Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare.
And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.” I mean, literally, these things are happening simultaneously. Yet we’re not allowed to go to D.C., we’re not allowed to sit down across a table, we’re not allowed to make a deal on healthcare.
It is the wildest thing ever. And the Republicans are like, “Well, healthcare is too expensive.” Well, welcome to the dance, guys. You’ve been voting against all changes to healthcare since 2008—before then, even. You’re still in the concept-of-a-plan stage. It’s been nine years stuck in the concept of a plan; the product is never coming to market.
I’m sure we can figure out some things that they want, some things that we want. There’s some bipartisan agreement to help Americans afford their healthcare. Everything’s more expensive since Donald Trump has become president—it’s not a lie. Every American knows it. Everything you do is more expensive.
But healthcare is something that is going up exponentially—prescription drugs exponentially. There’s bipartisan support to do something. But first, the Speaker has to let us, like, I don’t know, be a Congress. I didn’t think that would even be in question, where the Speaker’s like, “You’re never—you’re not going to come back.”
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