Hillary: Sanders ‘Wants to Start All over’ on Health Care’ and Have ‘Another Big National Divisive Debate’

‘With all due respect to Bernie Sanders who I really do value for his intensity and passion and advocacy, basically what he’s doing is saying, hey, we need to start all over again’

BRZEZINSKI: "Your daughter came out. I think there's -- the statements she made weren't completely accurate and then Bernie tweeted a picture of the two of you with you thanking him for his a great work on health care. Is he not making good plans for your our country when it comes to trying to create a system that works for everybody? And are your attacks unfounded?" 
CLINTON: "Well, no. They're absolutely founded, and what we can discern about what he would do and the picture is from, I think, '93 or '94, when I thanked him for supporting universal health care, a goal that  I held, you know, absolutely steadfastly for many years. And I think what the Affordable Care Act has done is put us for the first time on a packet to universal health care. There have to be improvements made that I have laid out and we will continue to talk about what needs to be done. With all due respect to Senator Sanders who I really do value for his intensity, passion and advocacy, basically what he's doing is saying, hey, we need to start all over again. Let's tear it up and replace it. Details to be forthcoming. Well, I don't think we should let the Republicans repeal it and I'm very happy that the president was in the White House to stop that because their talk of repeal is never followed by any detail about what we do to keep people having access to the Affordable Health Care. And Senator Sanders has consistently said he is going to give us the details on what it will be and how much it will cost. I think it's fair to look at the nine bills that he's introduced while he's been in Congress. Basically he wants to start all over again with a whole new plan and another big national divisive debate which I don't agree with, especially with the Republicans trying to repeal the gains we've made. So, I think we have a legitimate substantive difference and it's in that part of the campaign where we need some spirited debate about our differences because people are going to start making up their minds."

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