Monday, February 5, 2007

Hillary Wins Support From Businesses, Ex-Foes, Aiding 2008 Bid

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Buried in the campaign filings for
Hillary Clinton's 2006 re-election were $3,000 in donations from America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group.
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That may seem like no big deal for the New York senator, who raised $51 million as she coasted to victory in November. What's surprising is that America's Health Insurance Plans is the same group that vilified Clinton in 1993 with the ``Harry and Louise'' commercials -- an advertising blitz that helped doom her plan to guarantee health-insurance coverage for all Americans.

Why the change of heart? Clinton worked with Republicans to back one of the Washington-based organization's priorities: setting up electronic networks to help doctors share patient information. ``We made the decision to invest the resources because of that leadership,'' says Karen Ignagni, president of the group.

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