to be a little bit different. instead of saying blue cross blue shield or united it is going to say medicare. and i think at a time when people who are watching this program have deductibles of $5,000 or $10,000 a year can t afford to go to the doctor, 1 out of 5 americans can t afford the prescription drugs they need because we are ripped off by the greed of the pharmaceutical industry, i think it is clear that we need health care that guarantees quality care to every man, woman and child in this country. lowers the cost of the prescription drugs and expands primary health care in america. today we have the most expensive system per capita in the world by far. we ll get to that. however, when you look at canada, the uk, even look at taiwan, they have problems with drug pricing. in fact, most of those plans require supplemental policies
the color of your card is going to be a little bit different. instead of saying blue cross blue shield or united it is going to say medicare. and i think at a time when people who are watching this program have deductibles of $5,000 or $10,000 a year can t afford to go to the doctor, 1 out of 5 americans can t afford the prescription drugs they need because we are ripped off by the greed of the pharmaceutical industry, i think it is clear that we need health care that guarantees quality care to every man, woman and child in this country. lowers the cost of the prescription drugs and expands primary health care in america. today we have the most expensive system per capita in the world by far. we ll get to that. however, when you look at canada, the uk, even look at taiwan, they have problems with drug pricing. in fact, most of those plans require supplemental policies
right here in the united states senate. as of today we now have 16 co-sponsors on this legislation. guess what? medicare for all isn t for everyone in the democratic party. its supporters include a who s who of democrats. many people speculate, they re thinking about running in 2020. bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, harris, booker, franken, to name a few. but this bill could be a nightmare for another chunk of the party including vulnerable senate democrats. ten of whom up for re-election in states mr. trump won. only one of those democrats is supporting the bill as of now. and tammy baldwin of wisconsin. baldwin might end up being the canary in the coal mine whether this idea can play in a swing state. republicans in the ten states would love nothing more than to tag their democratic opponent with sanders bill if they support it or use it as a wedge with the democratic base if they
democratses have to be careful this doesn t bn become a litmus test or sort of a, are you progressive enough test? it s not. this is a debate over how to kov are mother people with health care. all democrats stand for that. chris, you ve been on a few times. i remember one time a coffee can test. in that the one thing you said is, obamacare got rid of the coffee cans. meaning people had an ability to get health care. not small towns everybody chipping in to help a neighbor with health care. medicare for all, the immediate response in middle america, yes, and then what? i don t know if necessarily it s going to be a yes for everyone, but it is, you know you have a situation right now where if you re on the individual plan, you have one option in most places. and you re seeing a real serious premium increase. so for a lot of people like farmers or small business people, employers for small businesses, it is an option. i kind of looked at this
more by sunlight and in dramatic fashion in some ways. sometimes anywhere you look. divided how they deal with the president. democrats call him a fraud and now cozying up to some, talking deals, tax reform and the budget to name a few. what did they do? he met with a group of democrats at the white house today, again. this time on tax reform, after meeting with three red state democrats last night. and he s meeting with chuck and nancy as he s been fondly calling schumer and pelosi, for dinner tonight. the president s strategy seems to be a rather conventional one. which could drive a wedge between red state democrat, leadership and progressive democrats, and oddly enough, arguably, the single most helpful person now in an effort to divide the party along some of the fault lines is the independent who wanted to lead the democratic party. i am just very excited about the kind of support our medicare for all legislation is receiving all across this country and