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Medicaid, if they eliminate the medicaid funding, it will be 165 percent increase in kentucky in uncompensated care. it will be medical care given to these people. the working poor and those struggling and others will have to pay for it.the republicans will not face that reality. >> senator barrasso? >> medicare was set up for people men, women, children and disabled. >> there are ways to modify medicaid, mike pence the vice president when his governor of indiana did a wonderful job of that with...

>> is this bill anti-working class? >> you know, i regret to have to say this, but what bernie sanders just said is pure propaganda. as you know, the house bill had a lot of defects in terms of how it treated people in the working class particularly people who were nearing retirement. this bill works very, very hard and is intentlily crafted to address just that problem. this bill is actually much, much stronger in terms of the protections and the financial assistance it directs to people of low...

Them refundable tax celts is a better way for them to access health care. what do you make of that? >> it sounds to me like somebody is deflecting the whole issue that this is a major tax cut for the 1% and for the major insurance, drug company, medical device companies. taking money from working class, the working poor and transferring it to the very wealthy and dressing it up in some kind of nicer package. and in the end, in the end its absolutely a wealth transfer. it attacks the people who a...

>> just to be clear, were not taking anybody out of nursing homes, number one. number two, you said people have been paying into medicaid. taxpayers dont pay into medicaid. they pay into medicare. and again, the focus of this is to make medicaid for what it is supposed to be, which is exactly the people you talked about and take the working poor and put them in the private sector where they belong. >> so if you are in a nursing home, probably give them one of those cold jobs that trump says were...

Low. the only way they can be successful in getting this health care bill passed is no one finds out the top wealthiest people get a tax break that comes out of addiction treatment and maternity care and grandma and grandpa to be in a medicaid supported nursing home bed. he doesnt want people to be able to get the details of the tax breaks for the wealthy and the harm thats done to the working poor. >> i got to go but thank you senator for joining us tonight. thank you, sir. >> thanks for having...

Afford health care and people will die without it. we will see children who will suffer and elderly will be thrown out of their nursing homes because of cuts to medicaid and make sure they understand what is happening. >> bernie sanders was at a progressive peoples summit gathering in chicago the other day and he was talking about the democratic strategy saying the current model and current strategy of the democratic party is an absolute failure. do you agree? well, you know, i just got elected ...

Across this country. youre a carolina for the hard-working citizens all across this land who just want a government that listens to them and represents their interests. you have promised to put america first in all that you do. you have done that in any number of ways from trade to national security, to protecting our border to right-sizing washington d.c. you put america first with regard to international agreements and the environment, this is a historic restoration of american economic indepe...

Million today. that doubled from what the it was eight years prior, this is not sustainable, right? >> its not sustainable. but we need to make the point that the food stamp program is used by the working poor. these are folks not making $15 an hour -- >> neil: 44 million working poor? if thats the case, were in deeper trouble than i thought. >> we have a large number that one member of the family is working -- >> neil: 44 million. think of that. thats a lot of people. >> you have elderly, disab...

Should be a privilege and jobs are important. what about the working poor who get up and go to work and still dont have health care? thats an important issue. >> david: republicans need to recruit her to to run for mayo. >> eric: we dont want to lose her. we want to keep her. we need more like current government. the writer versus the privilege argument. if it is in the constitution, its our right. nowhere in the constitution does that say you have a privilege of getting health care. john robert...

She works for the government. i think the problem for me is i think you should work and have health care accordingly. i hate there are many of us that do work. the working poor, many of whom voted for donald j. trump, they believe that people who participate in the economy, health care should be something they can afford. >> david: for most americans, its not about privilege or right, its about service. if you cant get to a doctor because of a doctor shortage, your insurance company is left, you...