ministration officials are expected to release a new defense strategy against the next pandemic. this new study makes clear, that the adoption of universal health care should be fundamentally to any plan for pandemic preparedness. so, it s time to start treating health care or single pair, our medicare, as some fringe left-wing issue, some political hobby hole for bernie sanders and it s a public health issue. it s a policy big push by some of the top scientific researchers in america. and frankly, it s a no-brainer. if the united states wants to be ready up for the pandemic, we need to make sure everybody in america has health care. no ifs, bots, no exceptions. coming up at the top of the hour, with a minimally dina, special american radical themed our, looking ahead to the next january six committee hearing. he ll be joined by congressman raja cristobal or the, of the house intelligence committee. that s at 9 pm eastern, on msnbc, i ll be back in a moment with a man. omen with a ma
forward into their vote-a-rama. but again, jose, this is important. this is about the economy. passing this work permit and protections will add a stable workforce. it will add over half a million more jobs to our economy. it will boost our gdp by $1.7 trillion over a decade. this is good for america. this is good for american families,. it will create more solvency into our medicare and social security as well so this is the right thing to do for our economy. and a lot of these people have indeed been essential workers in so many ways and in so many levels of our economy. in this country. hey, congressman, i want your thoughts on the white house, as you know, announced yesterday that the u.s. and mexico have agreed to restart the so-called remain in mexico policy that the trump administration created. a court mandated that president biden s administration restart it, requires certain people seeking asylum in the u.s. to
says there s a more universal way to do it. that s the debate we re going to see. dan, most developed countries have some form of universal care, universal insurance coverage. there are many ways to get at this. my sense coming up with medicare for all i happen to like as a canadian because it s very similar to the single payer system in canada. but it confuses the issue-there are people in favor of medicare for all. then as you say, when you add in your poll did, add in the question, is that okay if you eliminate your private insurance, i think it s a lack of understanding that people have against the various competing systems that are not what we have now. well, there s always going to be a misunderstanding when you re talking about totally revamping the health care system. we saw that in the debate over the affordable care act during the obama administration. we saw that in the debate over the clinton administration. every time the federal government and congress have begun to t
year? a new washington post /abc news poll finds 89% of those surveyed says health care is the top issue in the 2020 election just as it was in the 2018 election. gun violence was next, followed by women s issues. if there s anybody in the audience who can read what those things say, i can t tell. there we go, immigration. women s issues, immigration, 80% at global warming. then the economy. foreign policy, abortion and taxes as of the least concern to democratic leaning voters. joining me now, dan ball, washington post chief correspondent. dan, good to see you. thank you for joining us. my pleasure, ali. dan, the big issue here is health care and how big a deal it is for democratic leaning voters and how many support medicare with some proposal of it. the morning council poll for
there is a lot of misunderstanding. and there are a lot of concerns on part of people who already have insurance. one of the realities is, as you know, under our medicare system, there is private insurance. many most, if not all, medicare recipients have or need some kind of additional insurance to pay for the costs that are not covered by medicare. so, there are all these aspects of it. so, part of it is a broad debate, kind of what s the best way. one of the things i think the candidates have heard on the campaign trail is, beyond the question of what kind of system do we have, the question is what does it cost? right. how much does it cost? and people s concerned about rising costs. that s another issue that has to be dealt with. again, it s a little bit about the climate change debate, right? there s a question of what things cost, but there isn t a really good actuarial or actual calculation of the cost or cost of current system. would it be easier for people to