Senator Chris Murphy

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.

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.

I'm certainly game for that. There's another idea that I prefer, which is a national Medicare buy-in, right, to put Medicare as an option for every single individual and every single business. It's not an easy thing because you'd have to price Medicare into the private sector, but I actually have a piece of legislation to do it. There's other pieces of legislation out there.

I'm certainly game for that. There's another idea that I prefer, which is a national Medicare buy-in, right, to put Medicare as an option for every single individual and every single business. It's not an easy thing because you'd have to price Medicare into the private sector, but I actually have a piece of legislation to do it. There's other pieces of legislation out there.

I'm certainly game for that. There's another idea that I prefer, which is a national Medicare buy-in, right, to put Medicare as an option for every single individual and every single business. It's not an easy thing because you'd have to price Medicare into the private sector, but I actually have a piece of legislation to do it. There's other pieces of legislation out there.

And so Medicare then would exist on every individual insurance exchange. Every business would have the ability to buy the Medicare plan for its employees. And it's a way to kind of test the idea. OK, you think private insurance is better insurance. It's cheaper insurance. Well, let it go toe to toe with Medicare.

And so Medicare then would exist on every individual insurance exchange. Every business would have the ability to buy the Medicare plan for its employees. And it's a way to kind of test the idea. OK, you think private insurance is better insurance. It's cheaper insurance. Well, let it go toe to toe with Medicare.

And so Medicare then would exist on every individual insurance exchange. Every business would have the ability to buy the Medicare plan for its employees. And it's a way to kind of test the idea. OK, you think private insurance is better insurance. It's cheaper insurance. Well, let it go toe to toe with Medicare.