would stop accepting it. think about that. millions of seniors would be forced to change doctors. i don t consider this approach bold or particularly courageous. i just think it s a bad idea. no american should ever spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. they should retire with the care and the dignity that they have earned. now, we do have to reform and strengthen medicare for the long haul but we re going to do it by reducing the cost of care. not by asking seniors to pay thousands of dollars more while we re giving millionaires and billionaire as massive new tax cut. and when it comes to social security, we ve got to keep the promise of social security by taking responsible steps to strengthen it, not by turning it over to wall street. the last time the other side was in charge, my opponent s running mate wrote a bill that woman have privsized social security. after what happened on wall street just four years ago, does anybody actually think that s a good ide
the senior vote, independent senator bernie sanders of vermont. serving on the health committee and pension company kmss to name a few. a new poll out this morning saying when voters in swing states asked which candidate they trusted most to manage healthcare, 50% said president obama. a six-point lead over mitt romney. what factors into that equation most? just the fear of change, or distrust of the romney/ryan proposals? i don t know that it s the fear of change, but when you are old you worry about your health, and you worry about when you re 70 or 75, how you re going to be able to pay your health care bills. and you have people like romney. romney and ryan saying, you know, we are going to end a very popular and effective program, medicare, and we re going to convert it into a voucher program. people understand that private health insurance companies, their function is to make as much money as possible. not to take care of the patient. i think a lot of seniors all
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betty in medicare. paul likes to joke he won t tell the public how long she s been enrolphed in the program, wants to preserve the program for her and other seniors and future generations. he ll hit the president s plan hard. so again the president speaking now. paul ryan to speak shortly. nbc s ron mott reporting from new orleans. thanks sieo much. we ll talk more with bernie sanders from vermont, he joins the show ummi incoming up in a while. you ll love the democratic and republican convention, the speeches, the pageantry. now that they re over you want to relive the most glorious moments of all. introducing convention cutaways feech herbing the best from both. women sobbing before anyone started speaking, and the guy who s dancing to no music whatsoever. and relive the majesty of the woman who s just walking around. all right. that was part of last night s