there s much the blame to go around on both sides of the isle. that won t fix the issue itself right now. we look at the two wars that were unpaid for. the expansion of medicare part d. we look at other things. i ll remind you, the affordable care able was paid for when democrats were in control. neil: that s because of anticipated events that changed that. at the same time, they ought to have been paid for. almost 20 years later and we haven t addressed that issue. i think that s something that we have to do. we can t do it on the backs of working men and women. like we ve done with this tax bill. we had to do something that really fortifies, gives a wage increase for the people struggling. neil: i ll put you down as a maybe on the tax cut. got you, neil. neil: thanks, joe crowley. new york congressman, how democr democratic caucus.
scary. as far as we can tell, there s no brakes on it at this point. congress may have a few things up its sleeve, but we re still waiting. now, president trump says he wants med you heard his speech. he wants medicare to negotiate pricing directly with the drug companies and his thinking is that if drugs cost less for medicare, it will generally push the prices of drugs down for everyone. but there is this little thing called medicare part d. some of you may know about this. back in 2003, congress passed this landmark deal to help senior citizens buy prescription drugs, to subsidizing their coverage, the catch was what was the catch? the federal government i can t say it. i can t say it. the federal government is barred from negotiating drug prices with the drug makers. you want to talk about un-american, barred from negotiating pricings. i m from canada. we hardly do that. that is crazy. so the law and it s because there s a lot of lobbying. i need you to pay atte
of you. let me start with you. this is the problem that obamacare had one thing and that was the he have insurance policy written in this country had to cover certain basics. er rt the president has said he doesn t want to see people charged for pre-existing conditions and they won t be. this is like, if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor moment. the problem was that was the very problem with the structure of obamacare. loading up things for people who don t have a need. if you re a man, i don t think you re going to get pregnant. but prostate cancer. i would like the split the cost of both our maldid is. i think people should be understanding more about what is happening with their health care. i want to talk about the cbo scoring and the lack of it. the cbo has been so far off. medicare part d.
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the party of the working class. i know politics, and every election is about fixing the problem we have. i think oprah, not that she s a serious candidate, because she doesn t want to be probably, is empathy. right now we have a president who has no empathy for regular people and their problems. he doesn t connect with pain. he doesn t feel the pain of the people he makes fun of. he has no empathy. that s oprah s strength. i ve watched her for decades. she connects with women, what vr their ethnic background, whatever the gender is, she connects with people s real challenges in life. that s what we need in this country, a little empathy. thank you, ted johnson, for coming on the show. you re smart about this stuff. up next, president trump softened his tone last night. of course. what about h command of the facts? the hardball roundtable is comi to look at what trump got wrong in last night s address. you re watching it, hardball. y by helping you get more out of life and medic