Sanders eliminating health insurance plan will cause an uprising: Mike Braun
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- >> VERMONT SENATOR 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
- BE COVERED, KIDS CAN STAND HEALTH PLANETS 26. OBAMA.
- IT COVERED THOSE FACTORS.
- TRANSPARENT AND COMPETITIVE MARKETS DO THE HEAVY LIFTING.
- I AM THE ONLY REPUBLICAN OUT THERE THAT BLAMES MOST OF THE...
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY TRY TO UNITE TOGETHER WHEN THEY HAVE...
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>> VERMONT SENATOR 2020
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, BERNIE
SANDERS PRESENTED A
CONTRADICTION AT A RALLY TODAY
SAYING AMERICANS DESERVE A
CHOICE IN HEALTHCARE BUT HE
WANTS TO ELIMINATE ALL PRIVATE
HEALTH INSURANCE.
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT THE
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT
GUARANTEES HEALTHCARE TO ALL
AMERICANS AS A RIGHT.
THEY WANT A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
WHICH WILL LOWER HEALTHCARE
COSTS.
AND SAVE THEM MONEY.
>> TRAINING IS NOW INDIANA
SENATOR, WORKING ON THE GOP OWN
HEALTH CARE BILL.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR PLAN.
>> AND OR BERNIE WILL ROLL OUT.
I THINK THE PRICE TAG WAS LIKE
$32 TRILLION FOR 10 YEARS.
THAT WILL NOT FLY.
THAT IS JUMPING FROM THE FRYING
PAN INTO THE FIRE WHEN IT COMES
TO HEALTHCARE.
I HAVE ALL ALONG, AGREE THAT
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS NEED TO
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BE COVERED, KIDS CAN STAND
HEALTH PLANETS 26.
OBAMA, THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
SHOULD BEEN CALLED THE OPPOSITE
WAS DOOMED TO FAIL BECAUSE YOUR
BIG HEALTHCARE, AND GOODS WITH
BIG GOVERNMENT.
NEVER GOING TO WORK.
WHAT BERNIE IS TALKING ABOUT IS
I THINK, CLOSER TO WHAT MOST
AMERICANS EXPECT.
UNTIL YOU SAY THAT YOU WILL DO
IT THROUGH GOVERNMENT.AND
GIVING UP PRIVATE INSURANCE
ACROSS THE BOARD, IT NEEDS TO
BE FIXED.
I THINK THAT WOULD CAUSE A RIOT
IN THE STREETS.
MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT READY FOR
THAT.
WE NEED TO HOLD THE INDUSTRY
ACCOUNTABLE.
MAKE THEM TRANSPARENT, START
FIXING THEMSELVES.
I TELL THEM THAT ALL THE TIME.
AND WE NEED TO, AS REPUBLICANS
OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND AND A
HALF OR TWO, PUT A PLAN
TOGETHER THAT WE SELL TO THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
THE SHIP HAS SAILED WHEN IT
COMES TO THOSE THREE PILLARS.
I HAVE CREATED A PLAN IN MY OWN
BUSINESS 10 YEARS AGO.
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IT COVERED THOSE FACTORS.
MY EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT HAD A
PREMIUM INCREASE IN NINE YEARS
BECAUSE I HAVE EMBRACED
TRANSPARENCY.
I'VE MADE MY EMPLOYEES PUT SKIN
IN THE GAME PAY THEY ARE TAKING
CARE OF WHEN THEY GET
CRITICALLY ILL OR HAVE A BAD
ACCIDENT.
AND IT IS SUSTAINABLE AND I WAS
ABLE TO LOWER FAMILY HEALTHCARE
PLANS BY $1400 A YEAR.
WE NEED TO, AS REPUBLICANS,
START TALKING ABOUT THAT AND I
THINK AMERICANS WILL LISTEN.
>> SENATOR, ONE OF THE THING
REPUBLICANS COULD DO, I'M
SURPRISED THEY DID NOT DO IN
THE LAST ELECTION IS PROPOSED
REAL LIBERATION OF HEALTH
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
IS THAT PART OF THE AGENDA?
HOW DO YOU GET THE PATIENT IN
CHARGE INSTEAD OF THIRD-PARTY
FACTORS LIKE THE INSURANCE
COMPANIES, MEDICARE, MEDICAID
AND LARGE EMPLOYERS?
HOW DO YOU MAKE IT A CONSUMER
MARKET AGAIN?
>> IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE
PARTED -- PART OF THE PLAN.
>> CONSUMERS AN OPEN
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TRANSPARENT AND COMPETITIVE
MARKETS DO THE HEAVY LIFTING.
THERE ARE MORE TOOLS AVAILABLE
NOW WITH TECHNOLOGY AND SMART
PHONES, THAN EVER BEFORE.
IT WORKS IN ALL OTHER MARKETS.
HEALTHCARE HAS EVOLVED.
YOU INSURE AGAINST THE
INEVITABLE, MINOR HEALTHCARE
NEEDS, SCRATCHES AND DENTS.
WE'VE GOTTEN AWAY FROM
EMPLOYEES, PATIENTS HAVING SKIN
IN THE GAME.
WE PROBABLY HAVE A NARROW
WINDOW TO GET IT ALL FIXED
BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY ITSELF IS
BENEFITED FROM THE STATUS QUO.
THAT IS WHY I TELL THEM EVERY
DAY YOU OUGHT TO BE THE ONES
WORD MOSTLY.
YOU HAVE ONE BUSINESS PARTNER,
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.MANY
BUSINESSES ARE GETTING TIRED OF
PUTTING UP WITH THE HEADACHES.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU ON ALL OF
THESE FRONTS BUT I DO THINK IT
IS AN ISSUE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.WE SAW
YESTERDAY WITH DRUG PRICING, NO
ONE WAS TO TAKE THE BLAME, AND
IS WILLING TO BE TRANSPARENT.
SO HOW WILL WE ENFORCE THAT?
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY --
>> YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT I HAVE
DONE.
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I AM THE ONLY REPUBLICAN OUT
THERE THAT BLAMES MOST OF THE
CRISIS ON THE INDUSTRY ITSELF.
BERNIE SANDERS, GOVERNMENT
GETTING INVOLVED IN HEALTHCARE,
IS TREATING A SYMPTOM OF A SICK
INDUSTRY.THAT IS WHY I HAVE
GOT TWO OR THREE TRANSPARENCY
BILLS OUT THERE.
LEGISLATING THAT, YOU SHOULD
NOT HAVE TO DO IT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE
INSURANCE COMPANIES, THE DRUG
COMPANIES, HOSPITALS COME UP
WITH THEIR OWN TRANSPARENCY
TOOLS.I THINK IF WE GET THE
POINT ACROSS TO THEM, THEY
MIGHT DO IT BECAUSE THEY WILL
REALIZE LIKE I SAID EARLIER,
MEDICARE FOR ALL IS CRAZY, IT
WILL COST A LOT BUT WILL
DEFAULT IN THAT DIRECTION WAS
JUST SAD.
>> SENATOR, REALLY HEAVY ABOUT
30 SECONDS.
NANCY PELOSI AGREES WITH YOU
THAT THE MEDICARE FOR ALL IS
UNAFFORDABLE.
IT WILL COST $32 BILLION.
WHAT HAPPENS --
>> 32 TRILLION.
>> EXCUSE ME 32 TRILLION!
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY TRY TO
UNITE TOGETHER WHEN THEY HAVE
SUCH DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT
MEDICINE, QUICKLY.
>> WELL, THEY WILL TRY TO DO
THAT.
IT WILL TAKE FOLKS LIKE ME THAT
CAN ARTICULATE IT WITH
CREDIBILITY.
HOLD THE INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABLE,