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A Hillary by any other name

February 22, 2000 8:00 AM UTC

Despite her claims to being a "New Democrat", and expressing astonishment at the tax burden carried by New Yorkers, Hillary Clinton continues to make it clear that she still likes her governments big, meddlesome and, in the health care arena, in the price control business. And if she wasn't able to get her way through Hillarycare, she'll settle for allowing the Canadian government to determine the prices for drugs in the U.S.

"Hillary", as she likes to be called now, is proposing the "Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act", which would allow price controlled Canadian drugs to be imported into the U.S. The "Hillary" campaign claims the plan would cut Americans' drug costs more than 15 percent a year...