they get siphoned off and paid for by the government so that everyone s rates don t go up. this is the kind of proposal they re working on for the nation along with other ways to help with copays and allow states to design some of their own insurance without making the drastic cuts that we see in the bill that my colleagues have proposed. i want to bring in matt decampbell from arkansas who previously worked as the press secretary for democratic governor mike bee bee. he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer last year and is currently hoping for scientific advancement that will extend his life. matt, you have a question for senator sanders? i do. it feels like all the ideas getting traction right now are extreme measures. you ve got graham/cassidy which would strip the system to the nubs and rebuild systems in different states and you have medicare for all.
why don t you think we see more in the senate and the house gravitating towards the middle and looking for these type of consensus solutions instead of staying on the sides and just letting the current administration chip away and destabilize the system that a lot of us are depending on right now? matt, i speak for everyone here we wish you the best in your health struggles. let me just be very honest. i don t think medicare for all is an extreme idea. every other major country on earth guarantees health care to all people. it s a right. we end up spending because of the dysfunctional system we have, designed to make insurance company profits. we spent twice as much per capita as any other country on on earth. we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. i live 50 miles away from canada. i don t think that s a radical