Al Franken in Living History, by Hillary Rodham Clinton

On Health Care: 1994: Wrote spoof ads for Hillary defending health reforms

For the Gridiron Dinner, comedian Al Franken wrote a script.

Bill and I were seated on a sofa, examining a massive sheaf of papers.

Me: I've just read the Clinton health security plan.

Bill: Health care reform sounds like a great idea to me.

Me: Well, I know, but some of these details sure scare the heck out of me.

Bill: Like what?

Me: Like for example, it says here on page 3,764 that under the Clinton health security plan, we could get sick.

Bill: That's terrible.

Me: Well, I know. And look at this, it gets worse. On page 12,743--no, I get that wrong--on page 27,655, it says that eventually we're all going to die.

Bill: You mean after Bill & Hillary put all those bureaucrats and taxes on us, we're still going to die?

Together: There's got to be a better way.

Announcer: "Paid for by the Coalition to Scare Your Pants Off."