Clinton's Health Plan Shows She's Learned a Thing or Two

Hillary Clinton's much-awaited health care plan has finally arrived. Let the war of words begin.

Sen. Clinton (D., N.Y.) spoke Monday in Iowa, putting in place the last piece of her campaign's three-pronged platform to reform health care in America. In May, she introduced a first piece to reduce health care costs; her second piece addressed health care quality. The final component: universal health care.

It's not often one gets a second chance in life. Clinton finds herself in that position with health care reform in the 2008 presidential election. Her second effort at universal health care shows she learned from her husband President Bill Clinton's 1993 health-care reform defeat. Given that this proposal looks far more business-friendly than the 1993 debacle, it seems clear she understands her plan's impact on the market.

Under Clinton's new plan, insured individuals would be able to keep their current coverage and doctors. Both the insured and the uninsured could choose from a variety of private plans based on what's available to members of Congress. ...