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This trip. but, perhaps, as important, he is aiming to raise the enthusiasm level of democrats and he acknowledges some of his base has become disappointed with him. >> i know there are times where some of you have felt frustrated because we have in the gotten everything done as fast as we want. we did not get everything exactly the way we planned. >>reporter: a couple members of the audience shouted "health care," and "single-payer," and the president said he knew he should not have opened that...

Perfect. some things worked, some things didnt, some things id change. but one thing i would never do is usurp the constitutional power of states with a one size fits all federal takeover. i would repeal obamacare. >> now, governor, you werent entirely happy with the version of health care reform passed by congress. do you think mitt romney has a point here, perhaps it should be state-driven? >> well, i think state-driven would be great, but the fact of the matter is, we have a plan that actuall...

Saying, look, then we will bag our plans. >>guest: that is the alternative. you can pay more on the, the companies can pay more or just drop them. this is what the government, this administration will want to happen. they want to funnel everyone in, as million people as possible on to the government plan and the more that are on it, the greater the justification for having a single-payer. but thing of the number, $750,000, and that is too much for a done drop -- mcdonalds to pay what happens if ...

>> cheryl: vermonts governor came up with the idea. pushing a single-payer option. he was told you have to raise taxes to pay for it. he backed off of it a little bit. still, this idea is floated around the country. >> right. because its a good idea. we have to figure out how a new financing program for our healthcare structure. i think that, you know, sticking your heels in the ground, repealing everything that is trying to be done, now gives dennis kucinich an opening to push for a single-paye...

Single-payer or real reform for drug reimportation, all the rest of that. anything other than those things that you can see that is a way to solve this problem? >> you know, you dont even have to do all of that. what you have to do is get rid of fee for service medicine. this is lets just suppose youre making a product, cars and the more money i give you, the more cars you give me. whether anybody needs the cars or not. thats what the fee for service medicine is doing right now. the other thing ...

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>> nolan has his work cut out for him. the presidents pro-mining stat state. >> im not going to follow the party brand. i dont know this party anymore. >> health care is a hot topic. nolans plan. >> countries with single-payer do better for significantly less money. they do better in terms of life expectancy and its the way we have to go. >> not clear single-payer is going to fly in a district thats fairly blue. >> if you want to break the bank, if you want to break this country, you got to sing...

>> the republicans own not fixing it. the trump handling in terms of all of the issues, he gets the worst grade in terms of her approval -- approval on health care. and a higher priority, fixing the health care system or reforming the tax system, 71% and stays fixed my health care. >> nobody owns the bill, and benefits of both sides in different ways if obamacare fails. they will have a massive single-payer plan if democrats pick up fail. they do get to increase medicaid and medicare. making alm...

However, there is an iron he had a hit hidden victory over these last several years, peoples expectations have changed. you watched the debate over the last three months. what are the grounds? they are liberal grounds. how many people will lose their coverage? how can you lead people out of my cold? with jimmy kimmel thing. it is showing that the people is at a point where i think it believes in universal coverage. once you are there, the ground is shifted. republicans and conservatives are goin...