Trump:"I want to end monopolies that dictate medication prices and open free bidding to lower the price... Sanders who is vehemently against Trump agenda:"Every other country negotiates prices..." LOL...what a difference (read: TRUMP AND SANDERS say same shyte but because Trump said it and wants to implement it he is wrong but because SANDERS said it he is right)...liberalism truly is a mental disorder
You do realize that the DNC played you all for fools and had it in the bag for Hillary, who in reality lost to Bernie who is quite honestly full of it.
You do realize that Bernie's whole point was that Trump is saying one thing and doing another. Trump said he wouldn't cut medicaid and medicare, but Price has always fought to. Trump said he wants the govt to negotiate prices, but Price is firmly against it. Trump lies all the time.
The Gov is not going to save you nor will it provide you anything. If you want something buy it in the market place. Please leave our country. You have been found wanting and you are a burden on our society.
William, the country does not belong to you. It belongs to everyone. The ACA existed not to primarily provide free care (though there was some medicaid expansion), but to provide access to care for people who couldn't get it before. Most people who get care through the ACA got it through the online PRIVATE INSURANCE exchanges, along with a govt subsidy. Or they were able to access it because they worked 30-39hrs per week and their employer provided it, but previously didn't. Or they could stay on parents insurance until age 26. All these things require people to pay in. But Medicare and Medicaid have been around for DECADES. And you seem to be against them. Why is that? Do you not care about seniors, whose care costs thousands upon thousands of dollars? Do you not believe poor people should be allowed to get medical treatment? Not just ordinary doctor visits, but hospital care and upper level care? Care should be entirely based on income I guess? That's sad that you would spit on your fellow citizens, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
ArtemiaSalina Our capitalistic system is not compassionate ! I have been in Africa and i didn't see that many people living on the street like here in the USA. Obama wanted to do something about it but it will be reversed to a state never seen before.
@ Philip de Ficquelmont. People blind themselves with figures and indexes, but there is nothing in their hearts. Their so called 'compassionate' is led by vestal interests
Loan TRAN-THANH You have a clear sight on the matter, many people here in America have never been abroad and can not compare how hard the American society is. It can go worse with Trump but i do hope that Trump will leave some compassionate regulations / decisions for the American people.
Philip de Ficquelmont Your taxes contribute to killing children in the middle east since most of your taxes go to the military. You have no choice about that. How do you feel about that? Do you happily pay your taxes knowing that it is killing children? Do you still think that taxation isn't theft?
Man is SO unlike me in a # of ways... but he was the ONLY one of the candidates who had ran during these primaries, who I've ANY respect for. Possible exception being Rand Paul, however: Rand is "hit or miss" on sensible policies. Bernie CONSISTENTLY talks sense.
Smiles I respected him at one time but not anymore almost every time I hear him speak on TV all I hear is Lies coming out of his mouth and I ask myself what does he have to gain when Democrats get back in the White House
The only Bern Im feeling is how Berned you supporters of this cultural marxist have gotten. Dude has 3 homes, 1 just bought for 600k, private land, 24/7 security, and is worth 3 times the amount of his surrounding homes. Bernie should be compassionate and lend his home to some Syrian refugees and let them live for free or else hes just virtue signaling.
actually I feel like that's a love/hate relationship from hillary. Bernie holds everyone to the minimum standard of what some people call basic decency or to some 'high' standards. Hillary threw much shade at Bernie and although Bernie gave his support to Hillary, in a bid to prevent people from simply picking Trump because they didn't want hillary, he still pushed and changed some of her party's policies because she wasn't championing the people. He has done everything he has promised; to fight and to encourage others to take a part in shaping the government. Hillary had some amazing ideas when she was first lady. Do you know she traveled around the world visiting countries that had free healthcare to figure out how the justified it and how they applied it practically. She came back with a plan to implement this and it was shut down and she was told to stop acting like the president and shut up. Now I would not vote for Hillary because she is not the same as she was, but a part of me has got to think she loves Bernie a little. But man does she hate him because he is a mirror that reflects her change and failures to the american people. Just my opinion, let me know if anything I've said doesn't make sense or if you can show me something that shows I'm wrong. Bernie makes sense and he lists data and research with most of his points. I would follow this man almost anywhere because I know he'd explain to my why I had to; he wants people to make informed decisions. He's treating everyone and acting like an adult.
Ake Hilding I don't because he's a liar. Bernie Sanders has been on multiple news stations saying that millions of people will lose their lives when Trump repeals the Obamacare there's no way he can know that he just said in this video that Trump hasn't said anything since he's taking office. I believe he has join forces with the Democrats to start now and for the next 3 years State all kinds of Lies about Trump so that the Democrats can take office next turn a good politician would set their differences aside and work together to help all Americans
It's because they know that their positions suck! If it were so great, they'd have no problem stating them as they are. Even my poor ass country South Africa, health care is right! Sure, public hospitals may not always be better than private hospitals, but at least the poor have an option!
Not just Canada, The UK, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Denmark, ect.. and yes, they all have smaller populations than we do, but they're also not the richest country in the world either.
Yes you have 10 times the population than what we have but what does that have too do with anything, you still have 10 times the population paying into the kitty too take care of its people.
To summarize: Sen. Sanders: "Should all US citizens have access to basic healthcare services?" Tom Price (what a beautifully fitting name): "CAPITALISM, CAPITALISM, CAPITALISM."
It's going to be "tremendous ", "it will be a big league success". "You are going to be covered beautifully" . Brace for impact Tami Bond, the corporate crooks like Betty Devos, need 56 million on average in tax cuts so they can live better. You can die for all they care if, you expect compassion from stones and fools you will be sorely dissapointed.
Ryan Smith Would you at least listen to this video and see if you feel the same.They hate Obama so much that they will take what he has done to claim Obama Care was a disaster when it only needs work.Trump has no plan not one so no it's not gonna get better
incredible. Bernie is so simple & straight forward & so devastating as well. he's kicking ass hard. how can anyone serious about US future wellbeing not love this guy.
Plebeian True, it might not be in the Bill of Rights, but it is in the Constitution. The right to healthcare in not in the Constitution, and until there is an amendment to the Constitution, it should not be treated as a right.
So we agree that your initial comment was useless. Maybe there will be an amendment.. I'm sure that would come with fighting for it to be a right, I'm also positive that many said that blacks weren't equal to whites as it wasnt in the constitution, when others like Sanders were saying that we are equal and have human rights... and seeing as nearly everyone (even southern republicans) admire that part of the ACA, it shouldn't be difficult to amend. However it is a rather weak argument to say that something isn't a right, nor should we even talk about it being a right, simply because we haven't written it on paper yet.
Healthcare is a right. It kills me how these billionaires like to scold the poor for 'mooching' when no one gets more hands outs for nothing than they do.
single payer is the only way to fix the problem It's a really simple concept and one that Bernie proposed perfectly. Individuals pay an annual 2.2% of their annual earnings and employers pay 6.4% (down from over 9% btw) and you're covered under medicare. It's simply replacing a for profit model with over 40% of overhead to a non profit one with less than 10% overhead. The healthcare itself will still be provided by the private sector so it would hardly be considered socialized medicine...something everyone who opposes a single payer system has been made to fear!
Except that math says it won't work. Going by a national average income of just over $55,000 dollars for 2016. 157,833,000 workers. The 2.2% gives you 191 Billion dollars towards the system. The 6.4% gives you 555 Billion dollars towards the system. So you get 746 billion dollars total to the system. We spent 3.2 Trillion dollars on healthcare in 2015. Now I'll give you that the 3.2 Trillion dollars can be reduced. But that takes a long serious bipartisan look at what it cost to train professionals in the field. Frivolous lawsuits doctors and hospitals constantly go through. And a hard look at what it really cost big pharma for R&D. Even if we claim we can knock off 2 trillion dollars by restructuring what it takes to train and pay the professionals in the medicine. We heavily reduce the costs, pharma claim. And we some how get a lot of people to stop thinking they can sue for millions for every little thing. You still come up short by about 454 billion dollars. Also your 2.2% would mean a person making $55,000 a year would pay $1,210 dollars per year. When figuring every citizen in the US. ACA cost $10,000. So the $1,210 per year is really great when compared to the 10k cost even for children and people not working. But it doesn't fill the gap. And it doesn't answer for the ridiculous cost in Health Insurance. For myself personally. I had a really great private plan that I paid $80 a month for as a smoker. It was leaps and bound above what I could get at work and I didn't mind the cost. Now under ACA it cost me $200 a month for the bottom barrel basic plan. Reduce frivolous lawsuits. Reduce for profit education at the college level. Thus reducing the ridiculous bills doctors have starting day 1 in their careers. I'm all for dems, repubs, green, peace, libertarian, all parties getting together to make sure big pharma isn't screwing over the general public. And lastly. Stop limiting Health Insurance companies from growing. Allow them to cross state lines and compete with each other to provide the best plans at the lowest costs. ACA proves what happens when you have only two or three business competing. Prices soar.
I didn't say negotiate Parma prices. Look in to their R&D cost. A lot of these drugs that lately have had 1000% price increase. Have been attributed to R&D costs. I'm a capitalist. But even I find these sharp price increases just for R&D a bit suspicious. At the same time. I'm also not an expert on their cost. Just a curious person. The price increases my be justified.
Thomas Sill I didn't say anything about what you did say. I said what you didn't say. We (USA) are the only country that cannot negotiate pharmaceutical prices. As a result, for ex; Canadian equivalent drugs cost on average 1/5th the price. Include that in your math, which was very useful btw 🤗
This guy Price is an idealogue...doesn't believe in government involvement or funding for social programs. His objective is to funnel money up to the 1%. Ofcourse!
" couldn't afford to pay for their medicine ", people who believe healthcare isn't a right generally don't worry about cost, since they're generally people who are good at handling their own money.
"I Have access to buy a $10 million home, I don't have the money to do that." Oh Bernie, you are the president America needs. Instead, you've ended up with the one you deserve.
This never fails to anger me. I am fortunate to have lived my whole life in a country where everyone is free from the awful worry of outrageous medical expenses. If my children fall ill or are injured, I know they will receive the care and medicine they need. I cannot understand how a country as wealthy as the US is so backward in this matter. It is genuinely shameful that people who claim to have the interests of their people at heart can actively work to perpetuate a system that puts such a terrible burden on so many. It's disgusting.
Wow 5:42. This is how Republicans should be called out when they claim to he compassionate while refusing to do anything. You have empathy, not compassion.
I agree and disagree with Sanders on domestic issues, but I truly believe he had the best foreign policy. And that is where the President has the most power.
Hugh Taylor The people who wanted Bernie are generally the middle and upper middle class. We would be paying more taxes and getting little in return. We would be losing money to help others...
Lukas Hall I wrote bernies' name on the ballot in 2016. I am retired, lower white middle class. I think bernie makes sense. Obamacare needs work. rTump care needs to dissolve. or is it ryan care?
Keep in mind that here in Canada there has been pressure to privatize health care. To do this, there are many reports about how broken the system is. Yes there are gaps and problems but no where near as bad as we have been led to believe... and we're not going to hear about the good stories because they are not news worthy. I am my family have never had a bad healthcare experience.
Your right no system is perfect but had our own clinic for 25 years and watched the system degrade to the point where much of it is dysfunctional. Most Canadians who think the system is great have never been sick. Many Canadians who get sick go out of the country to get health care. My wife who is the doctor had to go to the US to get real answers to her health questions. People are suffering and DYING to up hold an ideological system not a medical system. A one payer system becomes corrupt and unanswerable. You need to find a different way.
Tom Price: "I look forward to working with you to ensure that every single American has access to the highest quality care and coverage that is possible." Bernie Sanders: " 'Has access to' does not mean they are guaranteed health care. I have access to buying a $10 million home, but I don't have the money to do that." Tom Price: "And that's why we believe it is appropriate to put in place a system that gives every person the financial feasibility to be able to purchase the coverage they want for themselves and their family and not what the government forces them to buy." Tom Price nailed it, and Bernie knew it. If you want to ensure that every American has access to the best quality care and coverage available, you don't pass a tyrannical government mandate that everyone must have health care, and then dictate the type of coverage and care you get. No, what you do is make sure that people can purchase and afford the type of care that they want for themselves and their family, and let the health care market compete for their customers based upon the customer's needs. That way you ensure access to the best quality care that is available for everyone. And for those who cannot afford any care, like the extremely poor, you can simply modify the eligibility requirements of Medicaid to cover them while covering the cost of that coverage with a slight increase in the FICA tax on everyone's paycheck. Good job Mr. Price! You were definitely the right pick for HHS! I eagerly look forward to what you and your colleagues come up with! 👍😎
"let the health care market compete for their customers based upon the customer's needs." I'm an equity analyst in the pharmaceutical industry and if you think there's going to be some fair game, you are completely delusional. Health care will always have high demand. There's no reason for insurers to compete with each other. They can just keep things as is and no consumer would be able to stand up to that. If you want make sure that people can afford care, you let the government negotiate prices down with the industry. Again, supply and demand. The U.S. is one of the largest markets for healthcare providers. The U.S. could even force these companies to sell the medicine at 0 profit. Of course, that is unnecessary. It's fine to be profitable, but it is downright crazy to charge 89k when canadian citizen can get the same treatment for $800. "Gives every person the financial feasibility" He is implying here not that costs should come down, but that citizens should simply earn more money.
justmusic no one's arguing the demand; insurers don't compete simply over demand. It's a competition over price and quality. Look at the debate Sanders had with Senator Cruz just recently. Sanders says he supports a bill to allow pharmaceuticals to be sold across national lines, saying that competition would drive prices down. Same thing ought to be true of insurance as well. Passing a bill to allow buying plans across state lines would drive prices down as well, as probably the cheapest and most coverable insurers would be purchased and successful. No one's is saying keep things as is, oh god no.
We Americans should NOT have to purchase health care. At all. period. Our taxes should pay for it, and if/when we need more money to run basic care programs such as medical, dental, mental health care, etc., we need to take the money from those who have it. period. What part of this don't people GET???
Access to health care is the key. Price wants access to health care. Access to means you can get it if you can afford it. Price doesn't give a dam about those who can't afford health care. Senator Sanders is on the right track. Access to a ten million dollar home but it ain't AFFORDABLE For the good of the country DONT CONFIRM Price
Bernie, you are a political legend. The world needs more politicians like you that just cut to the chase, and call it like it is instead of just sugar coating it all the time just to keep their cronies happy. Not to mention, you are one of a very tiny minority of politicians who actually truly give a dam about the welfare of your country's citizens.
