PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SENATORRED WITH WAR.
WHEN I SAW YOU LOOK BACK, I DON'T MEAN YOU'RE BACKWARD
THINKING.
I'M TRYING TO SAY THERE WERE THINGS GAINED IN THE 20th
CENTURY THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING WE GO BACK TO THAT PEOPLE ARE
CALLING RADICAL, BUT THEY USED TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THE MOST RADICAL THING YOU'RE PROPOSING IS
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
>> YOU THINK THAT'S THE MOST RADICAL.
I LIKE THE TWO CENT WEALTH TAX.
BUT I'LL TAKE THEM ALL.
>> Stephen: I THINK IT COMPARES TO THE 90% TOP TAX
BRACKET DURING THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION.
BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN MEDICARE FOR ALL BEFORE.
YOU KEEP BEING ASKED IN THE DEBATES, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
PAY FOR IT?
ARE YOU GOING TO RAISE THE MIDDLE CLASS TAXES?
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR IT?
ARE YOU GOING TO RAISE THE MIDDLE CLASS TAXES?
>> SO HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.
COSTS ARE GOING TO GO UP FOR THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS, FOR BIG
CORPORATIONS.
>> Stephen: TAXES WHICH IS WHAT YOU MEAN BY "COST?"
>> YES.
AND HARDWORKING MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILY ARE GOING TO SEE THEIR
COST GOES DOWN.
>> Stephen: BUT WILL THEIR TAXES GO UP--
>> HERE'S THE THING -- >> Stephen: HERE'S THE THING.
I'VE LISTENED TO THESE ANSWERS A FEW TIMES BEFORE AND I JUST WANT
TO MAKE A PARALLEL SUGGESTION TO YOU THAT YOU MIGHT DEFEND THE
TAXES PERHAPS YOU'RE NOT MENTIONING IN YOUR SENTENCE.
ISN'T MEDICARE FOR ALL LIKE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
>> SEE -- >> Stephen: THERE MIGHT BE
TAXES FOR IT BUT YOU SAVE MONEY SENDING YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL AND
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE YOUR KIDS AREN'T EDUCATED?
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS ARE
DYING?
>> I ACCEPT YOUR POINT AND BELIEVE IN YOUR POINT.
HEALTH CARE IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT.
WE FIGHT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THAT'S MEDICARE FOR ALL.
EVERYONE GETS COVERED.
BUT HERE'S HOW I LOOKED AT IT.
I SPENT A BIG CHUNK OF MY CAREER STUDYING WHY FAMILIES GO BROKE.
AND A BIG REASON THAT FAMILIES GO BROKE IS HEALTH CARE.
AND EVEN TODAY, PEOPLE WITH INSURANCE ARE GOING BROKE OVER A
BAD MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS.
AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING STRETCHED FINANCIALLY.
WHY?
WELL, FIRST YOU HAVE HIGH PREMIUMS.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THAT CO-PAY.
YOU NEED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR, YOU HAVE A CO-PAY.
OH, AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY SAYS, "I'M SORRY, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO COVER THAT DOCTOR.
NOT IN NETWORK."
AND THEN FOR THE SPECIALIST THAT YOU NEED TO SEE THE INSURANCE
COMPANY GOES, "YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE THE SPECIALIST."
AND THE EXTRA PHYSICAL THERAPY AND YOU NEED TO GO TO THE
PHARMACY AND THIS IS NOT COVERED AND THIS HAS A HIGH CO-PAY.
FAMILIES ARE PAYING AND PAYING AND PAYING.
AND A BIG PART OF THE REASON THEY'RE PAYING IS BECAUSE THE
INSURANCE COMPANY HAVE SET UP THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
AND THEIR MOD CELL RAKE IN AS MUCH MONEY AS YOU CAN IN
PREMIUMS, AND THEN SAY NO AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN TO HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE.
AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT IS THEY PULLED $23 BILLION OUT OF
THE SYSTEM LAST YEAR.
THEY IMPOSED COSTS ON EVERYONE ELSE WITH ALL THE FORMS THAT HAD
TO BE FILLED OUT AND PEOPLE ARGUING OVER COULD THEY GET THIS
COVERED OR THAT COVERED?
THIS IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
I AM SO DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO PRESIDENT OBAMA WHO MOVED THIS
COUNTRY TO SAY, "WE AS A COUNTRY WANT EVERY PERSON HERE TO HAVE
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE."
AND NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND SAY LET'S DO THAT
IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE.
AND WHAT EVERY STUDY SHOWS IS THAT MEDICARE FOR ALL IS THE
CHEAPEST WAY TO DO THAT.
AND IT'S THE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE MORE WILL
PAY MORE, BUT THAT HARDWORKING FAMILIES WILL PAY LESS.
NOBODY HAS TO GO BANKRUPT OVER HEALTH CARE IF WE GET MEDICARE
FOR ALL.
ALL.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, A COUPLE OF
QUICK ONES.
THIS IS MILD LIGHTNING ROUND.
MILD LIGHTNING ROUND.
HOW RICH IS RICH FOR THIS TWO ACCEPT THE THING BY THE WAY?
>> IT IS-- PEOPLE WHO HAVE FORTUNES OF ABOVE $50 MILLION.
SO YOUR FIRST $50 MILLION IS FREE AND CLEAR.
>> Stephen: LENT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> BUT YOUR 55 MILLIONth AND FIRST DOLLAR YOU HAVE TO PITCH
IN TWO CENTS AND TWO CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR AFTER THAT.
JUST -- >> Stephen: BUT THEN I
WOULDN'T HAVE A DOLLAR.
I'D ONLY HAVE 98 CENTS.
>> OH, BOOHOO.
>> Stephen: MOVING ON.
IRAN VERSUS THE SAUDIS.
WHAT WOULD CONVINCE PRESIDENT WARREN THAT THE IRANIANS DID
THIS?
AND IF SO, WHAT WOULD THE RESPONSE BE?
>> OKAY, SO, LOOK, LET'S BE REALLY CLEAR.
WE DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF EVIDENCE WE NEED RIGHT NOW.
LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND NO PRESIDENT GETS TO DECLARE WAR ON THEIR OWN.
IN THIS CASE, WHAT WE NEED--
HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT BOMBING SOMEBODY, YOU'VE GOT TO COME TO
CONGRESS AND GET AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF
MILITARY FORCE.
THAT'S WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS.
NOBODY GETS TO DROP THOSE BOMBS ON THEIR OWN.
NO.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE A REPUBLICAN FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU SWITCHED IN '96.
DID YOU BECOME AN INDEPENDENT OR A DEMOCRAT AT THAT TIME?
>> I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A REPUBLICAN AND INDEPENDENT.
I WASN'T VERY POLITICAL.
>> Stephen: DO YOU AGREE WITH TRUMP ON ANYTHING?
( LAUGHTER )
YES!
HE SIGNED MY BILL INTO LAW THAT IS GOING TO BRING DOWN THE COST
OF HEARING AIDS FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
I'M IN.
MY GUY!
>> Stephen: WELL, SMERK LISTENING.
SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU!
>>> Stephen: SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE CAST OF THE ORIGINAL BRADY BUNCH