Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
FOR PRE-EXISTING ILLNESSES.
>> I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THOSE NUMBERS LATER, BUT LET ME
UNDERSTAND THIS --
>> THIS IS A BILL THAT NEVER
ONCE HAS HAD A MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS FAVOR IT.
IT'S A BILL IN WHICH THE
DEMOCRATS LOST TEDDY KENNEDY'S
SEAT OVER IT.
IT LOST THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS 63
SEATS.
AND IN THE MOST RECENT POLLS YOU
HAD ABOUT 45 TO 27, PEOPLE
SAYING IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT
WORSE.
>> I WOULD LOOK AT IT ANOTHER
WAY, NEWT.
THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE NOW TRIED 42
TIMES TO DEFUND IT WITHOUT
SUCCESS.
THEY WENT TO THE SUPREME COURT.
THE SUPREME COURT RULED IT
CONSTITUTIONAL.
THEY RAN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
ON THIS ISSUE, AND THEY LOST.
BUT LET ME BE VERY CLEAR.
I VOTED FOR OBAMACARE.
BUT TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU,
I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH
ANYBODY WHO SAYS IT IS TOO
COMPLICATED.
I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR A MEDICAID
FOR ALL SINGLE PAYER PROGRAM.
I THINK OBAMACARE IS A GOOD ROM
ANY TYPE PROGRAM, IT ADDRESS
SOME NEEDS.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS
THE ONLY NATION IN THE ENTIRE
INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD THAT DOES
NOT GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE TO ALL
PEOPLE AS A RIGHT.
SECOND OF ALL, WE END UP
SPENDING ALMOST TWICE AS MUCH
PER CAPITA ON HEALTH CARE AS DO
THE PEOPLE ON ANY OTHER COUNTRY.
OUR OUTCOMES AND LIFE EXPECTANCY
FALLS BEHIND A LOT OF COUNTRY
WHOSE SPEND A LOT LESS.
SO MY VIEW IS WE SHOULD LEARN
FROM THE REST OF THE
INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD, SAY THAT
EVERY MAN, WOMAN, CHILD IS
GUARANTEED HEALTH CARE, EXPAND
MEDICARE TO ALL PEOPLE.
>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
YOU'RE IN VERMONT.
RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF CANADA.
CANADA IS OBVIOUSLY A MODEL.
THE SYSTEM IS GOING UP IN COST.
43,000 AMERICANS LAST YEAR CAME
TO THE UNITED STATES FOR VARIOUS
THINGS THEY COULDN'T GET IN
CANADA.
NOW MY QUESTION TOR YOU WOULD BE
IF WE WENT TO NATIONAL HEALTH
CARE, WHERE WOULD THE AMERICANS
GO WHO NEEDED TO GET THINGS THEY
COULDN'T?
THE CANADIANS COME HERE BECAUSE
THIS IS STILL A RELATIVELY OPEN
SYSTEM.
>> LET ME RESPOND IN THIS WAY.
I WAS THE FIRST, ACTUALLY, WHEN
YOU WERE SPEAKER, I TOOK
VERMONTERS OVER THE CANADIAN
BORDER BECAUSE WOMEN WITH BREAST
CANCER WERE PAYING MORE FOR
DRUGS THAN THEY WERE IN CANADA.
SOME OF THOSE ARE PAID BY THEIR
GOVERNMENT.
THIRD POINT IS THAT CERTAINLY
THE CANADIAN SYSTEM IS NOT
PERFECT.
THERE IS NO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
IN THE WORLD THAT'S PERFECT.
BUT THEY HAVE HAD AS YOU KNOW A
VERY CONSERVATIVE PRIME MINISTER
IN CANADA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
IF YOU HAD A CONSERVATIVE PRIME