But let me ask you this question then, because this is where I get in my head about those prescriptions. Seem a charismatic leader making a forceful case for that would very much appeal to the American people. But what Democrats have shut down the government to protect subsidies for an insurance Marketplace that funnels $800 billion a year into the pockets of all these insurance companies. Have Democrats box themselves into a corner fighting for a system that ultimately to get the thing that you want, that I think the American people want, they're going to have to abandon. (08:11–08:30)
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Asserts that Democrats have shut down the government to protect subsidies benefiting insurance companies with $800 billion annually.
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