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Healthcare Programs

When Clinton became president over 37 million people in America had no health insurance. For years the number had been rising as well as the price of healthcare. Very soon after taking office, Bill Clinton appointed his wife, Hillary Clinton to work on a task for healthcare. Bill and Hillary Clinton then started a government-supervised health insurance program that would cover every American. Everyone favored the new health insurance program and thought it was a good idea, but it was opposed by insurance, professional, and small business groups. Republicans thought it would be too expensive for taxpayers and democrats disagreed on how far the program would go. The debate on healthcare continued for a year, and in the end failed to gain support in congress. -Rachel

Economic Reform

When Bill Clinton started his first term as president, he was trying to deal with the economy and stabilize it. He chose to follow the middle course as a solution. He wanted to end the slow recession in the economy by raising the spending or cutting taxes, but at the same time there was a budget deficit, to solve that taxes would be raised and spending cut. To reduce the deficit, Clinton decided to raise taxes and cut spending, which was not a pleasant thing for the public.

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