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Jon Stewart: “Basically, [the ACA is] a conservative fix to a health care…”

Featuring: Jon Stewart, Liberal, Progressive | Comedian and Television Host | National

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

Published | Video Starts at 28:38

Are they basically tinkering at the edges of a system that is inherently corrupt and not delivering as opposed to rethinking that system so that it delivers more directly. So let's talk about the aca. Basically, [the ACA is] a conservative fix to a health care system that is an outlier in the civilized, civilized world. 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. (28:38–29:09)

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Asserts that the ACA is a conservative solution to a unique healthcare system.

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