Hillary Clinton apparently believes that supporting universal health care is a requirement of being a Democrat. Hillary Clinton bashed Obama in Portland, Oregon, claiming…
I deeply, deeply believe that we’ve got to get to universal health care. And if you don’t start in favor of universal health care, you’ll never get there. How can anybody run to be the Democratic nominee for president and not have a universal health care plan?
Briefly, under Obama’s plan, which is not technically “universal” health care, only children would have a government mandate to be covered; adults would not.