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cylinders, my friend. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> thank you for joining us at home. happy to have you here. tomorrow democrats in washington will be wearing their sunday best. it is a really big landmark day for them at 9:00 a.m. they'll start the home stretch final debate to pass the american rescue plan. a big covid relief bill that is the first thing the biden administration and the democrats in congress put their shoulders to when they got sworn in just two months ago. and you know, time will tell how this legislation is viewed over the long haul. but just at face...

legislation than anything passed -- anything passed at least the last two democratic presidents. legislatively in terms of its progressive reach, in terms of its reach to make things better for people who need the most help. it is definitely on par with the affordable care act, with obamacare. but this bill, what the senate passed this weekend, what the house will pass tomorrow, what president biden is about to sign, will hit a wider target than the affordable care act ever aimed at. as huge an accomplishment as that was to reform the absolutely broke and broken u.s. health care syst...

>> i don't know. >> is there an idealogical difference between you and bernie, for example? is there an idealogical difference? >> i think on some of these issues, there are. i'm for government doing positive things, too, but you can't take someone's private insurance away from them. as i explained, they're union members who negotiated the contracts who said, we're not going to take some of these wages but we're going to pay for health care. >> someone follows the law or you go to jail, right? you pay it for 50 years, and if you live longer than that, you get it for coverage. the bernie plan, ...

It's a disconnect. >> is there an idealogical difference between you and bernie, for example? is there an idealogical difference? >> i think on some of these issues, there are. i'm for government doing positive things, too, but you can't take someone's private insurance away from them. as i explained, they're union members who negotiated the contracts who said, we're not going to take some of these wages but we're going to pay for health care. >> everyone pays into medicare. >> someone follows the law or you go to jail, right? you pay it for 50 years, and if you live longer than that, you get ...

Conservative box around it. >> republicans have not been getting much encouragement back in their states and districts for repealing obamacare. >> will you commit to replacements in the same way that you committed to the repeal? [ applause ] >> thank you, katie, let's take a couple more questions or comments about health care. >> short of endorsing your position, what are you trying to do to make sure my health insurance is affordable? >> there's no question that some people have had a good experience with the aca, with obamacare, but most people have had a very bad experience with it. >> you'...