WASHINGTON – Fred Thompson lashed out at Hillary Rodham Clinton‘s proposed government-mandated health-care plan yesterday, calling it “scary enough to make you sick.”
In a statement on his Web site, Thompson says the proposal would require Americans to provide proof of insurance in order to get a job – a job they would likely need in the first place in order to get health insurance.
“What is it that makes liberals think the best way to help somebody is to punish them?” the Republican presidential candidate wondered.
A Clinton campaign spokesman said her plan changes nothing for those who already have health insurance.
“If Mr. Thompson has a plan to help every American get quality, affordable health care, we must have missed it,” Blake Zeff said.
Thompson also worried about Clinton’s idea of leaving it to Congress to work out some of the fine print.
“That’s a thought scary enough to make you sick,” he said.
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