Daschle seeks aggressive health care overhaul
January 8th, 2009 in Medicine & Health / Health
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., left, stands with Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tom Daschle, center, and committee member Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, prior to the committee's hearing on Daschle's nomination. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
(AP) -- Tom Daschle told former Senate colleagues on Thursday that as health secretary he would learn from Bill Clinton's failed attempt to overhaul health care, an effort criticized as too long, secretive and hard to understand.
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