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At georgia state says the system has fundamental flaws. >> its really the worst consumer experience. >> reporter: and we pay a lot for it. the united states has the most expensive health care in the world. around $3.5 trillion a year. >> people should not be forced into financial ruin, into bankruptcy for what reason? because someone in the family became ill. >> reporter: in 2016 his was a lone voice. but many democrats are now getting in line behind bernie sand who are has long called for a sin...

And showing you where they stand on the liberal to progressive spectrum. keep in mind, these arent all of the candidates running and this isnt how they feel about the issues and were looking at it in more general terms to give you an idea and the graphics we will show you are from the most liberal down closer to the moderate part of the political spectrum and we talk about healthcare, no doubt that bernie sanders was a leader in this respect. hes the first person to talk about medicare for all a...

Investment. >> lets talk about the costs. the united states, depending on who you compare it to, is twice, in some cases three times, what comparable companies pay per capita. that money, the $10209 is all of the costs that go into someones health care, insurance, co-pays, or what the government pays. if we went for a u bigger change like medicare for all or a singer payer system, taxes go up but do costs come down in a way that makes it worthwhile to think about? >> yeah, some costs would go aw...

Medicare for all. while it is a government run program, it is not an actual single payer system. they allow private companies to manage care which means the government is not the only one paying claims, they also have premiums that most seniors pay through their social security checks. most seniors that can afford to do so buy supplemental insurance coverage. under a singer payer system like the one that i talk a lot about in my home country ofcap d-- canada, it would be replaced by a government...

>> its the canadian way. >> the canadian way of health care is a singer payer system. because thats a foreign concept to most americans, let me explain. its financed by taxes and it covers the cost of essential health care for everyone. one more time for the politician in the back. it covers the cost of essential health care for everyone. paking up their own rules and parted pseudocalls. its something senator barney sanders was trying to brick to the u.s. and enlisted the help of dr. danielle ma...

Billionaires like donald trump and then raise precipiums for seniors or throw millions of working families off of the health insurance they finally received. >> i mean, you have long been an advocate of the singer payer system. address the whole issue of whether the affordable care act is, quote, imploding. youve been a critic of it yourself in the past. >> look, it is far from perfect. but then what you do, you say all right, what are the problems with the affordable care act? deductibles are t...

I think every american -- >> >> a real quick point. its nice having the back and forth. >> its lovely. >> one thing that bernie suggests maybe an area that we could work together. i agree theres way too much paperwork for insurance companies. id like insurance companies to have less power and patients to have more power. maybe you and i agree on a common sense reform to allow her to purchase health insurance in 50 states. right now shes a texan. its illegal for her to purchase health insurance a...

Or not she will support an expansion of social security benefits millions of people who cannot make it on $12,000 a year. >> let me is you about the situation with the aca. a single payer public health care system, correct? >> yes. medicare for all single payer system. its funny, thomas. again in 2008 you may recall that then-senator clinton was attacking then-senator barack obama because she supported universal health care. health care for everybody. well, i support that as well. and i believe ...

Hes the same guy, by the way, who predicts obamacare will lead to a singer-payer system. he wasnt indorsing that, doesnt even want that, but thats the way the world is moving. thats what we could end up with. to michael cannon who says hes right. good to have you. what do you think of what hes saying and whether hes the guy given his administrative experti expertise, to be running the v.a. >> i dont think hell be the first person in the obama administration to think obamacare will lead to single...

Amateurs. dianne, pull the car around, dianne, car! >> what were they thinking? im going to miss the talking baby. you can tweet us and let us know right now. things become iconic accidently. that kid became iconic to me. >> thats not the only thing that could be coming to an end. if obamacare ash ticket imanuel is right so is the employer sponsored insurance plan. the "associated press" is writing this. aim stuck in my jobs costly health plan. am i stuck in my jobs costly health plan? so, its a...