$100M in Pledges To Improve Health Announced at Annual Clinton Health Matters Conference
During the annual Clinton Health Matters conference in La Quinta, President Bill Clinton and his daughter Chelsea Clinton announced $100 million in corporate donations aimed at improving health, including $11 million that will be used in the Coachella Valley. Clinton said, "We are trying to change the whole ecosystem of health in this country," noting, “If you measure the U.S on health outcomes, we rank between 25th and 33rd in the world. We can do better. We have to change."
- "Clintons Push for Better Health" (Potter, HealthyCal, 2/28).