During the primaries there was a lot of debate over which candidate offers the best approach to America’s health care crisis.
Recently Steve Clemons, TWN and the New America Foundation, sat down with former Senator Tom Daschle to discuss the issue of ‘America’s Health Care Debacle’ and his [Daschle’s] book Critical— what’s possible in comprehensive Universal Health Care.
Watch Video of Shorter Version Daschle on the Health Care crisis here
Says Clemons:
“To some degree it is really Tom Daschle’s political machine that has been more important to Barack Obama than franchises controlled by the Daley clan, the Kennedy family, and the Clintons. Daschle’s people are the ones who have animated and built out Barack Obama’s incredible national operation.
And while Tom Daschle may not ever get the chance to serve as President of the United States — though i think he would have made a great president — I suspect that Daschle will bring some muscle and great skill to either the White House as Chief of Staff or to Obama’s cabinet (if elected) as Secretary of Health and Human Services”.
While Hillary Clinton really does know the nuts and bolts of a rebuilt and redeployed health care policy system, Tom Daschle does as well and may be the person who actually does deliver real, universal health care in the United States. I discuss health policy with former Senate Majority Leader and Obama Campaign co-chair Tom Daschle in the short clip above.
Well worth a listen –
The longer (73 mins) meeting at which Daschle spoke on the subject in depth, followed by Q&A from reporters and industry representatives, can be watched here.
This time around it’s different. Corporate America’s bottom line is hurting – being wiped out by health care costs – and they are at least ready to embrace the idea of universal health care.
“There’s a sense of urgency that was not there before” – Daschle
….As always It’s follow the money…