her…

I think the people have done a good job. And we've gotten a broad range of questions. Mr. Anschutz. Some agree, some argumentative, but that's the kind of thing we want.

I wish I had her in my office, that's for sure. [Laughter] Mr. Anschutz. Yes, she's pretty sharp. Are you ready, Ralph? Mr. Hipp. Yes, Wendall and Mr. President. We have a short question from a girl who is 9 years old, goes to Central…

I have to tell you the truth. I'm not sure what's covered and what's not with transportation. And what I will do is, after this is over, I'll get your name and address, and I'll get you an answer. And I wish I could give you an answer on…

Thank you. Thank you for doing it, though. Mr. Anschutz. Mr. President, Glenda Silvy in Tulsa has another question to ask you. And Glenda, I would ask you in the interest of time--we're getting toward the end, and we have a lot of ground…

No, I'm talking about not now. At your income level now, you probably have no responsibility at all. But I'm talking about back when you were working; suppose you needed medicine to maintain your condition. Even then, every health…

But I'm not going to let Social Security get in trouble, either. And the deficit's coming down, not going up. Go ahead. Mr. Anschutz. Go ahead, Loretta. Ms. Carroll. This gentleman was diagnosed as having full-blown AIDS back in 1991. He…

Absolutely. Right now we've got the most expensive-- right now, sir, we have the most expensive system in the world in America. We have 1,500 separate companies writing thousands of different policies, and then the two Government programs…

Let me also just say, for those who are listening to us, on part-time employees, you don't pay the full premium unless the employee works 30 hours a week or more. Anything less, the employer pays a smaller percentage of the premium. Ms…

Let me ask you a favor. Would you send to me personally your calculations? Because I know we've got to go on to other questions, but let me remind you, if it added 4.5 percent to the cost of doing business and his labor costs were only…

Okay. And if they are part-time or short-term workers, they wouldn't add all that much. You wouldn't have to pay the whole 7.9 percent for them because they don't work all the time. All right, let me ask you this--on average, food service…

It depends. Most people in America, if our plan passed, would get the same or better health care for the same or lower costs. Some small businesses would pay more. It depends on what they're paying. I'd have to know. Let me just tell you…

So, in other words, your employer chose an insurance plan for you that did not permit you to keep the doctor that you had been dealing with----

I want to make sure everyone here and everyone in our other studios understood what she said. She said her previous doctor, her personal choice, was off-plan. Why don't you explain to everybody what that means, in case they don't know.

Well, I didn't write that question for her, honestly. [Laughter] Let me try to give you an answer that's not so--that's a little more objective, maybe not quite so favorable to my position. This is a complicated issue. You wrote us a…

If the employee works less than 10 hours a week, the answer is no. Isn't that right, Erskine? Administrator Bowles. Also, you're not responsible for covering anybody who works less than 10 hours a week. You're not responsible for covering…