ST. LOUIS – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday for the first time that there might be some pain involved in her health-care plan – revealing she might garnishee the wages of people who try to skirt proposed mandatory insurance requirements.
“I think there are a number of mechanisms” that are possible to force people to participate in the universal-coverage plan – including “going after people’s wages,” Clinton said.
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” she said she would only tap the paychecks of low-income people who refuse to purchase the required insurance.
Sen. Barack Obama had slammed the “mandates” in Clinton’s plan at last week’s debate .