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Modeled obama care after massachusetts health care plan. now massachusetts and vermont are talking about getting rid of the national health care system by creating their own single payer systems. at least its being discussed. joining us now radio talk show host and columnist at the boston herald michael graham with an insider perspective. we have heard it in the massachusetts legislature as now senator jamie eldridge, a democrat, testified that he believes they should implement a universal medic...

>> the typical wait for a normal procedure in canada is four months. for a hip replacement or knee replacement, the wait is 10 months. some wait more than a year for a knee replacement. >> so nations that have tried single payer systems have to ration care to hold down the costs. the supreme court of canada even ruled that some people died because they were on a waiting list and could not get care. those may be some of the reasons, jenna, that those pushing a single payer system have been unable...

For a single payer system eventually. i think what we have to do is work with what weve got to close the gap. >> president obama said also in 2003 that he favored single payer but knew he might not be able to get there immediately so what do people mean when they use the term single payer? listen. >> what they really mean is putting everybody into one big government insurance program and almost always on the left theyre talking about medicare. >> but medicare is tens of trillions of dollars in t...

Progressive, and do you believe romney now when he says he will stand up for conservative principles. >> this discussion sosuperficial. i think we should deal with the issues as well. i dont see how we can do well against obama if we have any candidate that endorsed, you know, single payer systems and t.a.r.p. payouts, and injections of bailing out their friends, i dont see how we can have anybody compete with obama that doesnt challenge this huge empire we have oversees in the overseas spending...

Romney now when he says he will stand up for conservative principles. >> this discussion sosuperficial. i think we should deal with the issues as well. i dont see how we can do well against obama if we have any candidate that endorsed, you know, single payer systems and t.a.r.p. payouts, and injections of bailing out their friends, i dont see how we can have anybody compete with obama that doesnt challenge this huge empire we have oversees in the overseas spending. this is how nations come down....

Somebody moderate and views are progressive, and do you believe romney now when he says he will stand up for conservative principles. >> this discussion sosuperficial. i think we should deal with the issues as well. i dont see how we can do well against obama if we have any candidate that endorsed, you know, single payer systems and t.a.r.p. payouts, and injections of bailing out their friends, i dont see how we can have anybody compete with obama that doesnt challenge this huge empire we have o...

>> i dont see how we can do swell against obama if we have any candidate that endorsed single payer systems, and bailing out their friends. martha: ouch, ouch, ouch, governor tim pawlenty joins us from new hampshire. youll remember he called off his own presidential campaign in august. its great to have you with us this morning. >> good to be with you, martha. the video of that failed bungee jump kind of reminded me of my own presidential campaign. martha: i dont know, you know, a lot of folks t...

Swell against obama if we have any candidate that endorsed single payer systems, and bailing out their friends. martha: ouch, ouch, ouch, governor tim pawlenty joins us from new hampshire. youll remember he called off his own presidential campaign in august. its great to have you with us this morning. >> good to be with you, martha. the video of that failed bungee jump kind of reminded me of my own presidential campaign. martha: i dont know, you know, a lot of folks think maybe you should have s...

Progressive, and do you believe romney now when he says he will stand up for conservative principles. >> this discussion sosuperficial. i think we should deal with the issues as well. i dont see how we can do well against obama if we have any candidate that endorsed, you know, single payer systems and t.a.r.p. payouts, and injections of bailing out their friends, i dont see how we can have anybody compete with obama that doesnt challenge this huge empire we have oversees in the overseas spending...

>> let me bring paul into this, because there is a question about who is the true conservative in the race. governor romney said nine years ago in an interview, he said i think people recognize i am not a partisan republican and i am somebody moderate and views are progressive, and do you believe romney now when he says he will stand up for conservative principles. >> this discussion sosuperficia. i think we should deal with the issues as well. i dont see how we can do well against obama if we h...