ObamaCare Architect: I Don’t Agree with Medicare-for-All

RUSH TRANSCRIPT GRUBER President ░░░░░░░░ was elected They went ░░░░░░░░ 7 per year on ░░░░░░░░ There s only two ░░░░░░░░ in the world Maria ░░░░░░░░ costs go up BARTIROMO ░░░░░░░░ the administration didn t ░░░░░░░░ do anything They were ░░░░░░░░ with ObamaCare and the ░░░░░░░░ went up Listen I ░░░░░░░░ t want to argue ░░░░░░░░ what ObamaCare was I ░░░░░░░░ to ask about Medicare ░░░░░░░░ All What do you ░░░░░░░░ about Omar s answer ░░░░░░░░ says the only way ░░░░░░░░ is going to get ░░░░░░░░ is Medicare for All ░░░░░░░░ I don t agree ░░░░░░░░ that answer I think ░░░░░░░░ what is absolutely true ░░░░░░░░ that the private market ░░░░░░░░ is not serving the ░░░░░░░░ of many Americans and ░░░░░░░░ need more expanded government ░░░░░░░░ That can take many ░░░░░░░░ One form would be ░░░░░░░░ build on what the ░░░░░░░░ Care Act accomplished as ░░░░░░░░ Biden recently suggested by ░░░░░░░░ premiums more affordable by ░░░░░░░░ a public option to ░░░░░░░░ not a mandate not ░░░░░░░░ people to go into ░░░░░░░░ insurance but offering public ░░░░░░░░ like towns have public ░░░░░░░░ If you can t ░░░░░░░░ a backyard you have ░░░░░░░░ public park to go ░░░░░░░░ I think the same ░░░░░░░░ should be true with ░░░░░░░░ insurance If you can ░░░░░░░░ afford your private insurance ░░░░░░░░ should be a public ░░░░░░░░ for you to go ░░░░░░░░ BARTIROMO The other thing ░░░░░░░░ terms of Medicare for ░░░░░░░░ you re basically doing ░░░░░░░░ with the entire private ░░░░░░░░ industry 180 million people ░░░░░░░░ getting their insurance from ░░░░░░░░ private sector So doing ░░░░░░░░ with that is actually ░░░░░░░░ Medicare for nobody GRUBER ░░░░░░░░ basically that s not ░░░░░░░░ I don t understand ░░░░░░░░ line You are creating ░░░░░░░░ for All However I ░░░░░░░░ agree with your main ░░░░░░░░ Maria BARTIROMO No you ░░░░░░░░ not creating Medicare for ░░░░░░░░ because it s a ░░░░░░░░ program that will do ░░░░░░░░ with people s private ░░░░░░░░ 180 million people GRUBER ░░░░░░░░ And it will put ░░░░░░░░ in Medicare What I ░░░░░░░░ saying is I m ░░░░░░░░ with your main point ░░░░░░░░ is that basically I ░░░░░░░░ it s very difficult ░░░░░░░░ look at the opposition ░░░░░░░░ ObamaCare the fact that ░░░░░░░░ very small number of ░░░░░░░░ had to give up ░░░░░░░░ crappy health insurance and ░░░░░░░░ got very upset You ░░░░░░░░ that analogy ask 180 ░░░░░░░░ people to give up ░░░░░░░░ health insurance they re ░░░░░░░░ going to be happy ░░░░░░░░ it Look I think ░░░░░░░░ need to separate two ░░░░░░░░ here One point is ░░░░░░░░ we need more government ░░░░░░░░ to ensure that the ░░░░░░░░ insurance the broken health ░░░░░░░░ market provides care for ░░░░░░░░ That doesn t mean ░░░░░░░░ for All necessarily But ░░░░░░░░ does mean more steps ░░░░░░░░ BARTIROMO I take issue ░░░░░░░░ the whole idea of ░░░░░░░░ a federal program doing ░░░░░░░░ for everybody I mean ░░░░░░░░ would I want some ░░░░░░░░ making decisions on my ░░░░░░░░ if I m able ░░░░░░░░ get that mri test ░░░░░░░░ I m able to ░░░░░░░░ the medicines I want ░░░░░░░░ it s too expensive ░░░░░░░░ according to the government ░░░░░░░░ s the whole issue ░░░░░░░░ the government own that ░░░░░░░░ of my life GRUBER ░░░░░░░░ Maria the government would ░░░░░░░░ own that piece of ░░░░░░░░ life if you didn ░░░░░░░░ want that People on ░░░░░░░░ the government owns that ░░░░░░░░ of their life They ░░░░░░░░ pretty happy with it ░░░░░░░░ s why Medicare for ░░░░░░░░ has caught on I ░░░░░░░░ t support that for ░░░░░░░░ I think if you ░░░░░░░░ I want a different ░░░░░░░░ insurance plan that makes ░░░░░░░░ choices than Medicare we ░░░░░░░░ have that option You ░░░░░░░░ I can afford that ░░░░░░░░ The people in Florida ░░░░░░░░ Texas who are below ░░░░░░░░ poverty line and the ░░░░░░░░ have committed malpractice of ░░░░░░░░ health insurance they don ░░░░░░░░ have that option It ░░░░░░░░ either take the government ░░░░░░░░ or be uninsured.”