Bipartisan Debate on Health Care

Apr 28, 2008

Democratic Leadership Council House Republican Conference Congressional Institute House Democratic Caucus

In a bipartisan event Democratic and Republican members of Congress debated about the state of health care in America and ways it can be made more affordable and accessible. Julie Rovner moderated. This was the second in a series of bipartisan "Congress Debates" between members of Congress to explore issues facing the country. The series was .. Read More
In a bipartisan event Democratic and Republican members of Congress debated about the state of health care in America and ways it can be made more affordable and accessible. Julie Rovner moderated. This was the second in a series of bipartisan "Congress Debates" between members of Congress to explore issues facing the country. The series was sponsored by the House Democratic Caucus and the House Republican Conference in cooperation with the Democratic Leadership Council and the Congressional Institute. The event was held at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:20 Unidentified Speaker WE WANT TO THANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR OPENING THIS FINE FACILITY THAT CLEARLY IS ONE OF THE LEADING...
00:04:42 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ADD MY WELCOME. IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING EARLY AFTERNOON. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE INFORMATION...
00:08:25 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO THIS SECOND BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE. WHEN I WAS ASKED TO MODERATE...
00:10:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. DEMOCRATS ARE COMMITTED TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS. WE ARE HONORED...
00:16:00 Unidentified Speaker GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THE CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND THE CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTE...
00:21:23 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT PHASE WHICH INVOLVES ASKING EACH OTHER QUESTIONS AND...
00:21:36 Unidentified Speaker BEFORE YOU ASK, TO LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW, THE TEAM ASKING THE QUESTION WILL HAVE 45 SECONDS TO ASK...
00:21:54 Unidentified Speaker THE VA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, AND THE COAST GUARD ALL NEGOTIATE WITH...
00:23:01 Unidentified Speaker LET ME START OFF. THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT WAS CONFRONTING CONGRESS WHEN WE AFTER THE 40 YEARS OF...
00:25:17 Unidentified Speaker 90 SECONDS.
00:25:20 Unidentified Speaker IF ALL THAT WERE ACCURATE, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TALKING ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TODAY. YOU DO NOT...
00:26:54 Unidentified Speaker CAN WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THIS ISSUE?
00:26:56 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER QUESTION. GO AHEAD.
00:27:03 Unidentified Speaker I WILL OFFER THE QUESTION BUT AS AN ADDENDUM BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK I WILL TAKE 45 SECONDS I WOULD...
00:28:10 Unidentified Speaker LET ME SAY THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, CONSTITUENTS I HAVE AND AMERICANS WHO ARE RECOGNIZING...
00:30:06 Unidentified Speaker IT WE WANT AN AMERICAN SOLUTION TO THIS AMERICAN PROBLEM. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES -- CANADA'S...
00:30:21 Unidentified Speaker I APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUES FOR WANTING AN AMERICAN SOLUTION BY YOUR ACTIONS IN CONGRESS BHILAI WHAT YOUR...
00:32:53 Unidentified Speaker I'LL START IT. WE HAVE TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO DO THIS. WE HAVEN'T MADE THE COMMITMENT AS AMERICANS...
00:34:30 Unidentified Speaker LET ME START OUT BY SAYING --
00:34:31 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. I THINK THIS IS MY ANSWER. LET ME JUMP INTO.
00:34:36 Unidentified Speaker YOU'VE GOT A MONEY AND A HALF, YOU CAN SPLIT IT.
00:34:38 Unidentified Speaker IT IS HARD FOR AMERICA TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE AMERICANS ARE DIFFERENT. WE ARE MORE INDIVIDUALIZED...
00:36:47 Unidentified Speaker 30 SECONDS.
00:36:48 Unidentified Speaker OK. SAY YOU'RE A 25-YEAR-OLD GRADUATE STUDENT HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI. AND YOU HAVE A...
00:37:56 Unidentified Speaker THE REPUBLICANS SAID EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN WITH A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY HEALTH...
00:38:30 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE ALREADY THERE. WE PROPOSED IT. AND WE PASSED IT.
00:38:33 Unidentified Speaker OK. NOW CAN I CHANGE THE SUBJECT.
00:38:38 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE SITTING HERE AT A VERY HIGHLY-THOUGHT OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN FRONT OF WHAT I PRESUME IS AN...
00:39:33 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A LOOMING CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF PEDIATRICIANS...
00:40:27 Unidentified Speaker I'VE INTRODUCED LONE FORGIVENESS. SIT RELATED TO THE LENGTH THY TRAINING, THE STUDENT ZPHET IS IT...
00:40:54 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S AT ISSUE AS WELL, AND THAT IS THE NURSING SHARTADGE. IT'S AFFECTING COMMUNITIES LARGE AND...
00:41:36 Unidentified Speaker I AM THE MOTHER OF A YOUNG PHYSICIAN. SO I'M SURELY KEENLY AWARE. MY SON IS AT N.I.H. HE'S AN INTERNALIST....
00:43:14 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE SOME OF THE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS. FIRST ONE -- IF THE MT. AND THE CONGRESS CANNOT GOAT UNIVERSAL...
00:43:33 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S PROBABLY THE APPROACH WHETHER OR NOT YOU SO A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE...
00:45:00 Unidentified Speaker AS I SAID IN MY OPENING REMARKS. WE'RE INTERESTED IN FAMILY-ORIENTED AND PATIENT-CENTERED HEALTH...
00:46:40 Unidentified Speaker CAN I SAY SOMETHING IN EDITION
00:46:44 Unidentified Speaker I'LL GIVE EACH 30 SECONDS.
00:46:48 Unidentified Speaker ON THE TOMBS HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM, ONE OF THE REASONS THE REPUBLICANS DIDN'T JOIN US IS BECAUSE...
00:48:15 Unidentified Speaker I HOPE YOU'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY ADDRESS THE SCHIP ISSUE WITH A QUESTION.
00:48:22 Unidentified Speaker THERE ARE A LOT OF SCHIP QUESTION.
00:48:24 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE SCHIP PROGRAM WAS CREATED WHEN I WAS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. I WAS...
00:49:37 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL GET TO SCHIP IN A MINUTE. BUT FIRST HERE'S A RELATED QUESTION. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF...
00:50:03 Unidentified Speaker I'LL TAKE IT FOR JUST A MOMENT. I THINK IN SOME WAYS THIS DEBATE ABOUT WHO WILL PAY MISTAKE WHERE...
00:51:14 Unidentified Speaker WE, I DO THINK --
00:51:19 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT WE'VE ALREADY STATED IT VERY CLEARLY. WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF...
00:51:41 Unidentified Speaker NOW WE KNOW WE HAVE SYSTEMS THAT ARE BROKEN. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL FIX THE SYSTEM....
00:52:33 Unidentified Speaker IT GOES TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS A MYTH TO THINK...
00:54:24 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE. LET US BE CLEAR AS A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS WE'VE...
00:56:01 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE SOME EXTRA TIME.
00:56:02 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION. AND MUCH OF THE FOCUS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE OTHER SIDE HERE...
00:58:34 Unidentified Speaker NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT SCHIP. HERE ARE ONE OF SEVERAL SCHIP QUESTIONS I'VE GOTTEN. WOULD YOU COMMILT...
00:58:49 Unidentified Speaker ABSOLUTELY.
00:58:51 Unidentified Speaker WE'LL RESERVE THE REST OF OUR TIME.
00:58:53 Unidentified Speaker NO. NO. YOU GET TO USE IT.
00:58:57 Unidentified Speaker I JUST SAID 90 DAYS. BUT I'LL TAKE IT. [LAUGHTER]
00:59:01 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU WANT TO GIVE IT UP?
00:59:02 Unidentified Speaker I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S --
00:59:06 Unidentified Speaker THE FOUR OF US CERTAINLY SUPPORT EXTENDING SCHIP AND EXPANDING IT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION...
01:00:39 Unidentified Speaker WELL, NOW YOU HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. [APPLAUSE]
01:00:43 Unidentified Speaker MARION, THAT KIND OF COMMENT REALLY DEMEANS THIS DEBATE LOOK, I KNOW FOR A FACT IN MY HOMETOWN OF...
01:02:40 Unidentified Speaker SO THERE ARE PROBLEMS. WE CAN FIX THEM. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE AN HONEST DEBATE. AND NOT GET...
01:02:49 Unidentified Speaker DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE SCHIP QUESTION?
01:02:52 Unidentified Speaker I NEED A FULL TWO MINUTES.
01:02:54 Unidentified Speaker YOU NEED A MINUTE.
01:02:58 Unidentified Speaker IF QUESTION IS -- WOULD WE EXTEND IT?
01:03:01 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE ALREADY EXTENDED IT. THAT WAS DONE WITH A VOTE OF OF OF EVERY ONE OF US THAT ARE HERE IN THE...
01:04:40 Unidentified Speaker WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE WERE OFFERING AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL THAT WOULD HAVE THE STATES TAKE STEPS...
01:05:12 Unidentified Speaker WE FOR SOME FOUR MONTHS, THIS BILL WAS NEGOTIATED BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AFTER THE PRESIDENT...
01:07:09 Unidentified Speaker WE REHORS -- 90 DAYS OF THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION?
01:07:14 Unidentified Speaker I KNOW IN MY HOME STATE OF LOUISIANA $68,000 WHO ARE NOT ENROLLED. 110,000 ARE ENROLLED. NOW, THAT'S...
01:08:30 Unidentified Speaker WELL, --
01:08:36 Unidentified Speaker MR. SHADEGG, YOU GET ONE POINT.
01:08:38 Unidentified Speaker WE CAN TALK ABOUT SCHIP UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME. IF YOU ENABILITY SENATOR MCCAIN'S PROPOSAL, EVERY...
01:09:26 Unidentified Speaker JOHN, THE PROBLEM WITH SENATOR MCCAIN'S PROPOSAL IS THAT THE AVERAGE COST OF PREMIUMS FOR A FAMILY...
01:10:05 Unidentified Speaker NO.
01:10:06 Unidentified Speaker AND YOU CONTINUE TO LEAVE THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HAD THE ACCESS IN THE LEDGER. AND WHAT WE ARE SAYING...
01:11:09 Unidentified Speaker MY TURN. AND YOU MAY -- YOU MAY BE ABLE TO COME FWOOK THIS YOU WANT TO. BUT HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION...
01:11:33 Unidentified Speaker REPUBLICANS BY AND LARGE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT MANDATED COVERAGE WILL WORK. IT WAS OPPOSED IN MASSACHUSETTS....
01:14:04 Unidentified Speaker ACTUALLY, LET ME JUST SAY THE REPUBLICANS -- GEORGE BUSH AND THE REPUBLICANS WERE IN CHARGE -- AKET...
01:15:46 Unidentified Speaker A MANDATE QUESTION?
01:15:49 Unidentified Speaker I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE. I SUPPORT HILLARY CLINTON. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT...
01:17:34 Unidentified Speaker WE'VE REACHED THE TIME FOR OUR CLOSING STATEMENT. AND THE DEMOCRATS WILL GIVE THEIR CLOSING STATEMENT...
01:17:54 Unidentified Speaker FIRST, WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE...
01:23:16 Unidentified Speaker MR. DEAL?
01:23:18 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CINCINNATI HEALTH CENTER HERE FOR HOSTING OUR EVENT TODAY. AND...
01:24:07 Unidentified Speaker I SUPPOSE FORTUNATELY, SHE WASN'T HERE WHEN THE DEMOCRATS DID WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR MEDICARE TO...
01:29:35 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, ALL. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCELLENT QUESTIONS. THIS CONCLUDE OUR DEBATE.

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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