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You agree with that, right? >> we have said consistently we will negotiate constructively on improving and strengthening. >> i'm talking about math, not talking about negotiations, i'm asking you a question, you do understand, though, i'm not being combative at all. >> that's fine. >> it's a reality. >> medicare is worth -- >> i want to save medicare and i know nine years from now medicare collapses unless changes are made and those changes have to slow down the rate of growth of medicare, do you agree? >> i don't -- i don't disagree with you but ending medicare doesn't slow down the growth. s...

>> you have been -- you have not only been on message, you have helped define the democratic message on this. when i asked him about medicare today, senator reid volunteered had democrats had found lots to cut from medicare in health reform. your colleague hoyer said medicare is on the table. former president clinton telling paul ryan to call him saying democrats should feel free to go after medicare themselves. he hopes they won't be constrain constrained in doing that. how is the message coming along among democrats? >> when it comes to terminating medicare there's no daylight between any de...

Why aren't we authorizing the secretary of health and human services to negotiate volume discounts just like the secretary of veteran affairs does? that's are common sense steps to take down costs. the republicans won't do that because they like the protect the pharmaceutical industry just like they like to protect the big oil industry. they want to terminate medicare to fund tax breaks for big oil. there are concepts that we can discuss, and again, forgive me for being repetitive, but i am message disciplined. we are democrats because we provide and defend medicare. they're republicans becaus...