Senator John Marty

Well, when you turn five years, now when you turn four years old, you are basically able to get an education. You don't have to have, your parents don't have to have the right insurance plan, school insurance plan. They don't have to worry about co-pays or deductibles. You don't have to worry about if the local, if some of the teachers are going to be out of network.

Well, when you turn five years, now when you turn four years old, you are basically able to get an education. You don't have to have, your parents don't have to have the right insurance plan, school insurance plan. They don't have to worry about co-pays or deductibles. You don't have to worry about if the local, if some of the teachers are going to be out of network.

You don't have to worry about any of those things. Why? You turn four years old, you get to go pre-K. You turn five years old, you go to kindergarten. You get to go. You are qualified. Why? Because you're a human being and you live in Minnesota and you're that age and it's school age. Why do we do that? Because we want every kid to get a good education.

You don't have to worry about any of those things. Why? You turn four years old, you get to go pre-K. You turn five years old, you go to kindergarten. You get to go. You are qualified. Why? Because you're a human being and you live in Minnesota and you're that age and it's school age. Why do we do that? Because we want every kid to get a good education.

If we care about public health, as pandemics and epidemics and infectious diseases show us, We don't want to cover, oh, 80% of the public. We want to cover 100% of the public. We want everybody covered. So my vision is let's have a healthcare system and the reform, the policy I'm looking for is not one that tries to save money. I'm not trying, we're twice as expensive as anybody else, as I said.

If we care about public health, as pandemics and epidemics and infectious diseases show us, We don't want to cover, oh, 80% of the public. We want to cover 100% of the public. We want everybody covered. So my vision is let's have a healthcare system and the reform, the policy I'm looking for is not one that tries to save money. I'm not trying, we're twice as expensive as anybody else, as I said.

I'm not trying to save money. I'm saying, why don't we try and design a healthcare system that does what a healthcare system should, tries to keep people healthy, when they need care, help them get care. Very simple. And I would argue, and we're actually working on a, the state funded a study this year at last of it.

I'm not trying to save money. I'm saying, why don't we try and design a healthcare system that does what a healthcare system should, tries to keep people healthy, when they need care, help them get care. Very simple. And I would argue, and we're actually working on a, the state funded a study this year at last of it.

I would argue that making a logical healthcare system that focuses on health and public health and wellbeing, not focused on saving money, ironically actually does save money because we get rid of all the crud that's putting up all these barriers that in the end don't get around the need for healthcare. They do that.

I would argue that making a logical healthcare system that focuses on health and public health and wellbeing, not focused on saving money, ironically actually does save money because we get rid of all the crud that's putting up all these barriers that in the end don't get around the need for healthcare. They do that.

So my, my ideal, what I want us to do, and you never hit your ideal, but why can't we cover everyone? Why can't we do, again, you can find fault with the schools. I can too. And we could certainly improve them and we're working at that. And I, And I think you can fight all we want about that. But the bottom line is the idea that every child gets an education is pretty important.

So my, my ideal, what I want us to do, and you never hit your ideal, but why can't we cover everyone? Why can't we do, again, you can find fault with the schools. I can too. And we could certainly improve them and we're working at that. And I, And I think you can fight all we want about that. But the bottom line is the idea that every child gets an education is pretty important.

There's a common denominator. Yeah. Everybody has it. I think we ought to do it. So that's my vision for what we ought to do is have a health care system. And I can go into more about the barriers to care. But just one more philosophical thing for the discussion. And that is Stephen Covey, the author, about 40 years ago, proposed two world mindsets, one of which is one of scarcity.

There's a common denominator. Yeah. Everybody has it. I think we ought to do it. So that's my vision for what we ought to do is have a health care system. And I can go into more about the barriers to care. But just one more philosophical thing for the discussion. And that is Stephen Covey, the author, about 40 years ago, proposed two world mindsets, one of which is one of scarcity.

One is a model of abundance. The abundance model, there's enough for everyone. We take care of each other. We all do better, that sort of thing. And the scarcity one is there's not enough to go around. If you get more healthcare or you get more of whatever, I get less of it. And you're fighting among each other. You're doing all this.

One is a model of abundance. The abundance model, there's enough for everyone. We take care of each other. We all do better, that sort of thing. And the scarcity one is there's not enough to go around. If you get more healthcare or you get more of whatever, I get less of it. And you're fighting among each other. You're doing all this.

You're making sure nobody gets something they don't absolutely deserve. And I would argue in the healthcare world, the American model has been Clearly, the scarcity one.

You're making sure nobody gets something they don't absolutely deserve. And I would argue in the healthcare world, the American model has been Clearly, the scarcity one.

If somebody is getting any care they don't absolutely need, especially if we're paying their bill and they're lazy people and we're going to take care of them, but only the minimum they need and we're going to make them jump through all these hurdles to do it and everything else. That scarcity mindset is ironically making health care scarce and too expensive and unaffordable.

If somebody is getting any care they don't absolutely need, especially if we're paying their bill and they're lazy people and we're going to take care of them, but only the minimum they need and we're going to make them jump through all these hurdles to do it and everything else. That scarcity mindset is ironically making health care scarce and too expensive and unaffordable.