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Same time, not doing anything is making a decision. its like if you are with your friends and you are arguing where to go to dinner, if you argue too long, the only thing thats going to be left is the diner with the waitresses that smelled like cigarettes and broken dreams who dont have teeth, like single-payer in this case. nobody wants that a nobody wins. >> eric: lets talk about the politics. >> here is the challenge. they were able to get the freedom caucus on board because they now have in ...

Are moving jobs back here. theyve announced tens of thousands of jobs, carrier, et cetera, et cetera, we can go on and on. keystone pipeline being built, a huge investment in our economy. the stock markets up. the economy is coming back. but to deans point, i would argue that hes not being just strictly conservative, hes actually being very moderate. and thats why his health care bill didnt pass. it was a perfect balance between the left and the right, which meant it was unpalatable to the left ...

Government its called a single-payer. the citizens are able to select from a private array of coverage policies. what were trying to get to again is making certain that patients and families and doctors in terms of health care, not washington, d.c. the way to do that is to make sure individuals all across a slender able to pick the kind of coverage that they want. it >> tucker: convinced its what the people want. more than security, they want a choice. if that is often the choice between somethi...

Population is different, most countries have a more monolithic population? switzerland has a program that allows for every single person to pick the kind of coverage that they want, paid for by the government its called a single-payer. the citizens are able to select from a private array of coverage policies. what were trying to get to again is making certain that patients and families and doctors in terms of health care, not washington, d.c. the way to do that is to make sure individuals all ac...

Billet >> >> its difficult bece population is different, most countries have a more monolithic population? switzerland has a program that allows for every single person to pick the kind of coverage that they want, paid for by the government its called a single-payer. the citizens are able to select from a private array of coverage policies. what were trying to get to again is making certain that patients and families and doctors in terms of health care, not washington, d.c. the way to do that is...

They didnt show the mandated taxes. its a huge political advantage. basically call it the stupidity of the american voter or whatever but that was critical to get it to pass. >> indicating it was a scam. gruber says adopting government-funded healthcare noted as single-payer would be a political challenge. >> stuart: jonathan gruber is not alone calling the gop healthcare a scam. kathy agrees with him. shes with me now. on the opposite side of the fence. how are you? >> good. how are you? >> stu...

And the proposal that has been laid out not only doesnt expand coverage, but analysts are saying that 10 to 15 million people are likely to lose coverage. now, the benefit that the administration has or that republicans have had for a long time is that they can promise the sun and the moon and the stars because they in the past didnt actually have the onus of governing and having to come up with something that made any sense. and now that they have put this plan together, which no one seems to l...

Of these lawmakers feel like they dont have enough time to get through all of it. >> charles: he said this is the best and only chance that the g.o.p. has. if it is work right now, with all the political power that he has and the way the republicans clamoring for, -- >> dagen: if youre republican and you dont vote for this, this is a road to single-payer and you are breaking with chuck schumer. >> harris: im wondering why it took all of this over 24 hours, why they didnt have the plans together....

>> simon, have you looked at the premium lately? >> give me data. i want numbers. >> it is disaster by prescription. dont filibuster, okay? heres the point. its coming apart. options are dwindling, the only people who love their version of obamacare is the group of people who hasnt had to use it yet. they havent gone in to see how it works. if theyre getting used to subsidies. there are people, as you know, who would like to stand up as a single-payer. it doesnt need any help being broken. it no...

Health care system. if it fails, and we go to single-payer, you think health care is expensive now? as they said, -- speak worn my would be how do you measure success and what country do you measure it in? among those things that that te president-elect says he wants to do very first when he gets an office. president obama is reflecting on the democrats in election loss. he is saying that he was not able to transfer his personal popularity down ticket to his party. is he right? im sure the senat...