TWO HOURS BEFORE THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE LASTSUNDAY, BERNIE SANDERS RELEASEDA STATEMENT ABOUT HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN. DURING THE DEBATE ITSELF, HILLARY CLINTON DIDN'T TOUCH ONIT VERY MUCH, BECAUSE HE REALLY DID TWO HOURS BEFORE THE DEBATE. LUCKILY FOR US, WE HAVE THE DETAILS AND WE'RE GOING TOGIVE THEM TO YOU. BERNIE SANDERS BASICALLY WANT TO CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE WEHAVE MEDICARE FOR ALL. IT IS A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM THAT WOULD MAKE SURE THAT EVERYAMERICAN IN THIS COUNTRY HASACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE COST OF IT, BECAUSE ITWILL BE PAID FOR THROUGH TAXES. HILLARY TOUCHED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, AND OF COURSE RED FLAGSARE RAISED AS TO THE CANDIDATES ARE TALKING ABOUT RAISING TAXES. SANDERS CAMPAIGN SAID THAT HIS SYSTEM WOULD PROVIDE HEALTH CARECOVERAGE TO ALL AMERICANS, I LIKE THIS PART, ILLUMINATECO-PAYS AND DEDUCTIBLES, AND BRING HEALTHCARE SPENDINGUNDER CONTROL. HOW WOULD IT WORK?"UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE IS AN IDEA THAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTED INUNITED STATES BY DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS GOING BACK TOFRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND HARRY TRUMAN. IT IS TIME FOR OUR COUNTRY TO JOIN EVERY OTHER MAJORINDUSTRIALIZED NATION HONORS AND GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE TO ALLCITIZENS AS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE. "INTERESTING THAT IN THE UNITED STATES, OWNING A GUN ISCONSIDERED A RIGHT, BUT HAVING HEALTHCARE COVERAGE ISCONSIDERED A PRIVILEGE. THAT IS THE COUNTRY WE ARE LIVING IN NOW. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP WEST NILE VIRUS IS WITH A GUN. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP A BAD MOSQUITO WITH THE VIRUS ISWITH A GOOD GUN?SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HE SAYS, HIS CAMPAIGN SAID, "THEY PLAN TO ñ "HIS CAMPAIGNSAID THAT THE PLAN WOULD COST $1. 38 TRILLION A YEAR, BUT WOULDSAVE $6 TRILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE COMPARED TO THE CURRENTHEALTHCARE SYSTEM, CITING ANALYSIS BY GERALD FREEDMAN, ANECONOMIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OFMASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST. ""MUCH OF THE COST WOULD BE PAID FOR THROUGH A 6. 2PERCENT PAYROLL TAX PAID FOR BY EMPLOYERS, AND A 2. 2PERCENT HEALTHCARE OPINION ON WORKERS. IT ALSO RELIES ON TAXING CAPITAL GAINS AND DIVIDENDS ON FAMILIESEARNING MORE THAN TWITTER $30,000 A YEAR, LIMITINGDEDUCTIONS FOR WEALTHY AMERICANSAND RAISING THE ESTATE TAX. "MUCH OF THE BURDEN WILL BE ON THE WEALTHY, HOWEVER THEMIDDLE CLASS WOULD PAY AN ADDITIONAL 2. 2 PERCENT INTAXES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE HEALTHCARE. KEEP IN MIND, THAT SOUNDS CRAZY, I DON'T WANT TO RAISE MYTAXES BY 2. 2 PERCENT, THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE, BUT YOUWOULD SAVE SO MUCH MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR MEDICAL BILLS. I RECENTLY TOLD A STORY ABOUT HOW I WENT TO THE DOCTORAND THE SCREENING SHOW THAT I HAD PRECANCEROUS CELLS. I WENT TO DO FURTHER TESTING JUST TO ENSURE THAT I WAS SAFE,AND I'D SAY $700 OUT OF POCKET DURING THE DOCTOR'S VISIT, ANDTHEN GOT BUILD AN ADDITIONAL$419 BECAUSE OF THE LABS. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CAREACT, AND I HAVE A PPO, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSEKINDS OF COSTS. I HAVE TO SAY THIS, BECAUSE IF YOU SAY ANYTHING AGAINSTBERNIE, EVEN SECONDHAND, PEOPLEARE LIKE YOU FUCKING HILLARY SUPPORT HER. I SUPPORT BERNIE SANDERS, BUT LET'S KEEP IT REAL, YOU AREGOING TO BE PAYING SOME PORTION, IF NOT ALL OF THAT SIXPERCENT PAYROLL TAX. YOU WILL NOT BE PAYING 2. 2 PERCENT. YOU WILL PAY MORE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU WILL END UPSAVING, FOR IN AVERAGE FAMILY, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEARON HEALTHCARE. PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS, FOR MOST FAMILIES,THERE IS NOTHING LARGER AS AN INDIVIDUAL COST THAN HEALTHINSURANCE. HEALTH INSURANCE IS RIGHT UP THERE, AND ELIMINATINGSIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THAT, THAT WILL, FOR REGULARPEOPLE, MORE THAN MAKE UP FOR THE INITIAL TAXES, EVEN IFTHE WEALTHY ARE GOING TO BE PAYING MORE. BUT THEY CAN CONSOLE THEMSELVES ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEYMAKE MORE THAN $10 MILLION A YEAR. YEAH, BUT HOW IS HE GOING TO PAY FOR IT?THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE WILL SAY. PEOPLE SAY, THREE COLLEGE, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR A?WELL SOMEONE IS PAYING FOR IT RIGHT NOW. WE JUST PAY $30 MILLION FOR ALL THE BOMBS WOULD WANT TODROP IN THE MIDDLE EAST NEXT YEAR, IT WILL COST $60MILLION TO SEND EVERYBODY TO COLLEGE. IT IS VERY AFFORDABLE. WE ARE THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE FACE OF THE EARTH HASEVER SEEN. WE HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH. WE CAN PAY FOR EVERYONE'S HEALTHCARE AND EVERYONE'SCOLLEGE WITHOUT BLINKING. IN FACT, THAT IS AN INVESTMENT IN AMERICA, PAYING FORPEOPLE'S COLLEGE, AND TAKING HEALTHCARE OFFER PEOPLE'S BACK. THAT MONEY THAT SHE HAS TO PAY FOR OVERPRICED HEALTHCARE, SHECAN THEN SPEND SOMEWHERE ELSE,MAYBE BUYING HOUSING. OR STIMULATING THE ECONOMY. INSTEAD OF HAVING IT BEING SUCKED OUT OF THE ECONOMYAND GOING TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THEPHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, WHICH IS WHERE THEY ARE GOING NOW. WE SHOULD LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU ARE AFRAID TO GOTO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO GO BANKRUPT IF YOU DO. I AM LUCKY THAT I HAVE A GOOD PAYING JOB ñ A DECENT PAYING JOBñ AND I AM ABLE TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT FOR SITUATIONS WHEREALL OF A SUDDEN I AM STILL $1100 FOR A CANCER SCREENING. BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THAT LUCKY, SO WHAT DO THEY DO?THEY JUST DON'T GO TO THE DOCTOR. THEN THEY DEVELOPED CANCER AND THEY DIED. SO WHEN WE ARE HAVING THIS ñ WHEN WE WERE HAVING THISAFFORDABLE CARE DEBATE, THERE WAS THIS NOTION OF DEATHPANELS, PEOPLE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE OR DIE. THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN A SENSE, AND THAT PERSON DECIDINGWHO LIVES OR DIES IS THE PERSON THEMSELVES, DECIDING NOT TOGO TO THE DOCTOR. FIRST THING A DOCTOR, OR THE OFFICE SAYS WHEN YOU CALL,ARE YOU INSURED, WHAT IS YOUR INSURANCE?THAT IS THE FIRST QUESTION THEY ASK YOU. BEFORE THE ACA, IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY EXISTINGCONDITION, THEY WOULD NOT ENSURE YOU. AS A DEATH PANEL RIGHT THERE. I WAS LISTENING TO THIS GUY ALAN WATTS, HE IS A PHILOSOPHER,HE IS DEAD NOW, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IF YOU TALK TOMEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, THEY SAYTHEY SPEND A THIRD OF DEROGATE DOING MEDICINE, AND TWOTHIRDS DOING PAPERWORK. THAT WAS BACK IN THE 70S, SO IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE NOW. I HAD HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND IREMEMBER MY DOCTOR WOULD SPEND MORE TIME ON THE PHONE WITHMY HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY THEN SHE WERE TALKING TO ME ANDTRY TO WORK ON ME. WE GET RID OF THAT WHEN WE GET MEDICARE FOR ALL. HE NEEDS TO SAY IT THAT WAY, WHY DOESN'T HE SAY MEDICARE FOR ALL?THERE WAS, WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT SO WE COULDHAVE THE PUBLIC OPTION, BEN NELSON OF NEBRASKA WANTED TOSHUT DOWN ANY KIND OF HEALTH CARE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THATWAS PRESENTED WAS, MAYBE WE LET PEOPLE FIFTY AND OVER BY INMEDICARE. THAT IS BASICALLY THE PUBLIC OPTION. HE IS TRYING TO GO TOO MUCH. YOU THINK HE IS GOING TOO FAR?I THINK PEOPLE ARE FATIGUED FROM HEALTHCARE TALK, ANDNOW YOU WANT TO UP AND IT AGAIN?GEOGRAPHY WANT TO CHANGE IT FOR THE BETTER, BUT HE NEEDS TOSAY, WE NEED TO EXPAND MEDICARE. IT IS NOT THAT BIG OF AN UPHEAVAL, PEOPLE CAN WRAPTHEIR HEADS AROUND EXPANDING MEDICARE. BUT THAT WILL SINGLE-PAYER THING, PEOPLE STILL DON'TKNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. AFTER FOUR YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT THAT PLAN, PEOPLEWILL KNOW MORE ABOUT IT NOW. I THINK JIMMY HAS MADE TWO SOLID POINTS ñ GREAT IN HIS CAREER?I DON'T REMEMBER THEM. HOLD ON,ABOUT BERNIE SANDERS' MESSAGING, AND I DID NOT REALIZE IT,IT IS THE WAY HE FRAMES THINGS. IF YOU WANT TO A COMPLETE REVIEW OF WHAT WE WENT THROUGHINDIA FOR THE CARE ACT, THAT WILL DISCOURAGE A LOT OFPEOPLE, WHICH IS WHAT HILLARY CLINTON IS BANKING ON. SHE KEPT TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THIS TO GETTHE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, SO HE HAS TO CHANGE HIS MESSAGING. I THINK HE HAS A BETTER PLAN, NOBODY IS GOING TO BUILDOFF OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. NO ONE HAS TRIED TO IMPROVE IT, THEY KEEP SAYING THAT THEYWILL, BUT NO ONE WILL DO IT. IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SEVEN YEARS. IT IS JUST A FOUNDATION, THEN BUILD ON IT HILLARY CLINTON. YOU SAY YOU HAVE BEEN WANTING TO BUILD ON IT, THEN DO IT. I WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THE PUBLIC OPTION, BECAUSE THENTHAT WOULD BE A REAL COMPETITION. THE PROBLEM IS PRIVATE INSURANCE, WE HAVE A MIDDLEMANBETWEEN THE DOCTOR AND THE PATIENT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GIVEYOU MONEY, BUT HE HAS TO TAKE THIRTY PERCENT OF THE MONEYTHAT YOU ARE SPENDING. WE HAVE NO COST CONTROLS. THAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE ACA. THERE ARE GOOD THINGS TO IT, BUT IT IS STILL STRUCTURALLY FLAWEDBECAUSE IT IS BASED ON A FOR-PROFIT SYSTEM THAT GIVES ALOT OF YOUR MONEY TO THEPHARMACEUTICALS. HE IS RIGHT, BUT HE NEEDS BETTER MESSAGING. I'M OFFERING MY SERVICES AGAIN BERNIE, I'M REALLY GOODWITH THE WORDS.