The Clinton Sales Campaign
One of the administration’s first spokespeople to testify for the plan inadvertently revealed just how difficult. Before the Senate Finance Committee, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala let slip that “a few people” might see their health bills go up under the plan. The committee chairman, Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan, pounced. “How few of them are there?” he demanded. The secretary turned to her top health economist, who began, “Among those who would pay slightly more…” Moynihan interrupted: “Just facts....