[link|http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/15jun03/hillary.htm|Linky]:

The Clinton Administration's Health Care Task Force worked in near-complete secrecy. Its 1,364 page "[link|http://www.ibiblio.org/nhs/NHS-T-o-C.html|Health Security Act]" is a study in complexity. In the view of Jane M. Orient, M.D., author of the forthcoming book Your Doctor Is Not In (Hacienda Publishing, Inc., 1994), the Clinton plan "creates cartels, empowers bureaucrats, and disenfranchises both patients and doctors."


Emphasis added.

I think that one of the reasons why the Clinton health care plan failed was the secrecy. It may not have been the most important reason, but it certainly was a reason.

Cheers,
Scott.