over and realize that obama care has failed and we ought to try a free market approach. i don t believe in single pair, and i think a lot of moderate democrats don t either. you re talking about doubling down on the freedom caucus. that s further away from democrats. what the freedom caucus accomplished was to get a state block grant, and the ability to put a work requirement for able bodied persons if they re going to get medicaid, i think work requirements are critical. we could have a separate discussion about what s happening to our workforce in america, if we want to fix our workforce, one thing we have to do is go back to having requirements for benefits. that bill didn t go anywhere. with all due respect that s not getting the job done. we got it done in the house, we re only one half of one
a free market approach. as i said, you ve got this restriction that means the health insurance companies, that s why it s so high. i do think we have the most expensive health care system in the world, and i think were number 11 in quality of care anything it s over $10000. person in this country. that s three-point to 5 trillion. year we paying cost and trump campaigned on medicare and i thing it will be a metal medicare for all. i think it s a fiscally responsible way to move forward. fiscally? i disagree. the numbers disagree with you.
a free market approach. as i said, you ve got this restriction that means the health insurance companies, that s why it s so high. i do think we have the most expensive health care system in the world, and i think were number 11 in quality of care anything it s over $10000. person in this country. that s three-point to 5 trillion. year we paying cost and trump campaigned on medicare and i thing it will be a metal medicare for all. i think it s a fiscally responsible way to move forward. fiscally? i disagree. the numbers disagree with you.
not in washington, d.c., and not able to vote. the insidious part of this from a free-market point of view, the success of barack obama who succeeded in establishing as a premise, as a baseline, that it s now accepted by all democrats and most republicans, and somehow from somewhere is the obligation of the federal government to provide health insurance for every american. rand paul, mike lee, ted cruz reject that, they take the free market approach. as long as there are those in the republican party who think that all of these programs go too far and those in the republican party who think they don t go far enough, there is not going to be a consensus to interfere with obamacare. many of the senators who voted against obamacare and now can t bring themselves to vote to repeal it because too many people have become accustomed to the benefits it has afforded. it was before we have found that throughout american history, it s very hard to take them away.
these insurance companies have with this health care and legislative system. we pay more money for health care than anyone where else in the world. we have all of these false mechanisms that are getting in the way of a more free market approach. on medicare and medicaid, there s a pretty incredible report about a meeting earlier this week where mitch mcconnell took rob portman to task and said when you were omb director, you were all about fixing entitlements, where are you now? how can you say you can allow medicare to grow? rob portman says this is preposterous, you re just taking medicaid away from 750,000 in my state and not fixes the problem of medicare and medicaid.