US | Hillary Clinton Hillary Unveils Second Shot at Health Reform Critics attack plan as 'bad medicine' no more viable than 1994 effort By Sam Gale Rosen Posted Sep 17, 2007 3:34 PM CDT Copied Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks about her health care policy, Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Associated Press) Hillary Clinton unveiled her new plan for universal health care today—13 years after her failed first attempt to reform the American system. The proposal requires coverage for all uninsured Americans and offers tax credits for those who can't afford insurance while still keeping private companies in the picture. "These are new times and this is a new plan," says the candidate. The plan would cost about $110 billion a year, paid for partly by cost savings and expiring tax credits for the wealthy. While Clinton stressed less bureaucracy than her first plan, however, rivals were quick to bash the plan as more of the same. Said GOP candidate Mitt Romney: "Hillarycare continues to be bad medicine." Read These Next Who was Austin Tice, and where is he now? For first time, SCOTUS is asked to overturn gay marriage ruling. Ashley Biden posting a lot about 'freedom' amid divorce news. It's a 'hard reset' for Monica Seles. Report an error