The state’s TennCare program may not be around much longer, but former President Bill Clinton predicts that one day there will be a national program similar to it.
Whether TennCare is either modified or dropped, ”ultimately, I believe the nation will have a medical coverage plan that will look like TennCare,” Clinton said. ”Ned Ray blazed a trail there.”
Clinton, who left the presidency in 2001, spoke highly of former Tennessee Gov. Ned McWherter, the Dresden Democrat who created TennCare while serving as the state’s chief executive from 1987 to 1995. Clinton was interviewed recently by The Jackson Sun for a profile of McWherter.
Of course, since unlike Social Security, Bush has already “fixed” Medicare, I’m sure this is just wild speculation on Clinton’s part. No mounting “crisis” in healthcare, right? Health savings accounts will clear up any lingering problems.