WELL GET YOU IN. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HERE.
>> MY TURN NOW?
>> YES, SIR.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER CANADA CAN
PROVIDE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE TO
ALL THEIR PEOPLE AT HALF THE
COST. U.K. CAN DO IT, FRANCE CAN DO
IT, GERMANY COULD, ALL OF EUROPE
CAN DO IT.
GEE WHIZ, SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER WE
ARE THE ONLY MAJOR COUNTRY ON
EARTH THAT CANT DO IT.
WHY IS THAT?
ILL TELL YOU WHY.
ITS BECAUSE LAST YEAR THE
HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY MADE $100
BILLION IN PROFITS.
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, TOP SIX
COMPANIES, $69 BILLION IN
PROFIT. THOSE CEOs ARE CONTRIBUTING TO
PETES CAMPAIGN AND OTHER
CAMPAIGNS UP HERE.
>> LETS CLEAR THIS UP.
>> SO MAYBE IT IS FINALLY TIME
THAT WE SAID AS A NATION ENOUGH
IS ENOUGH, THE FUNCTION OF A
RATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS
NOT TO MAKE THE PHARMACEUTICAL
INDUSTRY AND THE DRUG COMPANIES
RICH.
RICH. IT IS TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE TO
ALL PEOPLE AS HUMAN RIGHT, NOT A
PRIVILEGE.
PRIVILEGE. >> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, YOU GOT
IT.
IT. >> NO DEDUCTIBLES.
>> MR. VICE PRESIDENT AND
SENATOR WARREN.
SENATOR WARREN. >> IM THE ONLY ONE ON THIS
STAGE THAT ACTUALLY GOT ANYTHING
DONE ON HEALTH CARE, OKAY?
IM THE GUY THE PRESIDENT TURNED
TO AND SAID GO GET THE VOTES FOR
OBAMACARE.
OBAMACARE.
I NOTICE WHAT EVERYBODYS
TALKING ABOUT IS THE PLAN THAT I
FIRST INTRODUCED. THAT IS TO GO AND ADD TO
OBAMACARE, PROVIDE A PUBLIC
OPTION, A MEDICARE-LIKE OPTION.
AND INCREASE THE SUBSIDIES.
IT COST A LOT OF MONEY.
IT COST $750 BILLION OVER TEN
YEARS, BUT I PAID FOR IT BY
MAKING SURE THAT MIKE AND OTHER
PEOPLE PAID AT THE SAME TAX RATE
THEIR SECRETARY PAYS AT.
THATS HOW WE GET IT PAID,
NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW, FROM THE
MOMENT WE PASSED THAT SIGNATURE
LEGISLATION, MIKE CALLED IT A
DISGRACE, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, TRUMP DECIDED TO GET
RID OF IT AND, NUMBER THREE, MY
FRIENDS HERE CAME UP WITH
ANOTHER PLAN. BUT THEY DONT TELL YOU WHEN YOU
ASK BERNIE HOW MUCH IT COST,
LAST TIME HE SAID WELL FIND
OUT, WELL FIND OUT OR SOMETHING
TO THAT EFFECT.
IT COST OVER $35 TRILLION.
LETS GET REAL.
>> SENATOR WARREN, YOU GET THE
FINAL WORD ON THIS ONE.
GO AHEAD, SENATOR WARREN.
>> SO I ACTUALLY TOOK A LOOK AT
THE PLANS THAT ARE POSTED.
MAYOR BUTTIGIEG, THERE ARE FOUR
EXPENSES THAT FAMILIES PAY,
PREMIUMS, DEDUCTIBLES, CO-PAYS
AND UNCOVERED MEDICAL EXPENSES.
MAYOR BUTTIGIEG SAYS HE WILL PUT
A CAP ONLY ON THE PREMIUMS.
THAT MEANS FAMILIES ARE GOING TO
PICK UP THE REST OF THE COST.
AMY, I LOOKED ONLINE AT YOUR
PLAN.
PLAN. ITS TWO PARAGRAPHS.
FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING AND THEY
NEED --
NEED -- >> THATS IT.
>> YOU CANT SIMPLY STAND HERE
AND TRASH AN IDEA TO GIVE HEALTH
CARE COVERAGE TO EVERYONE
WITHOUT HAVING REALISTIC PLAN OF
YOUR OWN.
YOUR OWN. IF YOURE NOT GOING TO OWN UP TO
THE FACT EITHER THAT YOU DONT
HAVE A PLAN OR THAT YOUR PLAN IS
GOING TO LEAVE PEOPLE WITHOUT
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, FULL
COVERAGE, THEN YOU NEED TO SAY
SO.
SO. I JUST WANT TO SAY ON THIS ONE,
I WAS IN RENO WHEN I MET A MAN
WHO SAID HE HAD DIABETES.
HE GETS HIS INSULIN THROUGH THE
VA, BUT HIS SISTER AND HIS
DAUGHTER ALSO HAVE DIABETES, NO
WAY TO PAY FOR THEIR INSULIN.
THREE HUMAN BEINGS RIGHT HERE IN
NEVADA WHO ARE STRUGGLING.
THEY SHARE ONE INSULIN
PRESCRIPTION. THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN
AMERICA.
AMERICA. >> IS VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN
RIGHT, YOU WERENT A FAN OF
OBAMACARE?
OBAMACARE? >> I AM A FAN OF OBAMACARE.
MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I JUST
CHECKED THE RECORD BECAUSE YOU
SAID ONE TIME I WAS NOT.
IN 09 I TESTIFIED AND GAVE A
SPEECH BEFORE THE MAYORS
CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON
ADVOCATING IT AND TRYING TO GET
ALL THE MAYORS TO SIGN ON.
I THINK AT THAT TIME I WROTE AN
ARTICLE PRAISING OBAMACARE
EITHER IN THE THE NEW YORK POST