Word: rodhamize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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AIDES SAY THE VOLUME OF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S INCOMing mail is "way ahead of anything that's been seen before" by a First Lady. Since Hillary's father took ill last month (he died last Wednesday), her mail has doubled and now stands at about 20,000 letters a week. President Clinton's mail is also heavy -- 1 million pieces in the first six weeks. That's half the amount Bush received...
Magaziner is now putting that approach to work as the day-to-day manager of the Health Care Task Force, headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, which is in the final stages of drawing a blueprint to overhaul an $800 billion industry. Last week, breaking the secrecy that has surrounded much of the task force's work, Administration officials disclosed details of the plan that they hope to unveil in mid-May. The White House proposal, which would provide basic benefits for all Americans, including the 37 million who lack coverage, emphasizes the ability of citizens to choose their own doctors...
...cynic might have dubbed it a grudging charade by an Administration that likes its participatory democracy in tiny slices. But none of the participants was cynic enough to turn down the access. Each spoke for three minutes and joined one of 12 panel chats with task-force members. (Hillary Rodham Clinton, their chief, was attending her father, who had suffered a stroke...
About 13 points, say G.O.P. pollsters Fabrizio McLaughlin. Americans give "Hillary Clinton" a favorable/unfavorable rating of 56.8% to 25.6%. "Hillary Rodham Clinton" gets 49.4%/30.6...
...mental illness, and it is considering price controls to hold down the costs of extending medical coverage to those not now insured. Options include a short-term freeze on prices charged by doctors, hospitals, laboratories and nursing homes, and a cap on insurance- premium increases. In addition, Hillary Rodham Clinton, head of the health- care task force, told members of Congress that a tax might be imposed on benefits provided by employers to workers in excess of some basic package -- a proposal she had earlier disavowed. Finally, the Administration accepts the idea of rationing health services. It approved an Oregon...