Medicare for All Advocate Says He'd Call It Trumpcare for All

has been a big platform of yours that you have pushed, and you've said that you want to get it passed.

You've said that you would even call it Trumpcare for All, if that's what it took.

Donald, if you're watching, we can put your name on it.

I know you like to put your name on stuff. You can finally meet the unmet promise, uh, in America to guarantee everybody healthcare.

So it's on the table if you want to do it.

But are you being serious or are you being funny? No, I'm absolutely serious. Like, I don't- You would totally put your vote for that, you would pass it?

I don't care what it's called. I want people to have healthcare in this country.

Really. Like, I really... What you call it is a secondary issue.

If we're able to guarantee everybody cradle-to-grave coverage without a copay, a premium, or a deductible, the security of knowing that whatever happens in your life, you're going to be able to see a doctor without getting hit by a bill that is going to put you,

uh, into arrears where you're going to have to worry about medical debt, 225 billion in this country, uh, already, I think that would be a win.

So if he wants to call it Trumpcare for All, like, I'm game.

Do you think with Democrats having control of the Senate and the House that that could actually get passed?

You know, I'm really interested. I haven't, I haven't talked, talked to the president.

Uh, but I'm really interested in understanding.

He said that he has made peace with the outcomes of the election.

He understands, uh, that they lost. Now, the question is, do you want to actually try to get some things done over the next two years?

When I look at his moves, appointing Stephen Miller as White House Chief of Staff, it doesn't much feel like that's the direction they want to go.

Appointing Jim Jordan in the House, uh, as the, the, the next minority leader.

But he said that he's willing to take a posture to work with us on the things that we can work on.

Right now, Americans are struggling under the weight of very basic things that they cannot afford.

Healthcare is one of those things. You know, people right now are about to step into or already have, uh, started to make their selections for insurance.

They're noticing premiums that have gone up double digits.

That's on top of double digits last year. One of the most important things we can do to both address affordability and then the ability to see a doctor is to guarantee every single person public health insurance in this country.

That's what Medicare for All is. So again, what you call it is secondary.

What it does in your life, that's the whole point.

None of us ran to name things, except for Donald Trump.

Most of us ran to actually solve problems in people's lives.