Future theyre worried also that theyre going to have to work for longer hours one woman told me that she is a metro train driver shes worked for the paris transport system for 30 years and she says look when i went into it i thought that i was going to be guaranteed a certain pension and now she feels very uncertain about what the future holds. And how easy it will be for president mccrimmon to to push through with the pension reforms. Or pushing through anything for reform and for all this is never particularly easy but especially this one because most people are affected most french people have to pay into the French Public Pension System every day and private Pension Systems and past persons have really tried to overhaul the Pension System because it is so costly but they have failed because theyve been met with street demonstrations so its unlikely to be an easy task for president micron even very personally its going to be very risky because over the past year hes not afraid diffi
Covers labor for bloomberg law. Let me begin with a question front and center in the Democratic Party the debate for medication medicaid , who arefor all advocating a public option and keeping private insurance. What is your view . I thought it created a false choice between Union Members who bargained Health Care Benefits and millions of americans who have enjoyed the expansion of health care through the medicaid system. For decades, our members have been fighting for health in this nation and i think the best of the democratic bait is when we stick to the principal of how are we going to cover americans with quality, Affordable Health care for everyone. Host you support private Health Insurance along with public plans . Guest yes, we support every policy that allows for more people to be covered for health Care Coverage. That is why we think it is so important for working people to be able to join together and bargain a better life by having a seat at the table with their employers a
Weld. Joining us from las vegas is the president of the Service Employees international union, mary kay henry. Joining us here in our question is ginger gibson, the political reporter for reuters. And bloomberg laws reporter. Thank you for being with us on newsmakers. Let me bring you a question front and center in the democratic party, medicare for all being proposed by Bernie Sanders versus former Vice President joe biden advocating a public option, but also keeping private Health Insurance. What is your view . I thought the debate in detroit created a false choice between those Union Members who bargain Health Care Benefits directly with their employers and millions of americans who have enjoyed the expansion of health care through the medicaid system. For decades our members have been fighting for health care for everyone in this nation and i think the best of the democratic debate is when we stick to the principle of how are we going to cover americans with quality, Affordable Hea
That is why we are making demands for all. Do you worry that if the democrats nominated candidate supporting Public Health insurance for all would go down in defeat . I think the candidate chosen will be because working people have been in the streets mobilizing and backing a candidate because, what we want are concrete plans and actions to bargain a better life for ourselves and our families. That is a fundamental value of all working people in this economy. I think we will see someone emerge from the democratic field that has the full support of working people and we need bold ideas, because the level of any inequality in this country has just gotten so severe that we want to see the democrats speak to concrete ways that all working people have Affordable Health care coverage, that we will be able to secure a future for our families and the next generation, and we will get health care that our loved ones deserve. Ginger gibson of reuters. Thank you. Mary kay, we have seen a couple of
Reporter for reuters. And bloomberg laws reporter. Thank you for being with us on newsmakers. Let me bring you a question front and center in the democratic party, medicare for all being proposed by Bernie Sanders versus former Vice President joe biden advocating a public option, but also keeping private Health Insurance. What is your view . I thought the debate in detroit created a false choice between those Union Members who bargain Health Care Benefits directly with their employers and millions of americans who have enjoyed the expansion of health care through the medicaid system. For decades our members have been fighting for health care for everyone in this nation and i think the best of the democratic debate is when we stick to the principle of how are we going to cover americans with quality, Affordable Health care for everyone . So you support private Health Insurance along with public plans . Mary yes. We support every policy that allows for more people to be covered. In healt