Rahm Emanuel

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Tiger Sisters · The Real Rules of Power in America (How to Use Them) with Rahm Emanuel · 27 Apr 2026 podcast

He used to do rounds with him.

So this is very personal to me.

And also my mother was a nurse.

And in the end of the day, we negotiated, it would be the president's healthcare policy, pediatric plus eye and dental, but it would be the Republicans' structure, which is it wouldn't be part of Medicaid, it would be the program called CHIPS, Children's Health Insurance Program.

10 million kids, parents work full-time, make more money than Medicaid, but have no private insurance.

So they're caught in this gap.

Now, don't ever confuse means with ends.

A lot of Democrats are upset.

Oh, we wanted it in Medicaid.

And I can tell you from going on rounds with my dad as a pediatrician, parents don't care how they get paid as long as their kids get the pediatric care or the eye and dental.

So the president's health care was more important.

And the Republicans, we gave them a win, which is it wouldn't be part of Medicaid.

And don't confuse ends with means.

Rather, means with ends.

The ends are the goal.

Health care.

100 Democrats vote against it because in the balanced budget agreement.

Other reasons they voted against the balanced budget.

They voted against that.

Ten years later, it's the second bill President Obama signs to get reauthorized and expanded.

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