and that s not in our interest. i want to shift to domestic policy for a moment and play with you what your colleague, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell had to say back in his home state of kentucky yesterday specifically about health care legislation. if my side is unable to agree on an adequate replacement, then some kind of action on with regard to the private health insurance market must occur. what is your response to that? you know, in theory, everyone is willing to work together, but are you really willing to work with republicans on fixing private health care iniosurance market? absolutely. we said from the beginning the affordable care act was a major stem forward for making health care a right not a privilege in the united states by giving coverage to so many people not only new coverage but also better coverage than they had before. but we need to build on that. and senator mcconnell is correct
why many of the businesses in my home state of connecticut are alarmd by this is because medicaid funds, home and community-based care, under the obamacare expansion, and that benefit is approximately about $18,000 a year for personal care attendants, the average benefit, compared to about $120,000 a year, it would cost to keep somebody in a nursing home that is why the business community is supportive of these types of programs and that is why we need to fight and make sure that people understand what is really at stake here. wanted to play just to remind all of us what happened back in 1998, this was 1978, excuse me. 1978. your dad, about universal health care. together we can provide decent health care system for the benefit of the people of this land. we can make health care a basic
more popular in the state than he is the national average and that gianforte has hugged donald trump as close as he can and that rob quist, the democrat, has made health care a very big issue in this state. and there are a lot of people in the state of mt. nth wontana wh worried they re going to lose their health care benefits. the question the reporter asked yesterday was about the congressional office estimate that 23 million people would be left without health insurance and that is the question that gianforte did not want to answer at that particular point. so health care is a very big issue here, and gianforte has lined up with the president on this and quist has been talking about it nonstop. all right. gloria borger, thank you. we re following that closely as we get new totals, we ll bring it to you live right here on cnn tonight.
reportrepor prioritity. we have to make sure at the top of the economic health statistic suss is changed. th s how w govern and look at it in the next 100years. really quickly, yeah, i think that s really the essence here, is health care a right or a privilege period. i believe it s a right. democrats believe it s a right. republicans believe it s a privilege that you should be able to afford for the few. that s what s reflected. yeah. you both get an amen on this sunday. thank you very much. hallelujah. the rodney king beating and the l.a. riots continue to shape this country, 25 years later. stay with us. 60% of women are wearing the wrong size pad and.
moderate see problems and liberals still think health care is a right. it was discussed on twitter i think she meant to pay for your rights. and that s right, where does it end? she s a classic lefty who thinks every thing should be free in the world. tom: before we talk about it, is health care a right?