December 19, 2002

DECONSTRUCTING THE CLINTON LEGACY, PART 72:

Rush-job births OK: study (JEFF DONN , December 19, 2002, Chicago Sun-Times)
''Drive-through deliveries'' that send new mothers home from the hospital after just one night do not seriously endanger newborns, according to a study that calls into question laws enacted around the country to restrict the practice.

We told you so, health insurance groups said.

''The political system made a judgment about what was preferred care. Now the research is showing there was probably a rush to judgment,'' said Karen Ignagni, president of the American Association of Health Plans.


Is there a single thing left that Bill Clinton initiated and that he's proud of having done? Posted by Orrin Judd at December 19, 2002 7:22 PM
Comments

Of course he's proud of everything he's done. The question is: are we proud of anything that he's done?

Posted by: Greg Hlatky at December 19, 2002 8:42 PM

I believe that the study only looked at women who were in good health to begin with. It did not include those with health problems at least according to a newspaper article I read.

Posted by: allison at December 20, 2002 5:39 AM

allison-What caused the uproar back then was the HMOs policy of sending healthy moms and babies home after one night. This became known as "drive through deliveries." Comparing the effect of sending unhealthy women and children home after one nights stay would be something entirely different.



OJ--Considering Clinton's pride is of the smug, self-satisfied variety the question should really be not what *he* is proud of but rather what are *we* (society at large) proud of him for doing?

Posted by: Buttercup at December 20, 2002 1:25 PM
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