how can you not be fired up about something like that. this is a season for us to lay out what we care about, passionate about and what is different among each of the candidates. i want to make sure there s no question in any voters mind how their life would be different if any others were elected. one of the distinctions, you said 2021 the democrats elected president in the country can make hicks torque gains on healthcare, immigration and guns but not if they push too far and promised to much. do you think that some of the solutions whether climate change, medicare for all by senators warren and sabers are too drastic? we have a chance to build an american in short term majority around bold action but is the case we could wreck that majority your purity test. for an example of medicare question, i am proposing medicare for all who want to
how can you not be fired up about something like that. this is a season for us to lay out what we care about, passionate about and what is different among each of the candidates. i want to make sure there s no question in any voters mind how their life would be different if any others were elected. one of the distinctions, you said 2021 the democrats elected president in the country can make hicks torque gains on healthcare, immigration and guns but not if they push too far and promised to much. do you think that some of the solutions whether climate change, medicare for all by senators warren and sabers are too drastic? we have a chance to build an american in short term majority around bold action but is the case we could wreck that majority your purity test. for an example of medicare question, i am proposing medicare for all who want to
costs to the federal government, and sanders has been explicit saying what that will result in is higher taxes, but then you won t have to pay your premiums anymore. so the details are really complicated and wonk key here, but they really do matter because whether we re spending more money overall including private spending or whether the federal government is spending more money, these are two very different questions. arthel: so south bend, indiana, mayor pete buttigieg was on with chris wallace, all right? right. arthel: this morning. chris raised the notion of medicare for all. do you think that some of the solutions that are being offered whether it s on climate change, medicare for all by senators warren and sanders are too drastic? look, take the example of in the medicare question. i m proposing medicare for all who want it. it means we create a version of medicare, everybody can get access to it, and you get if you want to keep your private plan, we re okay with that.
are both parties willing to do it? it s $1 trillion more than what the president says is needed. every budget watch says you have to do $2.4 trillion to get the fiscal situation on sustainable course. but you have seep democrats move in opposite tyrannosaurus rex in entitlement. entitlement is driver of debt. they have to be reformed structurally to make any difference in the trajectory of the long-term tet. democrats signaled develop and develop in congress and recently at the white house, cray carney s comments last week, which were largely unnoticeed in washington where he said basically the white house is not in favor of raising the eligibility. chain cpi is on the table. it s accounting thing that should happen regardless of anything else. not a cop session. medicare question is a huge deal. if he is not trogg consider, that they are taking things off the table. last word. government spending increased 21 to 24 p.c. under
obama care. starting in 2014 medicaid will be expanded to all americans within 138% of the poverty line, which is individuals making $15,000 a year or less, give health care to as many as 21 million additional americans. eight governors including one of those at the white house today, oklahoma republican governor mary fallin are rejecting the offer, concerned their states may have to foot the bill down the road. the president was sure to have some thoughts following their pow wow at the white house. the six governors are on to meet with house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader harry reid this afternoon, also sure to have some thoughts. joy, the medicare question is really interesting in terms of how the governors play this one. in so far as, if you re a republican governor and offered the federal the federal government says it s going to cover i believe 100% of the cost of expanding the rolls from 2014 to 2016 and basically between 95% and 90% thereafter, to say no at th