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00:00:33YOU NEED TO GET STARTED, VISIT STUDENT CAN CALL.
00:00:36YOUR VOICE MATTERS. YOUR MATTER NOW.
00:00:40IT'S TIME TO MAKE YOUR CASE. MICHIGAN SENATE CANDIDATE MIKE
00:00:45ROGERS SPOKE TO VOTERS ABOUT HEALTH CARE POLICY DURING AN
00:00:47EVENT IN TAYLOR. >> AFTERWARDS, THE CANDIDATE GAVE AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TO
00:00:51C-SPAN. MR. ROGERS FACES DEMOCRATIC
00:00:55NOMINEE ABDUL EL-SAYED IN NOVEMBER IN A RACE THAT THE
00:00:57NONPARTISAN COOK REPORT RATES AS A TOSS.
00:01:01HERE'S A LOOK. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:01:07RIGHT. GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED NOW.
00:01:12IT'S OKAY. >> ARE WE READY.
00:01:16TO GO? OKAY. SO HELLO, EVERYONE, AND THANK
00:01:19YOU FOR HERE TODAY. I'M MICHIGAN STATE
00:01:23REPRESENTATIVE JAMIE THOMPSON. BUT BEFORE I EVER SERVED IN THE
00:01:26LEGISLATURE, A LEGISLATURE, I
00:01:29SERVED PATIENTS AS A NURSE. AND THAT MEANS THAT I HAD
00:01:33BEDSIDE WITH PATIENTS AND FAMILIES DURING SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES IN THEIR LIVES.
00:01:37I'VE ADMINISTERED MEDICATION. I'VE DRESSED THEIR WOUNDS, I'VE
00:01:41HELPED HEAL THEM AFTER KNEE REPLACEMENT HIP REPLACEMENT, AND
00:01:43I'VE PERFORMED CPR TO SAVE THEIR LIVES.
00:01:47TODAY, I BRING THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ME TO LANSING, WHERE TODAY I SERVE AS VICE CHAIR OF HEALTH
00:01:51HEALTH POLICY. I THINK ABOUT PATIENTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HEALTH.
00:01:55SO WHEN POLITICIANS START TALKING COMPLETELY RESTRUCTURING
00:01:57OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN AMERICA, I DON'T JUST HEAR A TALKING POINTS.
00:02:02I THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO, NOT ONLY TO THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS PROVIDING THE
00:02:05HEALTH CARE, BUT TO THE PATIENTS. RIGHT NOW, THE DEMOCRATS WANT
00:02:09THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL OUR HEALTH CARE.
00:02:12AND THAT'S WHY ABDUL I'LL SAY ADS MEDICAID ALL PLAN CONCERNS
00:02:15ME SO DEEPLY. AMERICANS ARE LOSING TRUST IN
00:02:19OUR GOVERNMENT. TODAY WE ARE AT AN ALL TIME LOW.
00:02:22WHY WOULD WE GIVE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR HEALTH CARE OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT.
00:02:25ABDULLAH WANTS TO DRAMATICALLY THE HEALTH CARE THE GOVERNMENT'S
00:02:29IN OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE.
00:02:33HE'LL TELL YOU THAT THIS WILL MEAN THAT EVERYONE HAS
00:02:37INSURANCE. BUT AN INSURANCE CARD IS THE SAME THING AS HEALTH CARE.
00:02:41HEALTH CARE MEANS GETTING AN WHEN YOU NEED IT.
00:02:43HAVING ENOUGH NURSES AT THE BEDSIDE.
00:02:47AND HERE IN WAYNE COUNTY, WE HAVE A HUGE ISSUE.
00:02:51WE HAVE A PUBLIC CONTROLLED GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY, MENTAL HEALTH.
00:02:55WE'RE FAMILIES THAT HAVE AUTISTIC CHILDREN, CAN'T GET ACCESS TO CARE FOR THOSE
00:02:59PATIENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN.
00:03:03PATIENTS WILL WAIT. PROVIDERS WILL BECOME OVERWHELMED AND.
00:03:06THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THIS CARE ARE GOING TO SUFFER THE MOST.
00:03:09AND HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT MICHIGAN DESERVES TO KNOW.
00:03:12ABDUL TO PUT EVERY AMERICAN A MEDICARE FOR ALL SYSTEM.
00:03:16BUT HIS OWN WIFE, A PRACTICING
00:03:19PSYCHIATRIST WHOSE PRIVATE PRACTICE HAS OPTED OUT OF
00:03:23MEDICARE, HER PRACTICE DOESN'T PARTICIPATE IN MEDICARE AND
00:03:26OPERATES OUTSIDE OF INSURANCE.
00:03:28NOW SHE'S ENTITLED TO MAKE THAT
00:03:30DECISION AS A PHYSICIAN.
00:03:32BUT IF MEDICARE ISN'T THE RIGHT
00:03:34SYSTEM FOR THEIR OWN FAMILY'S MEDICAL PRACTICE, WHY WOULD
00:03:38ABDUL WANT TO MAKE THAT THE SYSTEM THAT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK
00:03:42FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY? WHY SHOULD MICHIGAN PATIENTS AND
00:03:46DOCTORS BE FORCED INTO THE SYSTEM? IN OWN HOUSEHOLD HAS NOT CHOSEN
00:03:49THAT SYSTEM THEIR FAMILY.
00:03:52WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO FIX HEALTH CARE. IT'S AND IT'S DESTROYED.
00:03:56BUT WE CAN FIX IT WITHOUT GOING TO A FAR EXTREME.
00:03:59WE HAVE DONE HERE IN THE STATE HOUSE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES
00:04:03AND AS VICE CHAIR OF HEALTH, WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE ISSUES.
00:04:05WE PASSED HOUSE BILL FIVE FOUR, FIVE, FIVE THAT WAS SIGNED BY
00:04:09THE GOVERNOR EARLIER YEAR THAT
00:04:11EXPANDED ACCESS TO PHYSICIAN
00:04:13THROUGH A PHYSICIAN'S COMPACT SO THAT PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A
00:04:16PHYSICIAN WHEN NEED IT.
00:04:17WE ALSO PASSED HOUSE BILL 4246,
00:04:20WHICH WOULD CREATE SIMILAR NURSE
00:04:22LICENSURE COMPACT WITH OTHER STATES.
00:04:25THAT PASSED OVER YEAR AGO. THAT IS STILL SITTING IN THE SENATE BECAUSE SENATE DEMOCRATS
00:04:30REFUSE TO VOTE ON IT ACTUALLY COMING UP EARLIER THIS YEAR. LATER THE WEEK.
00:04:34I'M GOING TO BE GIVING TESTIMONY ON MY OWN LEGISLATION THAT
00:04:38ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE NURSE PRECEPTOR EDUCATORS TAX CREDIT
00:04:40SO THAT WE HAVE MORE ABILITY TO
00:04:43TRAIN THESE NURSES AND GET MORE NURSES INTO THE FIELD HERE IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
00:04:46THERE ARE REAL SOLUTIONS. BUT MEDICARE FOR ALL IS NOT THE SOLUTION.
00:04:50IT IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
00:04:54HANDING OUT FREE HEALTH CARE WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE ACTUAL
00:04:57PRICE OF HEALTH CARE IS GOING TO BE A RECIPE FOR HIGHER TAXES AND
00:05:01LOWER OUTCOMES IN, LOWER QUALITY
00:05:05SOCIALIZED MEDICINE AND SOCIALISM AS A WHOLE.
00:05:07USED TO BE A SMALL TALKING POINT
00:05:10THAT JUST THE FAR LEFT OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY USED TO TALK
00:05:13ABOUT SOMETHING WE WOULD NEVER IMAGINE. ACTUALLY BEING THE NUMBER ONE
00:05:17PLATFORM THEY'RE WRITING THE
00:05:18WRITING SOCIALIZED MEDICINE NOT
00:05:21ALLOW FOR QUALITY PATIENT CENTERED CARE.
00:05:25AS A NURSE, I KNOW THAT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO FROM PHYSICIANS TODAY THAT KNOW THAT
00:05:28AS WELL.
00:05:32THIS IS HOW WE REFORM HEALTH CARE. WE MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE.
00:05:36WE IT MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE ACCOUNTABLE. AND WE ALLOW PATIENTS AND
00:05:41DOCTORS TO REMAIN AT THAT CENTER OF THE OF THAT CARE.
00:05:43AND THE INTERESTING THING IS WE HAVE HEARD DEMOCRATS ON THE FAR
00:05:47LEFT TALK ABOUT TRANSITIONING
00:05:49YOUNG CHILDREN, MINORS AND THEY
00:05:51WILL TELL YOU, WELL, IT'S NOT
00:05:54THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE TO SAY WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT CHILD.
00:05:57THAT'S THE PARENT AND THE DOCTOR. IF THEY WANT TO TAKE.
00:06:00AN UNINFORMED UNDERAGE CHILD AND
00:06:02TRANSITION THEM INTO A DIFFERENT GENDER. BUT THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THEM
00:06:06DOING THE SAME THING WITH OUR HEALTH CARE, WHEN WE'RE TRYING
00:06:10TO SAY PATIENTS AND DOCTORS NEED TO BE THE CENTER OF THAT HEALTH
00:06:12CARE, THEY TEND TO DISAGREE. THAT'S HYPOCRISY AT THE
00:06:16GREATEST. I'VE CARED FOR THESE PATIENTS. I'VE WORKED THE HOSPITALS, I'VE
00:06:19WORKED ALONGSIDE NURSES AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
00:06:21AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT.
00:06:25HOUSE REPUBLICANS KNOW THIS AS WELL AND WORK AT WORKING OUT AT
00:06:28THE STATE LEVEL. AND WE KNOW THAT MIKE ROGERS UNDERSTANDS, THIS, TOO.
00:06:33SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IT IS MY
00:06:35HONOR TO INTRODUCE A LEADER WITH
00:06:37A REAL PLAN FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
00:06:41MICHIGAN'S NEXT SENATOR, MIKE ROGERS.
00:06:46THANK KANSAS CITY. GOOD TO. >> SEE YOU. >> WELL, THANKS, JIMMY, AND
00:06:49THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING UP AT THE
00:06:52STATE LEGISLATURE TO TRY TO GET
00:06:54THIS RIGHT.
00:06:57IN FOR YOUR AREA HERE IN MORE
00:07:00WAYS THAN HEALTH CARE. >> THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR
00:07:02STANDING TALL FOR THOSE FOLKS. >> SHE HAS AND SHE. GREAT.
00:07:05ALL RIGHT AND YOU JUST A DRAFT
00:07:12IN ON SOME OF WHAT JAMIE WAS SAYING JUST CAN'T THINK OF A
00:07:14MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE TO PEOPLE
00:07:18OF MICHIGAN THAN THAN HEALTH CARE COSTS THEIR RISING COSTS
00:07:20AND HOW WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS THE WAY WE DON'T DO IT IS
00:07:24BLOW UP SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
00:07:26WE FIX SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
00:07:29>> WE GO TO BOOKS TO MAKE SURE
00:07:31THAT HOSPICE FOLKS KNOW,
00:07:35UNDERSTAND WHAT COSTS ARE, SO
00:07:37THAT WHEN PATIENTS SHOWS, THEY
00:07:39UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR COSTS.
00:07:54ARE DOING, THAT WE HAVE A WAY TO SAVE ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. >> MUCH LIKE TRUMP, OUR EX HAS BEEN DOING BRINGING DOWN PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES, I
00:07:58THINK THERE'S EVEN MORE THAT WE CAN THERE. >> AND IF YOU PAY FOR CARE AND PAY FOR INSURANCE. YOU GET COVERAGE THE DENIAL RATES IN INCREASE OF DENIAL
00:08:02RATES WILL MEAN WHAT PATIENT
00:08:04NEEDS IS GOING UP.
00:08:11WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO IMPROVE CARE. >> AND WITH THE OTHER THINGS WE TALK ABOUT IS GOING TO REDUCE
00:08:15THE COST OF CARE. HERE'S THE YEAH, YOU BET.
00:08:17>> I THINK.
00:08:20HERE'S WHAT'S SO CONCERNING THIS. >> THE GOVERNMENT'S GOING TO
00:08:24GIVE YOU SOMETHING THEY, HAVE TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
00:08:27>> WE HAVE ABOUT 5 MILLION MICHIGAN FAMILIES WHO PRIVATE
00:08:30INSURANCE IN THIS STATE THAT GOES AWAY UNDER MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:08:34>> THEY TAKE THAT INSURANCE AWAY INCLUDING DOCTORS AND YOUR
00:08:38NETWORKS AND ALL THAT AND THEY
00:08:40GIVE IT TO THE GOVERNMENT.
00:08:42>> THERE'S ABOUT 2.5 MILLION
00:08:45MORE MICHIGAN CITIZENS WHO ARE ON MEDICARE.
00:08:47>> THEY'VE PAID THEIR ENTIRE LIFE INTO THIS SYSTEM.
00:08:51>> NOW THEY HAVE IT. >> THEY'RE NOT WORKING.
00:08:54>> THEY'RE IN THE RETIREMENT AGE, OR AT LEAST THEIR REVENUE IS.
00:08:57>> OUR INCOME IS MUCH, MUCH LESS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THE
00:09:01MEDICARE THAT YOU SEE THAT THEY HAVE TODAY.
00:09:03>> IT CAN'T STAY THE SAME YOU KNOW, THE ESTIMATES ARE THAT
00:09:07THIS IS GOING TO COST IN EXCESS
00:09:10OF $4 TRILLION, GUESS WHAT? >> PEOPLE PAY FOR THAT.
00:09:14YOU CAN'T THERE'S NOT ENOUGH BILLIONAIRES IN THE WORLD TO PAY THAT $4 TRILLION EVERY YEAR.
00:09:18>> IT COMES OUT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR A SO THAT FAKE ATTACKS
00:09:21THAT YOU SEE THAT THAT WE ALL JOKE ABOUT WHO IS THIS FAKER AND
00:09:25WHY IS THE TAKING SO MUCH MY MONEY? >> GUESS WHAT?
00:09:28>> THAT HAS TO GO UP FOUR OR
00:09:30FIVE TIMES FOR AVERAGE IN ORDER
00:09:32FOR THIS TO BE PAID FOR.
00:09:36>> AND ABDUL BELIEVES THAT
00:09:39ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ALSO GET THIS
00:09:41NEW MEDICARE ALL SO ALL OF THESE
00:09:45SENIORS PAID THEIR LIFE, WORKED ALL THIS LIFE PAID THAT THAT
00:09:47LIKE A TAX THEIR ENTIRE WORKING CAREER NOW HAVE TO GET AT THE
00:09:51BACK OF THE LINE AND YOU HAVE ILLEGALS STANDING IN FRONT OF
00:09:54THEM ON A SYSTEM WHERE DOCTORS
00:09:57ARE OVERWHELMED. >> AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE WORRIED
00:10:01THAT DOCTORS ARE GOING TO LEAVE THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE KIND OF
00:10:05COMPENSATION YOU SEE TODAY. >> AND THIS WHOLE SYSTEM OF MEDICARE AND, MEDICAID ONLY
00:10:09WORKS BECAUSE. >> THOSE 5 MILLION PEOPLE WHO
00:10:11HAVE PRIVATE CARE PAY MORE FOR
00:10:15THE SAME SERVICES TO TO
00:10:18SUPPLEMENT THE FACT THAT THE MEDICARE SYSTEM PAY DOCTORS WHAT
00:10:21THE COSTS ARE. >> SO THINK ABOUT THAT.
00:10:24NOW YOU'RE TO HAVE TO ASSUME ALL OF THOSE COSTS.
00:10:27>> IT ALL GETS SHOVED TO WORKING PEOPLE, MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES,
00:10:30AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THE CARE THAT THEY NEED. I'M A CANCER SURVIVOR, SO THIS
00:10:34IS ALL PRETTY SENSITIVE TO ME. >> I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HEAR FROM ANOTHER CANCER
00:10:37SURVIVOR, ABDUL TALKS A LOT
00:10:40ABOUT WANTING A SYSTEM THAT LOOKS LIKE CANADA. >> OKAY.
00:10:45HE SAYS. MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN'T ENJOY
00:10:47AMERICAN DREAM IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY THE AMERICAN DREAM, MOVE
00:10:50TO CANADA.
00:10:51>> MY ARGUMENT HE SHOULD MOVE TO CANADA.
00:10:54>> I MEAN, HE MIGHT HAVE BETTER HEALTH CARE THERE. HERE'S THE THING.
00:10:58>> WHEN GET DIAGNOSED WITH
00:11:00CANCER IN CANADA BETWEEN
00:11:02DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IS NOW ABOUT 27 WEEKS.
00:11:07>> 27 WEEKS, IT'S LESS THAN A MONTH HERE.
00:11:10SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAND OFF THIS SYSTEM THAT NEEDS SOME HELP.
00:11:14IT IS BROKEN. >> WE HAVE WAYS TO FIX IT VERSUS
00:11:19GIVE EVERYTHING, ALL YOUR DATA, ALL YOUR PERSONAL DATA, ALL YOUR
00:11:22CHOICES, YOUR CHOICE OF A
00:11:24DOCTOR, ALL THAT GOES AWAY SO
00:11:26THAT YOU CAN HAVE THIS MEDICARE FOR ALL. >> IT'S A LITTLE SUSPECT TO ME
00:11:30THAT THIS IS AN INTERESTING
00:11:32TREND FOR MR. ABDUL, THE LARGEST
00:11:34CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTOR TO HIS CAMPAIGN.
00:11:37>> ALSO FROM MEDICAID EXCUSE ME,
00:11:41MEDICARE PROCESSING IN A CLINIC THAT HE HAS SO MORE MEDICARE,
00:11:45MORE MONEY FOR THE FAMILY FOR SURE.
00:11:48>> YOU START PEELING THIS ONION BACK, IT STARTS TO LOOK PRETTY
00:11:51UGLY IN. >> A HURRY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
00:11:55TAKING AWAY UAW HEALTH CARE. >> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THAT
00:11:59BLUE CROSS CARD WAS GOLD. >> I MEAN, YOU SAW PEOPLE WHO
00:12:01HAD THAT BLUE CROSS CARD. YOU THOUGHT, MAN, WE'VE MADE IT, RIGHT?
00:12:04MY DAD, A TEACHER, HE HAD GOOD HEALTH CARE BECAUSE THEY
00:12:07NEGOTIATED FOR IT IN THEIR A
00:12:09UNION CONTRACT. >> WELL, THINK OF THOSE UAW
00:12:13WORKERS WHO ARE NOW WITH THESE PLATINUM CARDS. >> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE
00:12:17THAT UP TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR PROCESSING.
00:12:21I'M TELLING SO MANY PEOPLE WILL
00:12:24LOSE IN MEDICARE FOR ALL. AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN GOOD HEALTH CARE.
00:12:27IT JUST MEANS MEDICARE FOR ALL. IT DOESN'T MEAN HEALTH CARE FOR ALL, FOR SURE.
00:12:31>> HE WANTS MEDICARE FOR ALL I WANT MEDICARE FOR SENIORS.
00:12:34>> THEY'VE IT. THEY'VE WORKED FOR IT. LET'S IMPROVE IT LET'S GET IT
00:12:38GET IT GOING. >> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN OVER.
00:12:42>> I KNOW, JAMIE, YOU HAVE SOME
00:12:44OTHER FOLKS THAT YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED INTO THIS.
00:12:48>> I JUST HAVE ONE LITTLE LAST BIT. I WANT TO SAY, IF I MAY.
00:12:52>> YOU KNOW, RECENTLY IT CAME
00:12:54OUT ABDUL WAS A, I THOUGHT,
00:12:56DISPARAGING TO WHO SUFFER BREAST
00:13:00CANCER BECAUSE HE CALLED THEM PRIVILEGED IN SOME WAY THAT.
00:13:04WE WOULD SPEND THIS MONEY ON BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.
00:13:07>> THAT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE TO. >> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MICHIGAN
00:13:11WOMEN WHO GET DIAGNOSED WITH
00:13:13BREAST CANCER EVERY YEAR.
00:13:15>> I'M STARTING TO BELIEVE LACKS THE MATURITY TO BE A UNITED
00:13:19STATES SENATOR. >> AND I THINK THAT, YEAH, YOU BET.
00:13:23>> JAMIE, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. YOU CAN GO.
00:13:27>> LET'S TAKE BEAR WITH ME FOR A
00:13:30MOMENT HERE. SO WE HAVE SOME SOME WONDERFUL
00:13:34PEOPLE SPEAKING TODAY. THE FIRST ONE THAT I WANT TO INTRODUCE.
00:13:39HER NAME IS CHER. SURE. RAY SHEREE.
00:13:44BERNARD. I'M SHARI, IS A MICHIGAN RESIDENTS WHOSE PERSONAL HEALTH
00:13:47CARE JOURNEY HAS HER FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WITH THE IMPORTANCE
00:13:51OF TIMELY, CONSISTENT ACCESS TO QUALITY MEDICAL CARE.
00:13:55SHE DEVELOPED A LIFELONG MEDICAL CONDITION THAT REQUIRES
00:13:59CONTINUED CARE FROM DOCTORS AND SPECIALIST THAT SHE TRUSTS.
00:14:02HER EXPERIENCE, HAS MADE HER UNDERSTAND THAT PROTECTING THIS
00:14:06PATIENT DOCTOR RELATIONSHIP AND ACTUALLY ENSURING THAT PATIENTS
00:14:10HAVE TO THIS IS A DEEP PRIORITY
00:14:12OF HERS AS WELL AS MANY MICHIGANDERS ACROSS THE STATE.
00:14:16SO, SHEREE, WITH THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLEASE TELL YOUR STORY?
00:14:19LET ME FIND YOUR NOTES RIGHT
00:14:25HERE.
00:14:30GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SHEREE.
00:14:32AND FOR ME, HEALTH CARE ISN'T POLITICAL.
00:14:36IT'S. >> I SUFFERED FIVE MISCARRIAGES
00:14:39BEFORE I WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED AND ABLE TO RECEIVE THE
00:14:42TREATMENT I NEEDED A SERIOUS
00:14:45REACTION LEFT ME WITH A LIFELONG MEDICAL CONDITION, INCLUDING
00:14:49ISSUES WITH BLOOD CLOTS. >> SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT ACCESS
00:14:52TO HEALTH CARE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING.
00:14:55I'M TALKING ABOUT MY LIFE.
00:14:59I DEPEND ON DOCTORS AND
00:15:02SPECIALISTS WHO KNOW ME, KNOW MY MEDICAL HISTORY AND, UNDERSTAND
00:15:06THE COMPLEXITIES OF CONDITION.
00:15:08>> I'VE SPENT BUILDING
00:15:10RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE, TRUST WITH MY CARE.
00:15:14>> THAT'S WHY ABDUL EL-SAYED
00:15:16ADDS, MEDICARE FOR ALL PLAN TERRIFIES ME.
00:15:20I CANNOT AFFORD A HEALTH CARE
00:15:23SYSTEM THAT CAUSES LONGER WAITS
00:15:24FOR CRITICAL OR LOSING ACCESS TO
00:15:28THE DOCTORS I RELY ON FOR HELP
00:15:30FOR SOMEONE WITH MY MEDICAL
00:15:33DISRUPTIONS IN AREN'T SIMPLY AN
00:15:36INCONVENIENCE SINCE THEY COULD
00:15:37HAVE DEVASTATE AND CONSEQUENCES.
00:15:41I KNOW OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM NEEDS TO WORK BETTER.
00:15:44I KNOW NEED MORE AFFORDABLE CARE.
00:15:47BUT THE ANSWER IS NOT TAKING AWAY CHOICES FROM PATIENTS LIKE
00:15:53ME. MY HEALTH CARE DECISIONS SHOULD,
00:15:55BETWEEN ME AND MY DOCTOR, THE
00:15:57DOCTORS I TRUST NOT ABDUL
00:16:01AL-SAID. AND THE GOVERNMENT RATIONED HEALTH CARE. HE PROMOTES.
00:16:04I'M SUPPORTING MIKE ROGERS
00:16:06BECAUSE HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN FOCUS FOCUSES ON MAKING CARE
00:16:10MORE AFFORDABLE AND, ACCESSIBLE,
00:16:12WHILE HOLDING INSURANCE COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE.
00:16:16WHEN DELAY OR DENY A PATIENT'S CARE.
00:16:19THAT'S THE KIND OF HEALTH CARE REFORM MICHIGAN FAMILIES.
00:16:23AND MIKE ROGERS IS THE SENATOR.
00:16:26WE NEED TO GET IT DONE.
00:16:34THANK YOU, SHERRY, AND YOU FOR TELLING YOUR STORY, BECAUSE I
00:16:38KNOW THAT YOU ARE JUST ONE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
00:16:42MICHIGANDERS AND THOSE ACROSS COUNTRY THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED
00:16:44WHAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED. SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ACTUALLY
00:16:48A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND A LOCAL DOCTOR FROM FLAT ROCK.
00:16:52DR. PATTERSON IS A MICHIGAN
00:16:54FAMILY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN WHO CARES FOR PATIENTS THROUGHOUT
00:16:59EVERY STAGE OF THEIR LIFE, FOCUSING ON THE WHOLE PERSON,
00:17:03WHICH WANT IN HEALTH CARE.
00:17:03WE WANT TO BE HOLISTICALLY
00:17:07AGAIN, PATIENT CENTERED CARE, NOT GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED HEALTH
00:17:11CARE, TREATING THE WHOLE PERSON RATHER THAN TREATING INDIVIDUAL
00:17:15SYMPTOMS CONDITIONS. HIS PRACTICE IS BUILT AROUND DEVELOPING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS
00:17:19WITH, HIS PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES UNDERSTANDING, THEIR
00:17:22LIFELONG HEALTH CARE NEEDS, AND ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS
00:17:25TO QUALITY CARE WHEN THEY NEED IT. HIS EXPERIENCE TREATING
00:17:28FIRSTHAND HAS MADE PROTECTING DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIP MOST
00:17:32IMPORTANT IN HIS PRACTICE.
00:17:35HE UNDERSTANDS IMPROVING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, EFFECTIVE HEALTH
00:17:38CARE WITH CENTRAL PRIORITIES, AND HE HONORED TO SPEAK IN
00:17:43SUPPORT OF FIXING OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND NOT ACTUALLY
00:17:46GOING TO THE FAR LEFT RADICALISM OF SOCIALIZED MEDICINE AGAIN
00:17:50DOES NOT WORK AND WILL NOT FOR MICHIGAN FAMILIES. THANK YOU, DR. PATTERSON.
00:17:54>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TODAY.
00:17:58DR. DAVID PATTERSON.
00:18:00I PRACTICE FAMILY MEDICINE.
00:18:02AND UNLIKE ABDUL SAID, I'M A
00:18:06BORED, RESIDENCY TRAINED
00:18:08PHYSICIAN HERE IN MICHIGAN.
00:18:14>> SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT HEALTH CARE IS ABOUT A LOT MORE
00:18:16THAN HAND HANDING SOMEBODY INSURANCE CARD IS A FAMILY
00:18:22MEDICINE. I CARE FOR PATIENTS.
00:18:25EVERY STAGE OF LIFE I TREAT
00:18:26CHILDREN, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS.
00:18:29I BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PATIENTS AND FAMILIES OVER
00:18:33YEARS. I GET TO KNOW THEIR MEDICAL HISTORY, THEIR CONCERNS, AND
00:18:35WHAT THEY TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.
00:18:39THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A DOCTOR AND A PATIENT IS AT THE
00:18:43HEART OF GOOD HEALTH, AND THAT'S
00:18:47EXACTLY WHY I BELIEVE ABDUL SAYS MEDICARE FOR ALL PLAN GETS
00:18:51HEALTH CARE COMPLETELY WRONG.
00:18:54>> EL-SAYED MADE PASSING MEDICARE FOR ALL ONE OF THE
00:18:58CENTRAL PRIORITIES OF HIS SENATE CAMPAIGN.
00:19:01HE CAN GIVE EVERY AMERICAN A
00:19:03MEDICARE FOR ALL CARD, BUT THE
00:19:07SYSTEM CAN'T MEET THE DEMAND IF
00:19:09PATIENTS STRUGGLE TO FIND DOCTOR.
00:19:12PHYSICIANS HAVE TIME WITH EACH PATIENT OR PEOPLE WAIT LONGER
00:19:16FOR APPOINTMENTS. >> YOU REALLY HAVEN'T SOLVED THE
00:19:19UNDERLYING PROBLEM.
00:19:26>> YOU SIMPLY CHANGE WHO PAYS THE BILL.
00:19:29IT'S TAXPAYERS AND, FAMILY
00:19:33MEDICINE. TIME MATTERS. ACCESS MATTERS.
00:19:35>> AND CHOICE MATTERS.
00:19:38THE RELATIONSHIP PATIENTS BUILD
00:19:40WITH THE DOCTOR WHO KNOWS THEM AND THEIR FAMILY MATTERS.
00:19:44HEALTH CARE REFORM SHOULD STRENGTHEN THAT RELATIONSHIP,
00:19:48NOT MORE BUREAUCRACY BETWEEN DOCTORS AND THEIR PATIENTS.
00:19:52AS A PHYSICIAN, I KNOW WHEN YOU
00:19:55MISDIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM YOU
00:19:57PRESCRIBE THE WRONG TREATMENT.
00:19:59>> AND ABDELAZIZ MISDIAGNOSED
00:20:01THE PROBLEM. >> AND MEDICARE FOR ALL IS THE
00:20:05WRONG PRESCRIPTION. >> MICHIGAN NEEDS HEALTH CARE.
00:20:09>> THAT PUTS PATIENTS FIRST. >> STRENGTHENS THE DOCTOR
00:20:12PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AND QUALITY CARE MORE AFFORDABLE AND MORE
00:20:17ACCESSIBLE. >> THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT MIKE
00:20:21ROGERS, HIS HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL.
00:20:27HIS CARE PROPOSAL FOCUSES ON AFFORDABILITY, ACCESS AND
00:20:31TRANSPARENCY INCLUDING LOWERING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS,
00:20:36ADDRESSING EXCESSIVE INSURANCE DENIALS AND INCREASING PRICE
00:20:40TRANSPARENCY. THAT'S KIND OF HEALTH CARE
00:20:43REFORM, I BELIEVE MICHIGAN NEED. >> AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING
00:20:46MIKE ROGERS FOR, THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
00:20:49>> THANKS DOCTOR RIGHT.
00:20:55>> WE OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS HERE.
00:20:57WE WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO THE LATEST WORDS
00:21:01SAYING THAT YOU'LL JUST MAKE YOUR HEALTH MORE EXPENSIVE.
00:21:05>> WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST TO GIVE
00:21:07OTHER PEOPLE ACCESS TO WHAT YOU
00:21:12HAVE AND MAKE YOURS MORE OFFENSIVE. >> WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO LOSE
00:21:16ACCESS.
00:21:16WE'RE JUST FOR THE WAY IT'S
00:21:21BEEN. >> NOTHING LIKE YOUR OWN WORDS.
00:21:23HERE, LAUREN FRENCH.
00:21:26>> EXCUSE ME. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR
00:21:30HEALTH CARE PLAN AND SOME OF THE COST TRANSPARENCY MEASURES
00:21:32YOU'RE PROPOSING. MM HMM.
00:21:34>> A TRANSPARENT REQUIREMENT CURRENTLY IN LOT THIS CMS.
00:21:38AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT YOUR PLAN WOULD DO TO GO BEYOND
00:21:42CURRENT LAW AND MAKE THOSE THOSE PRICES, BUT ALSO THE DENIAL
00:21:46RATES APPROVAL TIMES. HOW WOULD MAKE THAT MORE TRANSPARENT WITH WHAT YOU'RE.
00:21:50>> YEAH. >> SO IF YOU LOOK AT BETWEEN AND
00:21:53ROUGHLY EARLY 2000S HOSPITAL
00:21:56HAVE HAD ABOUT A 2,000% INCREASE
00:21:58IN CHARGES. >> SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE
00:22:02SURE THAT A PATIENT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THINGS COST BEFORE
00:22:05THEY COME IN. >> WE GOT STARTED ON WHEN A
00:22:08PATIENT WE TO A PATIENT WHO
00:22:10SAID, YOU I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND SOMEONE AT THE HOSPITAL.
00:22:14>> WELL, LET'S DO ANOTHER CAT
00:22:16SCAN AND. >> SHE'S THOUGHT, WELL, I GUESS
00:22:19THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT ME TO DO, NOT REALIZING THAT SHE ALREADY HAD ONE.
00:22:22>> THEY JUST CHARGED HER ANOTHER 20 $700 FOR THE SECOND ONE.
00:22:26>> AND SHE SAID, WELL, IF DIDN'T KNOW THAT, I WOULD'VE NEVER DONE THAT. >> WE THEN PEOPLE NEED TO
00:22:31UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COST IS WHEN THEY WALK IN.
00:22:34>> I THINK YOU GET RID OF THE $8 ASPIRINS WHEN YOU DO THAT AND
00:22:37PEOPLE START TO REALIZE THAT, THEY CAN MAKE BETTER CHOICES.
00:22:41SAME WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES. >> WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE
00:22:44THE REAL COSTS ARE SO THAT
00:22:47THEY'RE PAYING THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL. >> IF WE HAVE THAT TRANSPARENCY,
00:22:52WE. THINK A LOT OF THESE HIGHER COST AREAS START PAN DOWN AND GET
00:22:55DOWN AND WILL START TO LOWER. THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. >> IT'S GOING TO BE HAS TO BE
00:22:59ACROSS THE BOARD. >> EVERYBODY HAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:23:02NEXT QUESTION. WELL, GO OVER TO KIRA WITH
00:23:05DETROIT NEWS. HI. THIS WEEK, THE PRICE DIESEL
00:23:09SURGED TO A RECORD SETTING 655
00:23:11PER GALLON, WHICH IS A PERCENT
00:23:13HIGHER THAN TODAY'S. >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO VOTERS
00:23:17WHO THINK THESE HIGH FUEL PRICES ARE A DIRECT OF PRESIDENT
00:23:20TRUMP'S WAR WITH IRAN? >> YOU KNOW, SO ONE OF THE
00:23:23REASONS WE STEPPED OUT TODAY AND
00:23:25SAID, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY, TAKE
00:23:27THE TAX ON, GASOLINE AND DIESEL
00:23:31SO WOULD BE ABOUT $0.70 FOR AT LEAST TEMPORARILY.
00:23:35MY UNDERSTANDING AS THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO WRAP THIS UP
00:23:38PRETTY SOON. THAT'S THE BEST OUTCOME FOR. CERTAINLY MICHIGANDER FAMILIES
00:23:42WHO ARE UNDER HIGHER FUEL COSTS. AND TO ME, THAT'S THE BEST WAY
00:23:47TO DO IT. >> SECONDLY, WHAT WE'VE SAID IS LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE READY TO
00:23:51GO, THAT WE HAVE AN UNLEASHING AMERICAN AMERICAN ENERGY.
00:23:56>> SO THAT COST CAN COME DOWN VERY. >> AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
00:24:00I KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS WORKING ON THAT. THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IS
00:24:03STARTING TO GO BACK, WHICH WE CAN GET MORE OIL INTO THE
00:24:07MARKET, WHICH MEANS PRICES COME DOWN SOON AS THE WAR IS OVER. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:24:10>> AND LAST QUESTION HERE, WE'LL GO WITH BILL FROM FOX.
00:24:14>> AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS. >> THERE WAS A LANDMARK BILL
00:24:18PASSING JANUARY OF THIS YEAR REGARDING PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER PBMS.
00:24:22>> A LOT OF PEOPLE RUN DEMOCRATS
00:24:24OF HATE ME ON THAT. >> BUT NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT
00:24:28THEY DO SPECIFICALLY. >> THERE ARE LOT OF OTHER BILLS
00:24:30THAT ARE BEING REINTRODUCED. >> CONGRESS CURRENTLY, WHICH IS
00:24:34ON TV. >> AND WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD BE DONE IN THE FUTURE TO
00:24:38MITIGATE THE DAMAGE? >> YEAH. >> SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS, TO
00:24:41MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY WERE TAKING THE BENEFIT DRUG
00:24:45COMPANIES WERE ACTUALLY TO PROVIDE LOWER PRICES TO THE
00:24:49PHARMACY AFTER THE DOCTORS PRESCRIBED IT AND THEY WERE
00:24:53POCKETING THE DIFFERENCE. >> THAT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO HAPPEN.
00:24:55WE CAN'T LET THAT. AND SO I THINK THIS IS WHERE TRANSPARENCY COMES IN.
00:24:59YOU KNOW, YOU TALK TO SOME
00:25:01DOCTORS AND PROVIDERS THAT THINK
00:25:03THEY PROVIDE A SERVICE. >> YOU TALK TO OTHER ONES THAT SAY, HEY, CHECK OUT THE THAT
00:25:07THEY'RE POCKETING THE DIFFERENCE. >> SO WHEN I GET BACK THERE, I'M
00:25:10GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. IF I'M NOT EVEN SURE WE THEM ANYMORE.
00:25:14THIS WAS KIND OF A YEAH, YEAH, I
00:25:18DON'T I REALLY DON'T THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE TODAY.
00:25:22I'M NOT SURE WE NEED THEM. SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK. IF WE DON'T, WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF IT. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:25:26THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THAT'S A WRAP. THANK EVERYBODY. >> HEY, THANKS, EVERYBODY.
00:25:29GET A LOOKING.
00:25:31>> SO OPPONENT HIS HIS FOCUS IS
00:25:35MEDICARE FOR ALL AND. >> HE HAS A BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC HEALTH ROLES.
00:25:39SO WHY SHOULD THE VOTERS GO WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO THE POLLS, VOTE FOR YOU?
00:25:42AND WHAT DOES YOUR WHAT WHAT
00:25:46YOU'RE TO MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE. >> SO.
00:25:50WELL, FIRST OF ALL HE'S A SAYS
00:25:54HE'S BEEN A PHYSICIAN IS NOT A PHYSICIAN. >> SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:25:57>> I'M NOT SURE HE TELLS PEOPLE HE'S A PHYSICIAN. >> HE'S NOT.
00:26:00>> SECONDLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIKE MEDICARE FOR ALL THE
00:26:04SENIORS WHO HAVE PAID IN SINCE BEEN 18 YEARS OLD, REMEMBER,
00:26:07THEY PAY IN AT 18 ALL THE WAY TO
00:26:1065 BEFORE THEY GET IT SO THEY
00:26:12DON'T GET AN OUNCE OF OF MEDICARE BETWEEN 18 AND 65.
00:26:16THEY'RE FUNDAMENTALLY THROWING THE SYSTEM UP.
00:26:19AND NOW YOU GET WHEN YOU PAY IN AT 18, YOU GET AT 18.
00:26:22>> YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT DOES TO YOU QUALITY OF CARE.
00:26:25>> SO YOU'RE LOSING ALL OF THAT REVENUE FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS
00:26:29TO PAY FOR SYSTEM THAT BARELY MAKES IT. >> NOW WITH 70 MILLION PEOPLE.
00:26:32AND IT'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE HERE IN MICHIGAN. SO THEY'RE GOING TO GET LESS
00:26:37HEALTH, LESS LESS HEALTH CARE,
00:26:39LESS CHOICE OF THEIR DOCTOR.
00:26:41>> IT'S GOING TO BE MORE SO IN
00:26:43THE SAME SYSTEM THAT IS JUST
00:26:46ACROSS THE RIVER IN MICHIGAN IF YOU GET A HEALTH CARE OR A
00:26:50CANCER, IT'S 27 WEEKS ON AVERAGE BEFORE GET TREATMENT.
00:26:54>> IF YOU'RE A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, THAT COULD BE A DEATH
00:26:58SENTENCE HERE IN AMERICA. IT'S LESS THAN A MONTH AND IF IT
00:27:00HAS SOME KIND OF URGENCY TO IT
00:27:04CAN ACTUALLY EVEN GET IT SOONER.
00:27:05>> AND SO IT DOESN'T REALLY DO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IT'S GOING
00:27:09TO DO IN DOOR BY HIS OWN WORDS, SAYS THAT THIS IS GOING TO GET
00:27:12HEALTH CARE IS A MORE EXPENSIVE.
00:27:14>> WELL, FAMILIES ARE ALREADY PAYING A LOT HAVE IN YOUR LIKE A
00:27:19TAX GO UP AS MUCH AS FIVE TIMES
00:27:21IS NOT A SOLUTION FOR HEALTH CARE. >> WE THINK WE HAVE A BETTER TO
00:27:25GET THE GET IT UNDER CONTROL GET
00:27:27COSTS DOWN GET BETTER ACCESS PUT
00:27:29YOUR DOCTORS BACK IN CHARGE. >> WE THINK THAT'S THE ANSWER. >> AND SO DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:27:33SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR OUT OF WORK ILL.
00:27:36SENIOR MICHIGANDERS AND THEIR CARE COSTS. >> I MEAN EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE
00:27:40NOW. AND SO THAT SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR THAT.
00:27:42>> THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE MEDICAID, WHERE IF YOU GET INTO SOME
00:27:46TROUBLE AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, CAN GO ON TO MEDICAID TO GET
00:27:50YOUR HEALTH CARE TAKEN CARE OF. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN FEDERALLY
00:27:52EQUAL FEDERAL QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS, WHICH CAN BE A GOOD
00:27:57ALTERNATIVE FOR PRIMARY CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE GOOD ACCESS.
00:28:00>> WE HAVE SOME SEVERAL OF THOSE IN MICHIGAN.
00:28:04>> I'D LIKE TO DO A LITTLE MORE WITH THAT, AND I'D LIKE TO USE THOSE, BY THE WAY, TO NEW
00:28:07DOCTORS BY HAVING THEM SERVE IN A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH
00:28:10CENTER FOR CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME TO PAY OFF THEIR MEDICAL DEBT. >> I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD
00:28:14WAY FOR US TO GET DOCTORS AND, BY THE WAY, NURSES AS WELL, MORE
00:28:18NURSES AS WELL IN THE SYSTEM, GET THEM TRAINED NOW, GET THEM
00:28:21OUT IN THE REGULAR CARE SYSTEM. REMEMBER, THE MORE NURSES, MORE
00:28:24DOCTORS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE,
00:28:26THE BETTER ACCESS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.
00:28:29>> NOW, MORE ON AFFORDABILITY, MICHIGANDERS ARE PAYING AROUND
00:28:32$5 AT THE PUMP AND OTHER PRICES HAVE BEEN HIGH, MAYBE DUE TO TARIFFS.
00:28:36SO YOU'VE SUGGESTED SUSPENDING THE STATE AND FEDERAL GAS TAX TO
00:28:39ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT PRESSURE? YES. DO YOU THINK THAT MORE NEEDS TO
00:28:42BE DONE THAN JUST THE GAS TAX? I KNOW THAT IN MAINE, SENATOR
00:28:45LIKE SUSAN COLLINS HAS ADVOCATED FOR SOME EXEMPTIONS.
00:28:49CANADIAN TARIFFS. >> WELL, IF IT'S A TARIFF THAT'S
00:28:53BAD FOR MICHIGAN, I'M GOING TO BE AGAINST IT. >> AND IF IT'S A TARIFF, THAT'S
00:28:57GOOD FOR MICHIGAN, I'M GOING TO BE FOR IT. >> AND SO WE HAVE SEEN RESHORING
00:29:00HAPPEN HERE. >> MANUFACTURING. >> WE'RE BRINGING THE FOUR.
00:29:03EXCUSE ME, THE CHEVY SILVERADO IS COMING FROM TEXAS BACK TO
00:29:07MICHIGAN. >> THAT'S HUGE FOR US. THAT'S A PLUS. >> WE SAVED THE CHERRY INDUSTRY
00:29:11IN MICHIGAN. >> WAS GETTING DUMPED ON BY A
00:29:13FOREIGN COUNTRY, TURKEY, OF ALL
00:29:16PLACES, WAS DUMPING CHERRIES INTO THE MARKET WHERE IT WAS
00:29:20JEOPARDIZED, OOZING OUR CHERRY FARMERS. >> THAT TARIFF BEEN REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:29:23>> SUGAR BEETS REALLY IMPORTANT. >> SOME OF THE SMALLER MANUFACTURING REALLY, REALLY
00:29:27IMPORTANT. >> SO WHAT I WILL DO IS AT ALL
00:29:28OF THOSE TARIFFS AND SAY THIS ONE IS BAD FOR MICHIGAN AND
00:29:32HURTS US. >> I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PRESIDENT AND WORK TO GET RID OF IT.
00:29:36>> HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE. >> I WILL GO BACK TO WORK.
00:29:39>> THE PRESIDENT ON TARIFFS THAT ARE WORKING AND WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT ON TARIFFS ARE NOT
00:29:43WORKING. >> YOU KNOW, MY ALL HE WANTS TO
00:29:45DO IS FIGHT WITH TRUMP. >> YOU KNOW, AS HE SAYS, YOU
00:29:48NEED TO FIGHT THEM OR CAGE THEM OR WHATEVER, THAT HIS NEW
00:29:53VIOLENT, AGGRESSIVE RHETORIC IS
00:29:55BECAUSE HE USES A LOT OF IT
00:29:57THAT, WILL NOT SOLVE PROBLEM HERE IN MICHIGAN.
00:30:00>> OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT'S WORKING, SAVE THESE JOBS,
00:30:04BUILD ON MANUFACTURING. >> LET'S GO AFTER THE TARIFFS
00:30:07THAT AREN'T HELPING TO DO THAT. >> AND ONE LAST QUESTION. SO FORMER PRESIDENT KAMALA
00:30:11HARRIS IS SET TO COME HERE WEEK AND YOU JOINED VICE PRESIDENT ON
00:30:15STAGE LAST MONTH. PRESIDENT ALSO ISSUED THAT VIDEO LAST NIGHT.
00:30:19WHY DO YOU THINK THERE'S SO MUCH NATIONAL ATTENTION ON THIS RACE?
00:30:23AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE TRUMP
00:30:25COMING HERE BEFORE THE ELECTION?
00:30:27>> NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. >> I WILL TELL YOU WHY THERE'S INTEREST.
00:30:30>> THIS GUY IS THE MOST RADICAL, EXTREME CANDIDATE THE COUNTRY
00:30:35SUPPORTED DEMOCRAT SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA. >> THEY'RE IMPORTING PEOPLE INTO
00:30:38THE STATE. >> THE DEMOCRAT SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA WANT PLANT THEIR FLAG IN
00:30:42MICHIGAN AND SAY THIS IS. OUR FIRST BIG STATEWIDE WIN.
00:30:46>> THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED AND IT'S CREATED A
00:30:50RIFT. >> I MEAN, WE HAVE THIS WHY OUR DEMOCRATS FOR ROGERS IS GROWING
00:30:54BIGGER THAN WE IMAGINED. MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE ALREADY
00:30:57OUT OF SIGNS THAT WE ORDERED. >> WE HAD TO ORDER. >> ANOTHER BATCH OF DEMOCRATS
00:31:00FOR ROGERS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
00:31:04THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY SLIDE INTO THIS
00:31:06DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST BIG
00:31:08GOVERNMENT SOCIALISM TO ALL YOUR
00:31:11PROBLEMS TAKING A OF MONEY AWAY LESS OPPORTUNITY NO, UPWARD
00:31:15MOBILITY. >> THERE'S DEMOCRATS STILL BELIEVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN
00:31:18HAPPEN. IT CAN'T HAPPEN WITH ABDUL BIG
00:31:21GOVERNMENT SOCIALISM POLICIES. AND THEN HE'S JUST TOO EXTREME.
00:31:24HE'S TAKEN FROM TERRORIST GROUPS.
00:31:27>> HE HANGS OUT WITH A GUY WHO BELIEVES THAT WE DESERVE 911.
00:31:31>> AS A MATTER OF FACT, EVEN LIED LAST WEEK ABOUT HOW MANY TO
00:31:35SIGN PIKERS COME TO MICHIGAN. >> THAT TELLS ME YOU GOT
00:31:39PROBLEM. >> THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD DISAVOW THE GUY. >> HE'S BEEN HERE TWICE. >> BEEN TO FIVE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
00:31:44TALKING TO KIDS WITH ALL OF THIS VILE HATRED.
00:31:47>> I MEAN THERE IS A PLAN THERE AND WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT IT.
00:31:50>> SO YOU WONDER WHY THAT WHOLE NATION IS WORRIED ABOUT MICHIGAN.
00:31:54>> THAT'S WHY THERE'S ONLY ONE GUY THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GO UP AND CARE ABOUT MICHIGAN.
00:31:57>> HE WANTS TO REPRESENT