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**In 1979, Hillary chaired the Arkansas Rural Health Advisory Committee, which focused on expanding health care access to isolated rural areas of the state.[https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/health-care/]
**As first lady, she worked with Republicans and Democrats to help create the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which now provides health coverage to more than 8 million children.[https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/health-care/]
**As senator, she introduced legislation to reduce the cost of health insurance expenses.[https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/health-care/] **Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Hillary pushed the Bush administration for $20 billion for recovery and to address health care needs of first responders who suffered lasting health effects from their time at Ground Zero.[https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/health-care/]
*Going forward, Hillary will build on these efforts and fight to ensure that the savings from these reforms benefits families.[https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/health-care/]
**Defend the Affordable Care Act. She'll build on it to expand affordable coverage, slow the growth of overall healthcare costs (including prescription drugs), and make it possible for providers to deliver the very best care to patients.[https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/health-care/] **Lower out-of-pocket costs like copays and deductibles. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/health-care/] **Reduce the cost of prescription drugs. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/health-care/] **Transform our healthcare system to reward value and quality. Hillary is committed to building on delivery system reforms in the Affordable Care Act that improve value and quality care for Americans.[https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/health-care/]
*Hillary will also work to expand access to rural Americans, who often have difficulty finding quality, affordable health care. She will explore cost-effective ways to broaden the scope of health care providers eligible for telehealth reimbursement under Medicare and other programs, including federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. She will also call for states to support efforts to streamline licensing for telemedicine and examine ways to expand the types of services that qualify for reimbursement.[https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/health-care/]
**Hillary is continuing a lifelong fight to ensure women have access to reproductive health care. As senator, she championed access to emergency contraception and voted in favor of strengthening a woman’s right to make her own health decisions. As president, she will continue defending Planned Parenthood, which provides critical health services including breast exams and cancer screenings to 2.7 million women a year.[https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/health-care/]
==Drug Policy==
*Stop imprisoning marijuana users
**She has not taken a position about legalizing recreational marijuana. She supports the use of medical marijuana. She believes that we have got to stop imprisoning people who use marijuana. She urges more states, cities, and the federal government to begin to address this so that we don't have this terrible result of a huge population in our prisons for nonviolent, low-level offenses that are primarily due to marijuana. (DD1)[http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Hillary_Clinton_Drugs.htm]
==Middle East==
*No-fly zone in Syria, but no American troops on the ground
**We don't want American troops on the ground in Syria. We had to put together a coalition, and that it should include Arabs, people in the region.**We are already flying in Syria just as we are flying in Iraq. I have advocated that the no-fly zone--which of course would be in a coalition--be put on the table, to figure out what leverage we have to get Russia to the table. Diplomacy is not about the perfect solution; it's about how you balance the risks. (DD1) [http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Hillary_Clinton_War_+_Peace.htm#Middle_East]
*(Not helping Free Syrian Army left vacuum for ISIS to fill
The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who were the originators of the protests against Assad---there were Islamists, there were secularists, there was everything in the middle---the failure to do that left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled.
Source: Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic , Aug 10, 2014 [http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Hillary_Clinton_War_+_Peace.htm#Middle_East] )
==Trade==
*Chief advocate for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
**Clinton supported deals with Oman, Chile and Singapore during her tenure in the Senate. As secretary of State, she was a chief advocate as talks commenced surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), one of the largest worldwide deals in recent history.
*TPP agreement creates more growth and better growth. (Source: Megan R. Wilson in TheHill.com weblog, "Clinton vs. Warren" , Aug 24, 2014 ) [http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Free_Trade.htm]
*Global trading system isn't up to standards of fairness
**The current global trading system is distorted not only by barriers to entry in developing and emerging economies, but by the power of special interests in developed countries, including the US. To make trade fairer as well as freer, developing countries have to do a better job of improving productivity, raising labor conditions, and protecting the environment. In the US, we have to do a better job of providing good jobs to those displaced by trade.(Source: Hard Choices, by Hillary Clinton, p.513 , Jun 10, 2014) [http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Free_Trade.htm]
*China benefits from WTO and should play by WTO rules(Source: Hard Choices, by Hillary Clinton, p.513 , Jun 10, 2014 ) [http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Free_Trade.htm]
==Immigration==
*As president, Hillary will:
**Fight for comprehensive immigration reform legislation with a path to full and equal citizenship. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/immigration-reform/] **Defend President Obama’s DACA and DAPA executive actions. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/immigration-reform/] **Do everything possible under the law to go further to protect families. If Congress continues its refusal to act on comprehensive immigration reform, Hillary will put in place a simple, straightforward, accessible system for parents of DREAMers and others with a history of service and contribution to their communities to be able to make their case and be eligible for deferred action as well. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/immigration-reform/] **Conduct humane, targeted immigration enforcement. Hillary will focus enforcement resources on detaining and deporting those individuals who pose a violent threat to public safety, and work to ensure refugees who seek asylum in the U.S. have a fair chance to tell their stories. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/immigration-reform/]
End family detention. Hillary believes we should end family detention for parents and children who arrive at our border in desperate situations. We have alternatives to detention for those who pose no flight or public safety risk, such as supervised release, that have proved effective and cost a fraction of what it takes to keep families in detention. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/immigration-reform/]
Close private immigrant detention centers. Hillary will end private immigrant detention centers. She believes we should move away from contracting out this critical government function to private corporations and private industry incentives that may contribute—or have the appearance of contributing—to over-incarceration. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/immigration-reform/]
**Expand access to affordable healthcare to all families. Hillary sponsored the Immigrant Children’s Health Improvement Act in the Senate, which later became law and allows immigrant children and pregnant women to obtain Medicaid and SCHIP. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/immigration-reform/] **Promote naturalization. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/immigration-reform/]
==Environmental==
*"I do believe that the green-collar job piece of [the economic stimulus package] is important. That’s why I have $5 billion to do it." Source: 2008 Congressional Black Caucus Democratic debate , Jan 21, (DD 2008 ) [http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Environment.htm]
==Entrepreneurship Innovation==
*Here’s how Hillary will make it easier to start and grow a small business in America:
**Providing tax relief. Hillary will simplify tax filing and provide targeted tax relief for small businesses. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/small-business/] **Improving access to capital. Hillary will leverage the best ideas from the private sector and government to give small-business owners access to financing to build, grow, and hire. And she will do that in part by easing burdens on community banks that provide credit to small-business owners and families looking to invest in their futures. [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/small-business/]
==Economy==
