Bill Clinton

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Well, I wish I could take another question or two. Let me first of all thank all of you for coming. And thank you for your interest. Thank you for the very good questions you asked; I wish we could have done more. And let me urge you to…

But the individual will have--the only thing you have to do is--so that the person is eligible, the person will be enrolled in a health alliance, and the alliance will know whether the person is eligible because he or she is self-employed…

Well, it'll work just like a Social Security card does. It'll look something like this. This is our little mock-up that I held up on television. And you would have this, which would entitle you to health care wherever you got sick and…

They don't. Mr. Atkinson. They say that their equipment is falling apart. Senator Dianne Feinstein's proposed what she calls, I believe, a crossing fee of about a dollar a car to raise $400 million for more agents and better equipment…

It was. We looked at the Sacramento area because of the high percentage of people in some sort of managed care and the relatively high level of satisfaction among consumers with it. And we looked at the California public employees system…

Good for you. [Ms. Bland introduced a doctor who asked if the new health care plan would enable struggling physicians groups to provide the best care for their patients and if independent doctors would receive assistance.]

I want to know. [The participant said that education and drug treatment programs were more effective than increasing law enforcement.]

Let me--one last thing. He is really the typical American of the future. The average person will change work seven times in a lifetime now, sometimes for the same employer, sometimes for a different employer. So we simply have to establish…

You know, you're about the third person in the last 10 days that's asked me that question, and I have to tell you that we have not done anything or thought of what to do exactly that would emphasize only people above a certain age. I will…

Well, they've done so much wonderful work at McClellan. They showed me two of the electric cars that they're working with people in the area to do and some of the environmental work they've done. One of the things we're really trying to do…

They did, and I love seeing them. Mr. Atkinson. It was a hard time stopping. Just barely made it in time to get on the air here.

Boy, he does look good. Youth Employment Opportunities [Ms. Bland introduced a 13-year-old who asked what could be done to prevent youth from selling drugs in order to make money.]

And she can go anywhere she wants with any doctor who is enrolled in the PPO. And if she has an emergency, they can refer her out to a doctor. I was just talking with a doctor in Las Vegas who helped to organize a PPO with 700 doctors in…

Yes. The answer to your questions are, yes, you'll have freedom of choice; yes, you'll have easy access to specialists. And most Americans will have more choice than they have now. You heard what she said. She's on Medicare, and she's…

He always gives me that disclaimer. But I talk to Governor Wilson all the time. [Laughter] Public School System [Mr. Wilson introduced a participant who asked what the administration plans to do to improve the public school system.]

Well first of all, we can get as much intelligence, as quickly as possible, about what's going on, and we can do our best to look after the safety of the Americans who are there and the security of the Embassy, which has received some…

No. I'm sure he's got more important things to do right now than to talk to me, and I don't think the United States should be involved in the moment-to-moment management of this crisis, but I do want him to know of my continued support and…

Well, I don't expect him to be deposed. I wouldn't overreact to this, now. I think the people clearly stand far more supportive of him than the Rutskoy-Khasbulatov and they seem--they don't have any organized military support that we're…

Ladies and gentlemen, I have received a rather extended briefing on what we know about what is going on in Russia, and I want to make a couple of comments about it. First of all, it is clear that the violence was perpetrated by the…

It is impossible for people in their personal lives to make necessary changes if they are wildly insecure.

I believe, in short, that it ought to be possible to be a good parent and a good worker.

Our children are our future.

I believe that Norway's action is serious enough to justify sanctions as authorized by the Pelly Amendment.