Hillary tried to reform our health care system in the early '90s -- which might have prevented the current crisis. The political climate was unfriendly: 1) the Gingrich group opposed all things Clinton; and 2) poor health care coverage was not on most Americans' radars, because it hadn't yet reached crisis proportions. Though Hillary's efforts were resisted, she managed to increase health care for children a few years later -- without even having a vote in Congress.

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