TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN.
>> Dana: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
WE'LL CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT
HEALTHCARE FOR A MOMENT.
LET'S BRING IN REPUBLICAN
SENATOR RICK SCOTT FROM FLORIDA.
NO DOUBT SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS
A LOT ABOUT HEALTHCARE.
SENATOR SCOTT, WHERE DO YOU SEE
THIS RIGHT NOW?
IS PRESIDENT TRUMP LOOKING TO
2020 JUST A NOD TO REALITY THAT
NOTHING COULD GET DONE IN THE
NEXT TWO YEARS IN CONGRESS?
>> IT HAS TO GET THROUGH NANCY
PELOSI.
DEMOCRATS WANT TO RUIN
HEALTHCARE.
THEY WANT MEDICARE FOR ALL.
THEY WANT TO RUIN, FIRST OFF,
MEDICARE.
SECOND, KILL OFF EVERYBODY'S
INSURANCE.
WHAT EVERYBODY OUGHT TO FOCUS
ABOUT, IT'S COST.
WHY DON'T WE FOCUS ON COST.
REMEMBER OBAMA CARE WAS SUPPOSED
TO BRING THE ANNUAL PREMIUM DOWN
FOR A FAMILY BY $2500?
ANNUAL PREMIUMS ARE UP.
I SAW A BILL THAT YOU CAN'T
CHARGE AMERICANS MORE THAN YOU
CHARGE EUROPEANS.
THAT'S AMAZING.
WHEN YOU GO TO A PHARMACY, THEY
SHOULD TELL YOU WHAT IT WILL
COST OUT OF POCKET.
>> Dana: EVEN THAT WOULD HAVE TO
GO THROUGH CONGRESS.
WE JUST SAW NUMBERS FROM GALLOP.
THESE PROBABLY WON'T SURPRISE
YOU BUT ANXIETY ABOUT HEALTHCARE
IS QUITE HIGH.
ESTIMATED LAST YEAR AMERICANS
BORROWED $88 BILLION, $15
MILLION DEFERRED FOR DRUGS AND
45% SAID A MAJOR HEALTH OFFENSE
COULD LEAD TO BANKRUPTCY FOR
THEM.
THAT ANXIETY IS REALLY HIGH.
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT NANCY
PELOSI SAID EARLIER TODAY.
>> WHEN THE PRESIDENT HAS
INSTRUCTED HIS DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE TO JUST ELIMINATE THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, THEM'S
FIGHTING WORDS.
THEM'S FIGHTING WORDS.
MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID ALL THE
INEQUALITY, THE ONE THAT SPHOEFT
INHUMAN IS THE INEQUALITY IN
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE BECAUSE
PEOPLE CAN DIE.
THE PRESIDENT SEEMS OBLIVIOUS TO
THAT.
>> Dana: I GUESS DEM'S FIGHTING
WORDS BUT AMERICANS ARE
FRUSTRATED BECAUSE NOTHING SEEMS
TO BE ABLE TO GET DONE.
>> INEQUALITY IS WHEN YOU KNOW
YOU COULD GET HEALTH CARE AT A
REASONABLE PRICE.
WHAT DEMOCRATS KEEP DOING IS
CAUSING THE PRICE TO GO UP.
WHY DON'T WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THE COST OF HEALTH CARE?
DEMOCRATS, IT'S ALL ABOUT
ACCESS.
WHAT THAT HAS DONE, YOU CAN'T
AFFORD IT NOW.
I RAN THE LARGEST HOSPITAL
COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY.
MY BILL WHAT I DID IN THE
BUSINESS.
I TOLD PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
YOU CAN'T CHARGE AMERICANS MORE
THAN YOU CHARGE EUROPEANS.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
IT'S PRETTY BASIC.
BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
AGREE WE GOT TO REDUCE DRUG
PRICES.
LET'S DO IT.
>> Dana: THERE MIGHT BE
BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
ALTHOUGH DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS.
I DID WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT ONE
OTHER THING.
YOU UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE VERY
WELL.
THIS IS ABOUT THAT DISASTER AID
VOTE THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF AMERICAN
CITIZENS WHO NEED SOME HELP
AFTER THESE NATURAL DISASTERS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETING THIS
ABOUT PUERTO RICO.
SAYING PUERTO RICO GOT $91
BILLION FROM THE HURRICANE, MORE
MONEY THAT HAS EVER BEEN GOTTEN
FOR A HURRICANE BEFORE.
ALL THEIR LOCAL POLITICIANS DO
IS COMPLAIN AND ASK FOR MORE
MONEY.
LISTEN TO SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY,
ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN
RESPONSE.
>> I HAVE HEARD SENATE
REPUBLICANS TAKING TO PASS THE
HOUSE BILL HR268 THE HOUSE FIRST
PASSED IT IN JANUARY.
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP HAS
REFUSED.
CANNOT ADVANCE A BILL THAT PICKS
AND CHOOSES AMONG AMERICANS AND
SAYS SOME AMERICANS ARE LESSER
THAN OTHERS.
>> Dana: SENATOR, DO YOU THINK
THAT THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY IN
THIS BILL FOR PUERTO RICO TO
REBUILD?
>> WELL, THEY'RE ALL STEPS.
THIS IS WHAT'S SHAMEFUL.
CHUCK SHUMER'S BILL THAT WOULD
HAVE $600 MILLION IN FOOD
NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENT MONEY
FOR PUERTO RICO.
FIRST THING I TALKED ABOUT ON
THE SENATE FLOOR.
HE KILLED THAT YESTERDAY.
WHY DON'T WE DO WHAT WE KNOW WE
CAN GET DONE THAT THE PRESIDENT
WILL SIGN.
THEN IF WE NEED TO DO MORE,
LET'S KEEP DOING MORE.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THE
DEMOCRATS ARE DOING, THEY'RE
PLAYING POLITICS.
THINK ABOUT THIS.
AFTER HURRICANE MARIA DID PUERTO
RICO GO THERE NINE TIMES?
NO.
I DID, NINE TIMES.
DID HE OPEN UP RELIEF CENTERS IN
NEW YORK?
NO.
I OPENED THEM UP IN FLORIDA.
HE JUST STOPPED FUNDING $600
MILLION FROM PUERTO RICO THAT
THEY NEED.
>> Dana: WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS
GOES?
THERE'S AMERICANS ALL ACROSS THE
SKOUPB TRIE, THAT INCLUDES, OF
COURSE, ALL THE CITIZENS IN
PUERTO RICO THAT NEED HELP.
WHERE DOES THIS BILL GO FROM
HERE?
>> I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN
CHUCK SHUMER THAT HE'S KILLING
DISASTER RELIEF.
WHEN HE WAS IN FLORIDA, GEORGIA,
SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA.
WE KNEW IT WORKS NOW.
AND CALIFORNIA.
SO CHUCK SHUMER'S JUST PLAYING
POLITICS WITH THIS.