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00:00:00HE REPRESENTED THE MYTHOLOGY, COMPETITION AND SUCCESS IN
00:00:04AMERICAN LIFE. THAT'S WHY I WROTE THAT BOOK.
00:00:06>> WATCH AMERICA'S BOOK CLUB TODAY AT 6 P.M. AND 9 P.M.
00:00:10EASTERN AND PACIFIC.
00:00:12ONLY ON C-SPAN.
00:00:17>> MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE MIKE ROGERS SPOKE TO
00:00:20VOTERS ABOUT HEALTH CARE POLICY DURING AN EVENT IN TAYLOR.
00:00:24>> AFTERWARDS, THE CANDIDATE GAVE AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TO
00:00:28C-SPAN. >> MR. ROGERS FACES DEMOCRATIC
00:00:31ABDUL EL-SAYED IN IN A RACE THAT
00:00:33THE NONPARTISAN COOK POLITICAL
00:00:35REPORT RATES AS A TOSS UP.
00:00:37HERE'S A LOOK.
00:00:41>> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
00:00:46NOW.
00:00:47GET ARE WE READY?
00:00:54OKAY. SO HELLO, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
00:00:56I'M MICHIGAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE JAMIE THOMPSON.
00:01:00BUT BEFORE I EVER SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE AS A LEGISLATURE, I
00:01:04SERVED PATIENTS AS A NURSE AND THAT MEANS THAT I HAD BEDSIDE
00:01:08CARE WITH PATIENTS AND FAMILIES DURING SOME OF THE MOST
00:01:11DIFFICULT TIMES IN THEIR LIVES, I'VE ADMINISTERED MEDICATION,
00:01:15I'VE DRESSED THEIR WOUNDS, I'VE HELPED KILL THEM AFTER KNEE
00:01:19REPLACEMENT HIP REPLACEMENT. AND I'VE PERFORMED TO SAVE THEIR LIVES.
00:01:23TODAY, I BRING THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ME TO LANSING, WHERE TODAY I SERVE AS VICE CHAIR OF THE
00:01:27HEALTH HEALTH POLICY. I THINK ABOUT PATIENTS WHEN WE
00:01:29TALK ABOUT HEALTH CARE. SO WHEN POLITICIANS START TALKING ABOUT COMPLETELY
00:01:33RESTRUCTURING OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN AMERICA, I DON'T JUST
00:01:37HERE TALKING POINTS. I THINK WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO NOT ONLY TO THE HEALTH CARE
00:01:41WORKERS PROVIDING THE HEALTH CARE, BUT TO THE PATIENTS.
00:01:44RIGHT NOW, THE DEMOCRATS WANT GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL OUR HEALTH CARE.
00:01:48AND THAT'S WHY ABDUL EL-SAYED MEDICAID FOR ALL PLAN CONCERNS
00:01:52ME DEEPLY. AMERICANS ARE LOSING TRUST IN
00:01:55OUR GOVERNMENT. TODAY WE ARE AT AN ALL TIME LOW. WHY WOULD WE GIVE THE
00:01:59RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR HEALTH CARE.
00:02:03OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT? ABDULLAH WANTS TO DRAMATIC EXPAND THE HEALTH CARE. THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE, OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
00:02:06HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE.
00:02:09HE'LL TELL YOU THAT THIS MEAN THAT EVERYONE HAS INSURANCE, BUT
00:02:13AN INSURANCE CARD IS NOT THE SAME THING AS HEALTH CARE.
00:02:17HEALTH CARE MEANS GETTING AN APPOINTMENT. YOU NEED IT.
00:02:19HAVING ENOUGH NURSES AT THE BEDSIDE.
00:02:23AND HERE IN WAYNE COUNTY, WE HAVE A HUGE ISSUE.
00:02:26WE HAVE A PUBLIC CONTROLLED GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY, MENTAL
00:02:30HEALTH, WHERE FAMILIES THAT HAVE AUTISTIC CHILDREN CAN'T GET
00:02:33ACCESS TO CARE FOR THOSE
00:02:35PATIENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN.
00:02:38PATIENTS WILL WAIT. PROVIDERS WILL BECOME OVERWHELMED.
00:02:42AND THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THIS CARE ARE GOING SUFFER THE MOST.
00:02:44AND HERE'S SOMETHING THAT MICHIGAN DESERVES TO KNOW.
00:02:48ABDUL WANTS TO PUT EVERY AMERICAN IN A MEDICARE FOR ALL SYSTEM.
00:02:52BUT HIS OWN WIFE, A PRACTICING PSYCHIATRIST WHOSE PRIVATE
00:02:56PRACTICE HAS OPTED OUT OF MEDICARE, HER PRACTICE DOESN'T
00:03:01PARTICIPATE IN MEDICARE AND OPERATES OUTSIDE OF INSURANCE NETWORKS.
00:03:05NOW SHE'S ENTITLED TO MAKE THAT DECISION AS A PHYSICIAN.
00:03:08BUT IF MEDICARE ISN'T THE RIGHT
00:03:10SYSTEM FOR THEIR OWN MEDICAL PRACTICE, WHY WOULD WANT TO MAKE
00:03:16THAT THE SYSTEM THAT'S SUPPOSED
00:03:16TO WORK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY?
00:03:20WHY SHOULD MICHIGAN PATIENTS AND DOCTORS BE FORCED INTO THE SYSTEM?
00:03:23IN HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD HAS NOT CHOSEN THAT SYSTEM FOR THEIR FAMILY.
00:03:27WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO FIX HEALTH CARE.
00:03:29IT'S BROKEN AND IT'S DESTROYED.
00:03:32BUT WE CAN FIX IT WITHOUT GOING TO A FAR EXTREME.
00:03:36WE HAVE DONE THINGS HERE IN THE STATE HOUSE TO ADDRESS THOSE
00:03:38ISSUES AND VICE CHAIR OF HEALTH POLICY. WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE ISSUES.
00:03:42WE PASSED HOUSE BILL FIVE, FOUR, FIVE, FIVE THAT WAS SIGNED BY
00:03:44THE GOVERNOR EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT EXPANDED ACCESS PHYSICIANS
00:03:48THROUGH A PHYSICIAN'S COMPACT SO THAT PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A
00:03:52PHYSICIAN WHEN THEY NEED IT. WE ALSO PASSED HOUSE BILL 4246,
00:03:56WHICH WOULD CREATE A SIMILAR NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT WITH
00:03:59OTHER STATES. THAT PASSED OVER A YEAR AGO. THAT IS STILL SITTING IN THE
00:04:03SENATE BECAUSE SENATE DEMOCRATS REFUSED TO VOTE ON IT ACTUALLY
00:04:07COMING UP EARLIER HOUR LATER IN THE WEEK.
00:04:11I'M GOING TO BE GIVING TESTIMONY ON MY OWN LEGISLATION THAT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO GIVE A
00:04:14NURSE PRECEPTOR EDUCATORS A TAX CREDIT. SO WE HAVE THE MORE ABILITY TO
00:04:19TRAIN THESE NURSES AND GET MORE NURSES INTO THE FIELD HERE IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
00:04:22THERE ARE REAL. BUT MEDICARE FOR ALL IS NOT SOLUTION.
00:04:26IT IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
00:04:30HANDING OUT FREE HEALTH CARE WITHOUT THE ACTUAL PRICE OF
00:04:34HEALTH CARE IS GOING TO BE A RECIPE FOR HIGHER TAXES AND
00:04:38LOWER OUTCOMES AND LOWER QUALITY.
00:04:40SOCIALIZED MEDICINE AND
00:04:42SOCIALISM AS A WHOLE USED TO BE
00:04:44A SMALL TALKING POINT THAT JUST
00:04:46THE FAR LEFT OF THE DEMOCRAT USED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING WE
00:04:50WOULD NEVER ACTUALLY BEING THE NUMBER ONE PLATFORM THERE.
00:04:53THE RIDING ON, SOCIALIZED MEDICINE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR
00:04:58QUALITY PATIENT CENTERED CARE. AS A NURSE, I KNOW THAT AND
00:05:01YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM PHYSICIANS TODAY THAT KNOW THAT
00:05:04AS WELL.
00:05:08THIS IS HOW WE REFORM HEALTH CARE. WE MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE.
00:05:12WE MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE ACCOUNTABLE, AND WE ALLOW
00:05:15PATIENTS AND DOCTORS TO REMAIN AT THAT CENTER OF THE OF THAT
00:05:19CARE. AND THE INTERESTING THING IS WE HEARD DEMOCRATS ON THE FAR LEFT
00:05:23TALK TRANSITIONING, YOUNG
00:05:26CHILDREN, MINORS, AND THEY WILL TELL YOU, WELL, IT'S NOT THE
00:05:30GOVERNMENT'S ROLE TO SAY WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT CHILD.
00:05:33THAT'S BETWEEN THE PARENT AND THE DOCTOR, IF THEY WANT TO TAKE
00:05:35AN UNINFORMED UNDERAGE CHILD AND TRANSITION THEM INTO A DIFFERENT
00:05:40GENDER. BUT THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THEM
00:05:42DOING THE SAME THING WITH OUR HEALTH CARE, WHEN WE'RE TRYING
00:05:45TO SAY, PATIENTS AND DOCTORS NEED TO BE AT THE CENTER OF THAT HEALTH CARE, THEY TEND TO
00:05:49DISAGREE. THAT'S HYPOCRISY AT THE GREATEST. I'VE CARED FOR THESE PATIENTS.
00:05:53I'VE WORKED IN THE HOSPITALS, I'VE WORKED ALONGSIDE NURSES AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS, AND I KNOW
00:05:57HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT.
00:06:00HOUSE REPUBLICANS THIS AS WELL, AND WORK AT WORKING OUT AT THE
00:06:04STATE LEVEL. AND WE KNOW THAT MIKE ROGERS UNDERSTANDS, TOO.
00:06:08SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IT IS MY
00:06:11HONOR TO INTRODUCE A LEADER WITH
00:06:13A REAL PLAN FOR MICHIGAN WORKING FAMILIES.
00:06:17MICHIGAN'S SENATOR MIKE ROGERS.
00:06:21THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> WELL, THANKS, JIMMY, AND
00:06:25THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING UP AT THE
00:06:27STATE LEGISLATURE TO TRY TO GET
00:06:29THIS RIGHT.
00:06:33FOR YOUR AREA HERE IN MORE WAYS
00:06:37THAN HEALTH CARE. >> SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR STANDING TALL FOR THOSE FOLKS.
00:06:40>> HAS AND SHE GREAT. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:06:43AND AND, YOU KNOW, JUST A DRAFT
00:06:47IN ON SOME OF WHAT JAMIE SAYING. I JUST CAN'T THINK OF A MORE
00:06:51IMPORTANT ISSUE TO THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN THAN THAN HEALTH CARE.
00:06:56THERE. THE RISING COSTS AND HOW WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS THE WAY WE
00:07:00DON'T IT IS BLOW UP THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
00:07:03WE FIX SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE. WE GO TO OPEN BOOKS TO MAKE SURE
00:07:07THAT HOSPITAL FOLKS KNOW AND
00:07:11UNDERSTAND WHAT COSTS ARE SO
00:07:13THAT WHEN PATIENTS SHOWS UP, THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR COSTS
00:07:17ARE DOING, THAT WE HAVE A WAY TO
00:07:19SAVE ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. MUCH LIKE TRUMP, OUR EX HAS BEEN
00:07:23DOING BRINGING DOWN PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES.
00:07:26I THINK THERE'S EVEN THAT WE CAN DO THERE.
00:07:29AND YOU PAY FOR CARE AND PAY FOR INSURANCE.
00:07:32YOU GET COVERAGE THE DENIAL
00:07:34RATES AND THE INCREASE OF DENIAL
00:07:38RATES WHEN WHAT MY NEEDS IS
00:07:40GOING UP.
00:07:45WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO IMPROVE CARE.
00:07:48AND WITH THE OTHER THINGS WE TALK ABOUT IS GOING TO REDUCE THE COST OF CARE. HERE'S THIS.
00:07:52YEAH, YOU BET.
00:07:54>> I THINK.
00:07:57HERE'S WHAT'S SO CONCERNING ABOUT THIS. >> GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO GIVE
00:08:00YOU SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
00:08:03WE HAVE ABOUT 5 MILLION MICHIGAN FAMILIES WHO HAVE PRIVATE
00:08:07INSURANCE IN THIS STATE THAT GOES AWAY UNDER MEDICARE FOR
00:08:11ALL. THEY TAKE THAT INSURANCE AWAY, INCLUDING YOUR DOCTORS AND YOUR
00:08:15NETWORKS AND ALL OF THAT. AND GIVE IT TO THE GOVERNMENT.
00:08:20THERE'S ABOUT 2.5 MILLION MICHIGAN CITIZENS WHO ARE ON
00:08:23MEDICARE, THEY'VE PAID THEIR ENTIRE LIFE INTO THIS SYSTEM.
00:08:27NOW THEY HAVE IT. THEY'RE NOT WORKING THERE.
00:08:29THEY'RE IN THE RETIREMENT AGE,
00:08:32OR AT LEAST THEIR REVENUE IS OUR INCOME IS MUCH, MUCH LESS.
00:08:35AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THE MEDICARE THAT YOU SEE THAT THEY HAVE TODAY.
00:08:38IT CAN'T THE SAME YOU KNOW, THE
00:08:42ESTIMATES ARE THAT THIS IS GOING
00:08:44TO COST IN EXCESS OF $4 TRILLION.
00:08:47GUESS WHAT? PEOPLE PAY FOR THAT. YOU CAN'T THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
00:08:51BILLIONAIRES IN THE WORLD TO PAY THAT $4 TRILLION EVERY YEAR.
00:08:54IT COMES OUT OF PEOPLE WORK FOR A LIVING.
00:08:57SO THAT FAKE A TAX THAT YOU SEE THAT THAT WE ALL ABOUT, WHO IS
00:09:00THIS FAKER AND WHY IS THEY TAKEN MUCH OF MY MONEY? GUESS WHAT?
00:09:04THAT HAS TO GO UP FOUR OR FIVE
00:09:06TIMES FOR AVERAGE WORKERS IN
00:09:08ORDER FOR THIS TO BE PAID FOR.
00:09:12AND ABDUL BELIEVES THAT ILLEGAL
00:09:17IMMIGRANTS ALSO GET THIS NEW MEDICARE FOR. ALL.
00:09:19SO ALL OF THESE SENIORS PAID LIFE, WORKED ALL THIS LIFE PAID
00:09:23THAT THAT I COULD TAX THEIR ENTIRE WORKING CAREER.
00:09:27NOW HAVE TO GET AT THE BACK OF THE LINE. AND YOU HAVE ILLEGALS STANDING
00:09:29IN FRONT OF THEM ON A SYSTEM
00:09:32WHERE DOCTORS ARE OVERWHELMED.
00:09:34AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE WORRIED THAT DOCTORS ARE GOING TO LEAVE
00:09:37THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE KIND OF
00:09:40COMPENSATION YOU SEE TODAY. AND THIS WHOLE SYSTEM OF
00:09:43MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ONLY WORKS
00:09:45BECAUSE THOSE 5 MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRIVATE HEALTH CARE PAY
00:09:50MORE FOR THE SAME SERVICES TO TO
00:09:54SUPPLEMENT THE FACT THAT THE MEDICARE SYSTEM DOESN'T PAY
00:09:57DOCTORS WHAT THE COSTS. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
00:10:01ASSUME ALL OF THOSE COSTS. IT ALL GETS SHOVED TO WORKING
00:10:05PEOPLE AND MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET CARE THAT THEY NEED.
00:10:08I'M A CANCER SURVIVOR, SO THIS IS ALL PRETTY SENSITIVE TO ME. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HEAR
00:10:12FROM ANOTHER CANCER SURVIVOR TODAY.
00:10:14ABDUL TALKS A LOT ABOUT WANTING A SYSTEM.
00:10:18LOOKS LIKE CANADA. OKAY. HE SAYS.
00:10:21MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN'T ENJOY THE AMERICAN DREAM.
00:10:24IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY THE AMERICAN DREAM, MOVE CANADA.
00:10:28MY ARGUMENT IS HE SHOULD MOVE TO CANADA.
00:10:31I MEAN, HE MIGHT HAVE BETTER CARE THERE.
00:10:33HERE'S THE THING WHEN YOU GET DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN CANADA
00:10:38BETWEEN, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
00:10:41IS NOW ABOUT 27 WEEKS, 27 WEEKS.
00:10:44IT'S LESS A MONTH HERE.
00:10:46SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAND OFF THIS SYSTEM THAT NEEDS SOME HELP.
00:10:50IT IS BROKEN. HAVE WAYS TO FIX IT VERSUS GIVE
00:10:55EVERYTHING ALL YOUR DATA, ALL YOUR PERSONAL DATA, ALL YOUR
00:10:58CHOICES, YOUR CHOICE OF DOCTOR, ALL THAT GOES AWAY SO THAT YOU
00:11:02CAN HAVE THIS MEDICARE FOR ALL. IT'S A LITTLE SUSPECT TO ME THAT
00:11:06THIS IS AN INTERESTING TREND FOR
00:11:08MR. ABDUL, THE LARGEST CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTOR.
00:11:12HIS CAMPAIGN ALSO BENEFITS FROM
00:11:15MEDICAID OR ME MEDICARE PROCESSING IN A CLINIC THAT HE
00:11:20HAS. SO MORE MEDICARE, MORE MONEY.
00:11:22THE ABDUL'S FAMILY FOR SURE.
00:11:24YOU START PEELING THIS ONION, IT
00:11:26STARTS TO LOOK PRETTY UGLY IN A
00:11:29HURRY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY UAW CARE.
00:11:33WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THAT BLUE
00:11:34CROSS CARD WAS GOLD. I MEAN, YOU SAW PEOPLE WHO HAD
00:11:37THAT BLUE CROSS. YOU THOUGHT, MAN, WE'VE MADE IT RIGHT. MY DAD WAS A TEACHER.
00:11:41HE HAD GOOD HEALTH CARE BECAUSE THEY NEGOTIATED FOR IT IN THEIR
00:11:45UNION CONTRACT.
00:11:47WELL, THINK OF THOSE UAW WORKERS
00:11:50ARE NOW WITH THESE PLATINUM CARDS. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE
00:11:53THAT TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR PROCESSING.
00:11:58I'M TELLING YOU, SO MANY PEOPLE WILL IN MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:12:00AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN GOOD HEALTH CARE.
00:12:03IT JUST MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:12:05IT DOESN'T MEAN HEALTH.
00:12:14FOR ALL FOR SURE. HE MEDICARE FOR ALL. I WANT MEDICARE FOR SENIORS. THEY'VE EARNED IT. THEY'VE WORKED FOR IT. LET'S IMPROVE IT.
00:12:17LET'S GET IT, GET IT GOING. >> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN THIS OVER. >> I KNOW, JAMIE, YOU HAVE SOME
00:12:21OTHER FOLKS THAT YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED INTO THIS. I JUST HAVE ONE LITTLE LAST BIT.
00:12:25I WANT TO SAY, IF I MAY.
00:12:28YOU KNOW, RECENTLY IT CAME OUT THAT ABDUL WAS A, I THOUGHT,
00:12:32DISPARAGING TO WOMEN WHO SUFFER
00:12:34BREAST CANCER BECAUSE HE CALLED
00:12:38PRIVILEGED IN SOME WAY THAT WE WOULD SPEND THIS MONEY ON BREAST
00:12:41CANCER RESEARCH. THAT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE TO
00:12:44TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MICHIGAN
00:12:47WOMEN WHO GET DIAGNOSED WITH
00:12:49BREAST CANCER EVERY YEAR.
00:12:51I'M STARTING TO BELIEVE HE LACKS THE MATURITY BE A UNITED STATES
00:12:57SENATOR AND I THINK THAT YEAH, YOU BET. >> JAMIE, I'M GOING TO TURN IT
00:13:01BACK OVER TO YOU. YOU CAN GO RIGHT BACK THERE WITH
00:13:06ME FOR A MOMENT HERE. >> SO WE HAVE SOME SOME
00:13:10WONDERFUL PEOPLE SPEAKING TODAY. THE FIRST ONE THAT I WANT TO
00:13:15INTRODUCE. HER NAME IS CHER SHEARER. SHEREE.
00:13:20SHEREE BENARD. SHEREE IS MICHIGAN RESIDENTS WHOSE PERSONAL HEALTH CARE
00:13:24JOURNEY HAS GIVEN HER FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WITH THE IMPORTANCE
00:13:27OF TIMELY CONSISTS ACCESS TO
00:13:29QUALITY MEDICAL CARE.
00:13:31SHE DEVELOPED A LIFELONG MEDICAL
00:13:33CONDITION THAT REQUIRES CARE FROM DOCTORS AND SPECIALISTS
00:13:37THAT SHE TRUSTS. HER EXPERIENCE HAS MADE HER
00:13:41UNDERSTAND THAT PROTECTING THIS PATIENT DOCTOR RELATIONSHIP AND
00:13:45ACTUALLY ENSURING THAT PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS IS A DEEP
00:13:49PRIORITY OF HERS, AS WELL AS MANY MICHIGANDERS ACROSS THE STATE.
00:13:51SO, SHEREE, WITH THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLEASE TELL YOUR STORY?
00:13:55LET ME FIND YOUR NOTES RIGHT
00:14:02HERE.
00:14:05GOOD AFTERNOON. >> MY NAME IS SHEREE BERNARD.
00:14:08AND FOR ME, HEALTH CARE ISN'T POLITICAL.
00:14:11IT'S PERSONAL. I SUFFERED THROUGH FIVE
00:14:14MISCARRIAGES BEFORE I WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED AND ABLE TO
00:14:18RECEIVE TREATMENT I NEEDED.
00:14:20A SERIOUS VACCINE REACTION LEFT. ME WITH A LIFELONG MEDICAL
00:14:24CONDITION, INCLUDING ISSUES WITH BLOOD CLOTS.
00:14:27SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT TO HEALTH
00:14:29CARE, I'M NOT TALKING SOMETHING HYPOTHETICAL.
00:14:32I'M TALKING ABOUT MY.
00:14:36I DEPEND ON DOCTORS AND SPECIALISTS.
00:14:39KNOW ME, KNOW MY MEDICAL HISTORY, AND UNDERSTAND THE OF
00:14:43MY CONDITION. I'VE SPENT YEARS BUILDING
00:14:47RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE I TRUST WITH MY CARE.
00:14:49THAT'S WHY ABDUL AZIZ ADDS,
00:14:53MEDICARE FOR ALL PLAN TERRIFIES
00:14:56ME. I CANNOT AFFORD A HEALTH CARE
00:14:59SYSTEM THAT CAUSES LONGER WAITS FOR CRITICAL CARE OR LOSING
00:15:03ACCESS TO THE DOCTORS I RELY ON FOR HELP.
00:15:07FOR SOMEONE WITH MY MEDICAL HISTORY, DISRUPTIONS IN CARE
00:15:11AREN'T SIMPLY AN INCONVENIENCE
00:15:13THEY COULD HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES.
00:15:17I KNOW OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM NEEDS TO WORK BETTER.
00:15:20I KNOW NEED MORE AFFORDABLE CARE.
00:15:23BUT THE ANSWER IS NOT AWAY. CHOICES FROM PATIENTS ME.
00:15:29MY HEALTH CARE DECISIONS SHOULD
00:15:31REMAIN BETWEEN ME AND MY DOCTOR.
00:15:33THE DOCTORS I TRUST NOT ABDUL
00:15:37EL-SAYED AND THE GOVERNMENT RATIONED HEALTH CARE. HE PROMOTES.
00:15:40I'M SUPPORTING MIKE ROGERS.
00:15:42HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN FOCUS
00:15:44FOCUSES ON MAKING CARE MORE
00:15:47AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE WHILE
00:15:49HOLDING INSURANCE COMPANIES
00:15:51ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY DELAY OR DENY A PATIENT'S CARE.
00:15:55THAT'S THE KIND OF HEALTH CARE
00:15:57REFORM MICHIGAN FAMILIES DESERVE.
00:16:00AND MIKE ROGERS IS THE SENATOR.
00:16:02WE NEED TO GET IT DONE.
00:16:09>> THANK YOU, CHERI.
00:16:11THANK YOU FOR TELLING STORY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU ARE JUST
00:16:15ONE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
00:16:18MICHIGANDERS AND THOSE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT YOU'VE
00:16:22EXPERIENCE. SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ACTUALLY
00:16:24A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. AND A LOCAL DOCTOR FROM FLAT
00:16:28ROCK, DR. PATTERSON. IS A MICHIGAN FAMILY MEDICINE
00:16:32PHYSICIAN WHO CARES FOR PATIENTS THROUGHOUT EVERY STAGE OF THEIR
00:16:35LIFE FOCUSING ON THE WHOLE PERSON, WHICH WE WANT IN HEALTH
00:16:40CARE. WE WANT TO BE TREATED HOLISTIC
00:16:42AGAIN QUALITY, PATIENT CENTERED, NOT GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED HEALTH CARE.
00:16:48TREATING THE WHOLE PERSON RATHER THAN TREATING INDIVIDUAL
00:16:50SYMPTOMS OR CONDITIONS. HIS PRACTICE IS BUILT AROUND
00:16:53DEVELOPING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIS PATIENTS AND THEIR
00:16:57FAMILIES, UNDERSTANDING THEIR LIFELONG HEALTH NEEDS AND
00:16:59ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE TO QUALITY CARE WHEN THEY NEEDED.
00:17:03HIS EXPERIENCE TREATING PATIENTS FIRSTHAND HAS MADE PROTECTING
00:17:06THE DOCTOR PATIENT MOST IMPORTANT IN HIS PRACTICE.
00:17:10HE UNDERSTANDS THAT IMPROVING
00:17:12ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE WITH CENTRAL
00:17:16PRIORITIES, AND HE IS HONORED TO
00:17:18SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF FIXING OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND NOT
00:17:23ACTUALLY GOING TO THE FAR LEFT RADICALISM OF SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.
00:17:26THAT, AGAIN, DOES NOT WORK AND WILL NOT WORK FOR MICHIGAN FAMILIES. THANK YOU, DR. PATTERSON. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:17:31THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TODAY.
00:17:35>> DR. DAVID PATTERSON. I PRACTICE FAMILY MEDICINE, AND
00:17:39UNLIKE ABDOOL SAID, I'M A BOARD
00:17:42CERTIFIED RESIDENCY TRAINED
00:17:44PHYSICIAN HERE IN MICHIGAN.
00:17:49SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND HEALTH CARE
00:17:52IS ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN HAND. AND IN SOMEBODY'S INSURANCE CARD
00:17:56IS A FAMILY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN.
00:17:58I CARE FOR PATIENTS AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE.
00:18:02I CHILDREN, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS.
00:18:04I BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PATIENTS AND FAMILIES OVER
00:18:08YEARS. I GET TO KNOW THEIR MEDICAL HISTORY, THEIR CONCERNS AND WHAT
00:18:11THEY NEED TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.
00:18:15THE RELATIONSHIP A DOCTOR AND A
00:18:19PATIENT IS AT THE HEART OF GOOD HEALTH CARE.
00:18:21AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I BELIEVE
00:18:24ABDUL ALSO MEDICARE FOR ALL PLAN GETS HEALTH CARE COMPLETELY
00:18:29WRONG. L.Z. MADE PASSING MEDICARE FOR
00:18:33ALL ONE OF THE CENTRAL PRIORITIES OF HIS SENATE
00:18:37CAMPAIGN. HE CAN GIVE EVERY AMERICAN A
00:18:39MEDICARE FOR ALL CARD TOMORROW,
00:18:42BUT THE SYSTEM CAN'T MEET THE DEMAND.
00:18:44IF PATIENTS STRUGGLE TO FIND A DOCTOR.
00:18:48PHYSICIANS HAVE LESS TIME EACH
00:18:50PATIENT OR PEOPLE WAIT LONGER FOR APPOINTMENTS.
00:18:54YOU REALLY HAVEN'T SOLVED THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM.
00:18:58THAT'S RIGHT.
00:19:02YOU'VE SIMPLY CHANGED WHO PAYS THE BILL?
00:19:05IT'S TAXPAYERS AND FAMILY
00:19:08MEDICINE, TIME.
00:19:10ACCESS MATTERS AND CHOICE
00:19:13MATTERS TO RELATIONSHIP PATIENTS BUILD WITH THE DOCTOR.
00:19:17WHO KNOWS, THEM, AND THEIR FAMILY MATTERS.
00:19:20HEALTH CARE REFORM SHOULD STRENGTHEN THAT RELATIONSHIP,
00:19:23NOT PUT MORE BUREAUCRACY BETWEEN DOCTORS AND THEIR PATIENTS.
00:19:28AS A PHYSICIAN, I KNOW THAT YOU
00:19:31MISDIAGNOSED A PROBLEM. YOU PRESCRIBE THE WRONG
00:19:34TREATMENT. AND ABDUL MISDIAGNOSED THE
00:19:38PROBLEM. AND MEDICARE FOR ALL IS THE WRONG PRESCRIPTION.
00:19:44MICHIGAN NEEDS HEALTH CARE THAT PUTS PATIENTS FIRST. STRENGTHEN THE DOCTOR PATIENT
00:19:48RELATIONSHIP AND QUALITY CARE MORE AFFORDABLE AND MORE
00:19:53ACCESSIBLE.
00:19:53THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT MIKE ROGERS.
00:19:57HIS HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL.
00:20:02HIS HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL FOCUSES
00:20:04ON AFFORDABILITY ACCESS,
00:20:06TRANSPARENCY, INCLUDING LOWERING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS,
00:20:10ADDRESSING EXCESSIVE DENIALS AND
00:20:14INCREASING PRICE TRANSPARENCY.
00:20:17THAT'S THE KIND OF HEALTH CARE I
00:20:19BELIEVE MICHIGAN FAMILIES NEED. AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING
00:20:23MIKE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
00:20:25>> THANKS, DOUG.
00:20:30>> RIGHT BEFORE WE EVER GET I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS HERE.
00:20:33WE HAVE WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU ABOUT FUEL.
00:20:36IT IS ALL THE WORDS THAT YOU'LL JUST MAKE YOUR HEALTH CARE MORE
00:20:41EXPENSIVE. >> WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO
00:20:44GIVE OTHER PEOPLE ACCESS TO WHAT
00:20:46YOU HAVE AND MAKE YOURS MORE EXPENSIVE.
00:20:50>> WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO LOSE ACCESS.
00:20:52WE'RE JUST HERE FOR AIDS DENIAL.
00:20:57>> NOTHING LIKE YOUR OWN WORDS HERE.
00:21:01LAUREN WITH BRIDGE. >> EXCUSE. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR
00:21:05HEALTH CARE PLAN AND SOME OF THE COST TRANSPARENCY MEASURES
00:21:08YOU'RE PROPOSING. MM HMM.
00:21:12TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS CURRENTLY IN LOT OF WITH CMS.
00:21:14AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOUR PLAN WOULD DO TO GO CURRENT LAW AND
00:21:18MAKE THOSE THOSE PRICES, BUT ALSO THE DENIAL RATES APPROVAL
00:21:23TIMES. HOW WOULD YOU MAKE THAT MORE TRANSPARENT WHAT YOU'RE. >> YEAH.
00:21:27>> SO IF YOU LOOK AT BETWEEN AND ROUGHLY EARLY 2000S HOSPITALS
00:21:30HAVE HAD ABOUT 2,000% INCREASE
00:21:34IN CHARGES. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE
00:21:38SURE THAT A PATIENT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THINGS COST BEFORE
00:21:40THEY CAME IN. WE GOT STARTED ON THIS WHEN A
00:21:44PATIENT WE TALKED TO A PATIENT WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING
00:21:48THROUGH THE PROCESS AND SOMEONE AT THE HOSPITAL SAYS, WELL, DO ANOTHER CAT SCAN.
00:21:54AND THOUGHT, WELL, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT ME TO DO,
00:21:56NOT REALIZING THAT SHE ALREADY ONE.
00:21:58THEY JUST CHARGED HER 20 $700
00:22:02FOR THE SECOND ONE AND SHE SAID, WELL, IF I HAD A NO WOULD'VE NEVER DONE THAT.
00:22:05THEN PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
00:22:07WHAT THE COST IS WHEN THEY WALK IN. I THINK YOU GET RID OF THE $8
00:22:11ASPIRINS WHEN YOU DO THAT AND
00:22:13PEOPLE START TO REALIZE THAT THEY CAN MAKE BETTER CHOICES.
00:22:17SAME WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE
00:22:21REAL COSTS ARE SO THAT THEY'RE PAYING APPROPRIATE LEVEL.
00:22:24IF WE HAVE THAT TRANSPARENCY, WE THINK A LOT OF THESE HIGHER COST
00:22:30AREAS START TO PAN DOWN AND GET DOWN AND WE START TO LOWER COSTS. THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
00:22:34IT'S GOING TO BE HAS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD. EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. ALL RIGHT.
00:22:38NEXT QUESTION.
00:22:38>> WELL, GO TO KARA WITH DETROIT
00:22:42NEWS. HI. THIS WEEK, THE PRICE OF DIESEL
00:22:45SURGED TO A RECORD.
00:22:48655 PER GALLON, WHICH IS 8% HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO TODAY.
00:22:51WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO VOTERS WHO
00:22:53THINK THESE HIGH FUEL PRICES ARE DIRECT RESULT OF PRESIDENT
00:22:56TRUMP'S WAR? IRAN? >> YOU KNOW, SO ONE OF THE
00:22:59REASONS WE STEPPED OUT TODAY SAID, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY,
00:23:03LET'S THE TAX ON GASOLINE AND
00:23:05DIESEL OFF. SO IT WOULD BE ABOUT $0.70, AT
00:23:09LEAST TEMPORARILY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE WHITE
00:23:12HOUSE TO SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO WRAP THIS UP SOON.
00:23:15THAT'S THE BEST OUTCOME FOR
00:23:17CERTAINLY MICHIGANDER WHO ARE SUFFERING UNDER HIGHER FUEL.
00:23:21AND TO ME, THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
00:23:24SECONDLY, WHAT WE'VE SAID, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE READY TO GO THAT
00:23:27WE HAVE AND UNLEASH AMERICAN
00:23:30AMERICAN ENERGY SO THAT COSTS CAN COME DOWN VERY QUICKLY.
00:23:34AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. I KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS WORKING
00:23:37THAT THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK STARTING TO GO BACK, WHICH MEANS
00:23:41WE CAN GET MORE OIL INTO MARKET, WHICH MEANS PRICES COME DOWN
00:23:45SOON AS THE WAR IS OVER. ALL RIGHT. AND QUESTION HERE.
00:23:47>> WE'LL GO WITH MOVE FROM TO MIKE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING
00:23:51THIS. >> THERE IS A LANDMARK BILL PASSED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR REGARDING.
00:23:55>> PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS, PBMS.
00:23:58A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DEMOCRATS KIND OF PROCEED ON YOUR PIECE OF
00:24:01HATE MAIL MADNESS THAT NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT THEY DO SPECIFICALLY.
00:24:04>> THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER BILLS THAT ARE BEING REINTRODUCED IN CONGRESS
00:24:10CURRENTLY. >> IT IS ON PBMS AND DO YOU THINK COULD BE DONE IN THE
00:24:14FUTURE TO HELP MITIGATE THE DAMAGE? >> YEAH. >> SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO MY
00:24:18UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY WERE TAKING THE BENEFIT OF DRUG
00:24:22COMPANIES, WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO PROVIDE LOWER PRICES TO THE
00:24:25PHARMACY AFTER THE DOCTORS HAD PRESCRIBED IT AND THEY WERE POCKETING THE DIFFERENCE.
00:24:29THAT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO HAPPEN.
00:24:31WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN. AND SO I THINK THIS IS WHERE TRANSPARENCY COMES.
00:24:35YOU KNOW, YOU TALK TO SOME
00:24:37DOCTORS AND PROVIDERS THAT THINK
00:24:40THEY PROVIDE A SERVICE, YOU TO OTHER ONES THAT SAY, HEY, CHECK
00:24:42OUT THE FACT THEY'RE POCKETING THE DIFFERENCE. SO WHEN I GET BACK THERE.
00:24:46I'M GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. IF I'M NOT EVEN SURE WE THEM ANYMORE.
00:24:51THIS WAS KIND OF A YEAH, YEAH.
00:24:53>> I DON'T I REALLY DON'T THINK NEED TO THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
00:24:56AND ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE TODAY. >> I'M NOT SURE WE NEED THEM. SO GOING TO GO BACK AND IF WE
00:25:00DON'T, WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THEM. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THAT'S A WRAP. >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
00:25:04HEY, THANKS. >> GOOD LUCK TO.
00:25:07>> SO YOUR OPPONENT, HIS HIS
00:25:09FOCUS IS MEDICARE FOR ALL AND HE
00:25:11HAS A BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC HEALTH ROLES.
00:25:15SO WHY SHOULD THE VOTERS GO WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO THE POLLS FOR
00:25:17YOU AND DOES YOUR WHAT WHAT
00:25:21YOU'RE DOING TO MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE SO.
00:25:25>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, HE'S A
00:25:29SAYS HE'S BEEN A PHYSICIAN IS NOT A SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY
00:25:33IMPORTANT. I'M NOT SURE WHY HE TELLS PEOPLE HE'S A PHYSICIAN. HE'S NOT.
00:25:36SECONDLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE MEDICARE FOR ALL
00:25:40SENIORS WHO HAVE PAID IN SINCE THEY'VE BEEN 18 YEARS OLD.
00:25:43REMEMBER, THEY PAY IN AT 18. ALL THE WAY TO 65 BEFORE THEY
00:25:46GET IT SO THEY DON'T GET AN
00:25:48OUNCE OF MEDICARE BETWEEN 18 AND 65.
00:25:53THEY'RE FUNDAMENTALLY THROWING THE SYSTEM UP.
00:25:55AND NOW YOU GET WHEN YOU PAY IN 18, YOU GET AT 18.
00:25:58YOU CAN ONLY WHAT THAT DOES TO YOUR QUALITY OF CARE.
00:26:02SO YOU'RE LOSING ALL OF THAT REVENUE ALL OF THOSE YEARS TO
00:26:05PAY FOR A SYSTEM THAT BARELY MAKES IT NOW WITH 70 MILLION PEOPLE.
00:26:09AND IT'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE HERE IN MICHIGAN. SO THEY'RE GOING TO GET LESS
00:26:12HEALTH, LESS LESS HEALTH CARE, LESS CHOICE OF THEIR DOCTOR.
00:26:17IT'S GOING TO BE MORE RATIONED. SO IN THE SAME SYSTEM THAT IS
00:26:22JUST ACROSS THE RIVER IN MICHIGAN, IF GET A HEALTH CARE
00:26:24OR A CANCER DIAGNOSIS, THIS IT'S
00:26:2727 WEEKS ON AVERAGE BEFORE YOU GET TREATMENT.
00:26:30IF YOU'RE A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR, THAT COULD BE A DEATH
00:26:34SENTENCE HERE IN AMERICA. IT'S LESS THAN A MONTH. AND IF IT HAS SOME KIND OF
00:26:38URGENCY TO IT, YOU ACTUALLY EVEN GET IT SOONER.
00:26:41AND SO IT DOESN'T REALLY DO WHAT
00:26:43THEY'RE SAYING GOING TO DO AND DO IT BY.
00:26:47HIS OWN WORDS SAYS THAT THIS IS
00:26:49TO GET HEALTH CARE IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.
00:26:51>> WELL, FAMILIES ALREADY PAYING
00:26:54A LOT, HAVING YOUR LIKE A TAX GO
00:26:56UP AS MUCH AS FIVE TIMES IS A SOLUTION FOR HEALTH CARE.
00:26:59>> WE THINK HAVE A BETTER PLAN TO GET THE GET IT UNDER CONTROL,
00:27:03GET COSTS DOWN, BETTER ACCESS,
00:27:05PUT YOUR DOCTORS BACK IN CHARGE. WE THINK THAT'S THE ANSWER.
00:27:09>> AND SO DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.
00:27:18FOR OUT OF WORK OR SENIOR MICHIGANDERS AND THEIR HEALTH CARE COSTS? >> I MEAN, EXACTLY WHAT. WE HAVE NOW. AND SO THAT SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR THAT.
00:27:22THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE MEDICAID, WHERE IF YOU GET INTO SOME TROUBLE AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU CAN GO ON TO MEDICAID TO GET
00:27:26YOUR YOUR HEALTH CARE TAKEN CARE OF.
00:27:27I'M A BIG IN FEDERALLY FEDERALLY
00:27:30HEALTH CENTERS, WHICH CAN BE A
00:27:32GOOD ALTERNATIVE FOR PRIMARY CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE GOOD ACCESS.
00:27:36WE HAVE SOME SEVERAL OF THOSE IN MICHIGAN.
00:27:39I'D LIKE TO DO A LITTLE MORE WITH THAT AND I'D LIKE TO USE,
00:27:42BY THE WAY, TO RECRUIT NEW DOCTORS BY HAVING THEM SERVE IN
00:27:45A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED CENTER FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME TO PAY
00:27:48OFF THEIR MEDICAL DEBT. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY FOR US TO GET MORE DOCTORS AND,
00:27:52BY THE WAY, NURSES AS WELL MORE NURSES AS WELL IN THE SYSTEM GET
00:27:56THEM TRAINED NOW GET THEM OUT IN THE REGULAR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
00:27:58REMEMBER, THE MORE NURSES THE MORE DOCTORS THAT WE HAVE OUT
00:28:02THERE, THE BETTER ACCESS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.
00:28:05>> NOW, MORE ON AFFORDABILITY. MICHIGANDERS ARE PAYING AROUND
00:28:08$5 AT THE PUMP AND OTHER PRICES HAVE BEEN HIGH, MAYBE DUE TO TARIFFS.
00:28:12SO YOU'VE SUGGESTED SPENDING THE STATE AND FEDERAL GAS TAX TO
00:28:14ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT PRESSURE? YES. DO YOU THINK THAT MORE NEEDS TO
00:28:18BE DONE THAN JUST THE GAS TAX? I KNOW THAT IN IN MAINE, SENATOR
00:28:23SUSAN COLLINS HAS ADVOCATED FOR SOME EXEMPTIONS ON TARIFFS.
00:28:27>> WELL, IF IT'S A TARIFF THAT'S BAD FOR MICHIGAN, I'M GOING TO
00:28:30BE AGAINST. AND IF IT'S A TARIFF, THAT'S GOOD FOR MICHIGAN, GOING TO BE FOR IT.
00:28:34AND SO WE HAVE SEEN RESHORING HAPPEN HERE IN MANUFACTURING.
00:28:38WE'RE BRINGING THE FOUR EXCUSE ME, THE CHEVY SILVERADO IS
00:28:40COMING FROM TEXAS TO MICHIGAN. THAT'S HUGE FOR US.
00:28:44THAT'S A PLUS. WE SAVED THE CHERRY INDUSTRY IN MICHIGAN.
00:28:49WAS GETTING DUMPED ON BY A FOREIGN COUNTRY, TURKEY, ALL
00:28:51PLACES, WAS DUMPING CHERRIES INTO THE MARKET WHERE IT WAS
00:28:56JEOPARDIZED. OUR CHERRY FARMERS THAT TARIFF HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:28:59SUGAR BEETS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. SOME OF THE SMALLER MANUFACTURING, REALLY, REALLY
00:29:03IMPORTANT. SO WHAT I WILL DO IS LOOK AT ALL
00:29:04OF THOSE TARIFFS AND SAY, THIS ONE IS BAD FOR MICHIGAN AND
00:29:08HURTS US. I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PRESIDENT AND WORK, GET RID OF IT.
00:29:11HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE. I WILL GO BACK TO WORK WITH.
00:29:15THE PRESIDENT ON TARIFFS THAT ARE WORKING AND WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT ON TARIFFS THAT ARE
00:29:18NOT WORKING. YOU KNOW, MY OPPONENT ALSO WANTS
00:29:21TO DO IS FIGHT WITH TRUMP. YOU KNOW, AS HE SAYS YOU NEED
00:29:24MUCH THE HIM OR CAGE MATCH HIM OR WHATEVER HIS NEW VIOLENT
00:29:30AGGRESSIVE RHETORIC IS BECAUSE HE USES A LOT OF IT THAT.
00:29:32WE WILL NOT SOLVE A PROBLEM HERE
00:29:36IN MICHIGAN. OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT'S WORKING SAVE.
00:29:39THESE JOBS BUILD ON MANUFACTURING AND LET'S GO AFTER
00:29:42THE TARIFFS THAT AREN'T HELPING TO DO THAT. >> AND ONE LAST QUESTION.
00:29:45SO FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS SET TO COME HERE NEXT WEEK.
00:29:49AND YOU JOINED VICE PRESIDENT PENCE STAGE LAST MONTH.
00:29:52THE PRESIDENT ALSO ISSUED THAT VIDEO ENDORSEMENT LAST NIGHT.
00:29:56WHY DO YOU THINK THERE'S SO MUCH NATIONAL ATTENTION ON THIS RACE AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE PRESIDENT
00:30:00TRUMP COMING HERE BEFORE THE ELECTION?
00:30:03>> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU WHY THERE'S INTEREST.
00:30:06THIS GUY, THE MOST RADICAL, EXTREME CANDIDATE IN THE
00:30:09COUNTRY, SUPPORTED BY DEMOCRATS,
00:30:12SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA THEY'RE IMPORTING PEOPLE INTO THE STATE,
00:30:16THE DEMOCRAT SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA WANT TO PLANT THEIR FLAG
00:30:18IN MICHIGAN AND SAY THIS IS OUR FIRST BIG STATEWIDE.
00:30:22THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE AND IT'S
00:30:25CREATED A RIFF. I MEAN, WE HAVE THIS IS WHY OUR
00:30:29DEMOCRATS FOR ROGERS IS GROWING BIGGER THAN IMAGINED.
00:30:31MATTER OF FACT, WE ALREADY OF THE SIGNS THAT WE ORDERED, WE
00:30:34HAD ORDER ANOTHER BATCH OF DEMOCRATS FOR ROGERS BECAUSE
00:30:38THEY'RE NOT THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY SHOULD
00:30:42SLIDE INTO THIS DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST STATE BIG GOVERNMENT
00:30:46SOCIALISM SOLUTION TO ALL YOUR PROBLEMS TAKEN A LOT MONEY AWAY LESS OPPORTUNITY.
00:30:50NO UPWARD MOBILITY. THERE'S DEMOCRATS WHO STILL BELIEVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN
00:30:54HAPPEN, BUT IT CAN'T HAPPEN WITH ABDOUL AL-ASSAD'S GOVERNMENT.
00:30:58SOCIALISM. AND THEN HE'S JUST TOO HE'S
00:31:00TAKEN MONEY FROM TERRORIST GROUPS.
00:31:03HE HANGS OUT WITH A GUY WHO
00:31:05BELIEVES THAT WE DESERVE 911. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE EVEN
00:31:09LIED LAST WEEK ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES THE SIGN PIKERS COME TO
00:31:13MICHIGAN. THAT TELLS ME YOU GOT A PROBLEM. MAYBE YOU SHOULD DISAVOW THE GUY
00:31:16HE'S BEEN HERE TWICE. BEEN TO FIVE DIFFERENT EVENTS
00:31:19TALKING TO WITH ALL OF THIS VILE HATRED.
00:31:23I MEAN, THERE IS A PLAN THERE AND WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT IT.
00:31:27SO YOU WONDER WHY THAT WHOLE NATION IS WORRIED ABOUT.
00:31:29THAT'S WHY THERE'S ONLY ONE GUY THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GO UP
00:31:32AND CARE ABOUT MICHIGAN, HE WANTS TO REPRESENT PALESTINE.
00:31:35I WANT TO REPRESENT MICHIGAN ALL. >> RIGHT. >> THIS AFTERNOON, NEBRASKA
00:31:39SENATOR PETE RICKETTS ATTENDS, HIS STATE'S ANNUAL STEAK FRY TO
00:31:43FUNDRAISE HIS MIDTERM REELECTION CAMPAIGN. THIS YEAR'S EVENT FEATURES
00:31:47REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY FROM LOUISIANA, FROM WEEPING
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