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VP Kamala Harris on Defeat, Democrats & the Fight Ahead | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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It gives people a coupon that allows them maybe entrance into this circus that is our, our healthcare system. So now Democrats are fighting to keep the cost of that coupon slightly less. So Are you now trapped in a program that ultimately wasn't the fix that we wanted it to be to a system that inherently won't function well because of externalities in a straight capitalist supply and demand way? Does that make sense? I think so. As I was talking to there, I was like, does it make sense? I'm not sure. I just made sense. (29:27–29:46)

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Questions if the ACA is ineffective due to capitalist system externalities.

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