Loopholes. not one republican. but in truth that is the leverage that any one member of the democratic caucus has. look, i could go to chuck schumer, the majority leader, and say, chuck, you know that i believe that our current health care system is totally dysfunctional, wasteful, expensive. we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. unless you put a medicare for all single pair program into reconciliation package, i m not voting for it. i could do that tomorrow, rachel. but that would be unfair to do, you know? at most, half the caucus supports that position. it would be wrong for me to say take what i want or i m outta here. that s just not being part of a caucus. it s give and take, and not holding that type of attitude. is it possible here that part of the problem is that senator manchin and senator sinema, who you i believe rightfully pointed out today have been very vague
Disgraceful. my fellow service members and our, we are not your prostitutes, and you are not our pimp. look. you have come out as well against the president increasing the sanctions against iran. short of military action, what more can be done? i will tell you what needs to be done is that we need to stop this mutual cycle of retaliation that will only lead us towards an all-out inferno both in iran and across the region. it would be terribly costly for our men and women in uniform and for the people across the region as well as for taxpayers who would see trillions more of our dollars taken out of our pockets to pay for yet another wasteful counter productive war of choice. what president trump needs to do right now is to recognize that his strategy with iran has failed. he needs to re-enter the iran nuclear agreement and get rid of the crippling sanctions, and understanding that every single day that goes by that we do not
You don t agree with this approach. why is that, senator? i don t agree for a couple reasons. the time is now where we have to do what every other major country is doing. the most cost effective way is through a medicare for all single-payer program. the system that joe and others are trying to prop up is the most wasteful, bureaucratic, and expensive system on earth. we have 80 million people, don, who are uninsured or underinsured, yet we end up spending almost two times as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country. the function of health care in america today is to make billions in profits for the drug companies and the insurance companies. we need a health care system designed to work for ordinary americans, not make the ceos of the drug companies even richer than they are. okay. let me ask you this. listen, you studied this more than i have, i m sure. if vice president biden is able
Disappointing to the degree to which trump s ideology has dominated the entire republican party. i got to tell you, i was surprised because when i was growing up, people would say go back to after cri africa. it was the oldest and unoriginal, it s surprising to hear it come from the president of the united states. absolutely. joe biden released this plan. he s calling for new subsidies to make obamacare coverage cheaper. he s calling for a new public option with a medicare-like program. you don t agree with this approach. why is that, senator? i don t agree for a couple reasons. the time is now where we have to do what every other major country is doing. the most cost effective way is through a medicare for all single-payer program. the system that joe and others are trying to prop up is the most wasteful, bureaucratic, and expensive system on earth.