CBS Evening News - 1993-08-16
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[0:00] watching KO TV channel 6.
[0:06] The president, the governors, and small
[0:08] business tangle in Tulsa. A preview of a
[0:12] big battle brewing over healthc care
[0:14] reform. Two Carolina 18-year-olds appear
[0:17] in court charged with the murder of
[0:19] Michael Jordan's father. And Eye on
[0:22] America tonight, a bevy of benefits.
[0:25] What some companies will do for their
[0:28] workers and for themselves.
[0:33] >> This is the CBS Evening News
[0:38] with Dan Rather and Connie Chub.
[0:41] Good evening. Conniey's on assignment.
[0:43] Healthc care reform. We still don't know
[0:45] exactly what it will be or how much it
[0:47] will cost. Details are lacking, but
[0:49] President Clinton started to sell it
[0:51] today. It's his plan and Hillary
[0:53] Clinton's plan for at least trying to
[0:55] provide health care coverage to every
[0:58] American. The president knocked first on
[1:00] the doors of old colleagues, America's
[1:02] 50 governors. His theme was, I need
[1:05] Republican as well as Democratic
[1:07] support. Bill Plant reports from Tulsa,
[1:09] Oklahoma.
[1:12] >> Fresh from the bruising budget battle,
[1:13] President Clinton turned to his next
[1:15] major issue, healthc care reform,
[1:18] pleading for bipartisanship this time. I
[1:21] never want to go through another six
[1:22] months where we have to get all of our
[1:25] votes within one party.
[1:27] >> The system of managed healthcare which
[1:29] Mr. Clinton will present in detail next
[1:31] month would cover all Americans, but it
[1:34] would require all employers and workers
[1:36] to join and to pay.
[1:38] >> I think every American should know that
[1:41] healthc care is not something paid for
[1:43] by the tooth fairy.
[1:45] That there is no free ride. that peop