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Ralph Nader on the Costs of the Health-Care Law

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    Former Green Party Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader on the health-care law’s costs.

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All right we're gonna get to take.

Ralph Nader of course he's altered.

Getting.

Steamed it gets into.

Really -- -- you know corporate -- but I I I do wanna get into that.

But I do want your reaction first Ralph.

-- this because.

Corporations are gonna have to pick up health care costs in the future if they don't they're gonna pay it is -- -- so -- everybody's group.

Related to solve this problem is -- to go for the full Medicare for all single Payer system everybody and nobody out free choice of doctor hospital.

Better outcomes.

And as other western -- countries that allow that free choice half of the price.

That we're paying per capita instead of 8500 dollars per capita with fifty million people uninsured.

And a very complex system on the way we have a simple system.

And cutting -- per capita and have enormous abolition of administrative bureaucratic costs.

There's nothing.

They can compare with a single Payer full Medicare fraud that's why majority of doctors nurses and the American people repeatedly have favored that.

-- now leaders are that I don't.

Insurance companies in -- that for maybe there are customers don't know they would but they grow at all but I'm.

Is fair to say that Ralph Nader is not a fan of itself Caroline did it make a bad situation worse -- is more great.

Well makes the cost spiral of the insurance companies in the hospital chains worse.

It does cover.

A number millions of people as a few good loss prevention and cost control.

It's immensely complex.

And what is complex.

The but I don't know -- clearly that is lost control were up I mean if it.

It did that many more coming into the system I understand more -- -- And that they're not all sick a lot of -- young.

It's gonna keep the costs down.

But but but now you've -- on the system those would maybe the very best and of goals here pre existing good this is everything else you -- not expect.

The system to take all of those -- -- not have to pay more thwart.

Not under the present system but -- -- single Payer.

You definitely can it's been proven by our closest allies giving free choice for doctors and hospitals much more efficient better outcomes do not -- want.