Senator Chris Murphy

That America, you know, is obviously spending twice as much as other nations on a per capita basis, and we don't utilize the power of the federal government to control and regulate prices. So there's no way ultimately to solve for this problem, the massive crisis.

That America, you know, is obviously spending twice as much as other nations on a per capita basis, and we don't utilize the power of the federal government to control and regulate prices. So there's no way ultimately to solve for this problem, the massive crisis.

That America, you know, is obviously spending twice as much as other nations on a per capita basis, and we don't utilize the power of the federal government to control and regulate prices. So there's no way ultimately to solve for this problem, the massive crisis.

massive amount of money that the government spends on health care without the government getting involved in helping to curb the amount of profit that the drug industry, that the hospital industry, that the hospice industry is making off of health care. And it's sort of private equity game in healthcare at scale.

massive amount of money that the government spends on health care without the government getting involved in helping to curb the amount of profit that the drug industry, that the hospital industry, that the hospice industry is making off of health care. And it's sort of private equity game in healthcare at scale.

massive amount of money that the government spends on health care without the government getting involved in helping to curb the amount of profit that the drug industry, that the hospital industry, that the hospice industry is making off of health care. And it's sort of private equity game in healthcare at scale.

And, you know, the for-profit hospital companies and the drug companies, you know, they are thieves, but at least you can kind of see the thievery when you get to the point, you know, five, 10 years from now, where half of the

And, you know, the for-profit hospital companies and the drug companies, you know, they are thieves, but at least you can kind of see the thievery when you get to the point, you know, five, 10 years from now, where half of the

And, you know, the for-profit hospital companies and the drug companies, you know, they are thieves, but at least you can kind of see the thievery when you get to the point, you know, five, 10 years from now, where half of the

you know, healthcare system is owned by third parties, by private equity or hedge funds, and you can't even see the ownership structure, it makes it a lot harder to kind of understand how to pull the levers to try to keep costs down. So, you know, part of the reason that I think Democrats haven't done as well as we should when it comes to healthcare is that our ideas are too small.

you know, healthcare system is owned by third parties, by private equity or hedge funds, and you can't even see the ownership structure, it makes it a lot harder to kind of understand how to pull the levers to try to keep costs down. So, you know, part of the reason that I think Democrats haven't done as well as we should when it comes to healthcare is that our ideas are too small.

you know, healthcare system is owned by third parties, by private equity or hedge funds, and you can't even see the ownership structure, it makes it a lot harder to kind of understand how to pull the levers to try to keep costs down. So, you know, part of the reason that I think Democrats haven't done as well as we should when it comes to healthcare is that our ideas are too small.

You know, we talk about, you know, our prescription drug policy for a long time was, you know, bulk negotiating the price of the top 10 prescription drugs. There's like this good policy, but it leaves people feeling cold. People want a hard cap on all drug prices, all drug prices. They want a limit to the amount of profit that drug companies can make.

You know, we talk about, you know, our prescription drug policy for a long time was, you know, bulk negotiating the price of the top 10 prescription drugs. There's like this good policy, but it leaves people feeling cold. People want a hard cap on all drug prices, all drug prices. They want a limit to the amount of profit that drug companies can make.

You know, we talk about, you know, our prescription drug policy for a long time was, you know, bulk negotiating the price of the top 10 prescription drugs. There's like this good policy, but it leaves people feeling cold. People want a hard cap on all drug prices, all drug prices. They want a limit to the amount of profit that drug companies can make.

They want the ads off the air and all that money plowed back into, you know, prescription drug price reductions.

They want the ads off the air and all that money plowed back into, you know, prescription drug price reductions.

They want the ads off the air and all that money plowed back into, you know, prescription drug price reductions.

So I just think the Democrats are going to, whether it's a single payer system or not, the Democrats are going to have to talk about the government getting involved in the health care system to limit the amount of profit that the private sector makes in taxing along those savings to consumers.

So I just think the Democrats are going to, whether it's a single payer system or not, the Democrats are going to have to talk about the government getting involved in the health care system to limit the amount of profit that the private sector makes in taxing along those savings to consumers.