America to ask the nation one simple question who are we and what do we want . Okay. Two questions. Neither of which is simple. This is red, white and who. . Americans say theyre more worried about health care today than any other major issue. Remember this guy . Ten years ago, president obama had a solution. The Affordable Care act, also known as obamacare, was supposed to help make Health Insurance more affordable. But have you tried to buy it lately . For some its still a luxury item. Now its basically on life support. Well appeal every word of obamacare. And voters are taking action. While the partisan debate rages on in washington, i want to understand how the issue of health care is playing out in the lives of everyday americans. So im traveling to texas to meet people who cant afford their medical bills. To utah to find out what happens when voters rise up and demand more Health Insurance. And new york to hear about a plan that would turn the whole system on its head. Health Car
Medicare for all, medicare is going broke. Medicaid is consuming the state budgets so lets start to get to the bottom of this because of all the other things going on in this country, this is also it involves our health and physical health as a nation. Sally you are president ceo of the Pacific Institute to Research Center a fantastic organization and written a lot and you still write a lot on the subject of health care. Starting from the beginnin beginning, what is singlepayer health care quick. That is a very important point because a lot of people have no idea what it means it means the government is the only provider of health care. All private coverage, private insurance is all band under a singlepayer system and the government provides what is considered medically necessary for the population. Mark all private health care goes away. All Employer Health care goes away. Right. Right. Mark than the government takes over health care. Only two other organizations one is the Veterans A
Consuming state budgets. So i want to start to get to the bottom of this, because even with all the other things going on in this country that are very important, thisus is too. It involves our health and our Fiscal Health as a nation. Sally pipes, youre president , chief executive officer of the Pacific Research institute, a san franciscobased think tank founded in 1979. Fantastic organization. Youve written a lot and you still write a lot about this subject of health care. So lets start from the beginning. What is singlepayer health care . Right. Well, thats a very important point, because a lot of people have no idea what it really means. Singlepayer health care, mark, means the government is the only provider of health care. All private coverage, private insurance what people have employersponsored coverage, whatever is all banned under a singlepayer system, and the government provides what is considered medically necessary for the population. Mark so all private health care goes a
Medicare for all, medicare is going broke. Medicaid is consuming the state budgets so lets start to get to the bottom of this because of all the other things going on in this country, this is also it involves our health and physical health as a nation. Sally you are president ceo of the Pacific Institute to Research Center a fantastic organization and written a lot and you still write a lot on the subject of health care. Starting from the beginnin beginning, what is singlepayer health care quick. That is a very important point because a lot of people have no idea what it means it means the government is the only provider of health care. All private coverage, private insurance is all band under a singlepayer system and the government provides what is considered medically necessary for the population. Mark all private health care goes away. All Employer Health care goes away. Right. Right. Mark than the government takes over health care. Only two other organizations one is the Veterans A
Afraid to share them. Expensive, but if we maintain this is my journey across about 12,000. The status quo, saying you dont can i just ask you how much america to ask the nation one bring in the cost efficiencies simple question who are we, and you make in a year . That medicare for all, there are usually around 40,000. What do we want . Estimates out there that well okay, two questions. Be spending 50 trillion over neither of which is simple. Thats a huge chunk of my the next ten years for health income. I got to pay it monthly a little this is red, white who . Care. Bit at a time. So were already spending far being a cow by isnt codys more than any other country per person on health care. Only preexisting condition. I know that taxes will go up. For more than a decade, he was can we just do a very mini role in and out of the er dealing with debilitating pain from play where i am, lets say, the americans say theyre more pancreatitis before eventually heiress of a very powerful, worrie