Congressman Ro Khanna made waves this Sunday on ABC’s This Week.
He connected the dots between the outrage people are expressing around health insurance company abusive practices and Trump’s naming Elon Musk to root out waste:
"If you care about efficiency in government, Medicare is 2% administrative fees. The private insurance? 18% that they're wasting… Medicare is the most efficient, and [the Trump Administration] should be looking at where the private health care costs are…We can require a cap on out of pocket costs. We have to understand people with cancer, with heart disease, with diabetes, with insurance, aren't getting the care that they need."
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Khanna also talked about other ways of thinking about waste – pointing the finger at corporate bilking of tax payers and making the case for a strong government cop on the beat:
"Defense contractors. Look, Lockheed Martin has, with the F-35s, has gone about $200 billion over…breast pumps being purchased at $1,400 instead of $200…$150,000 we paid Boeing for soap dispensers. That's the waste they should go after…They should not touch a penny of Social Security. They should not touch the CFPB. They should not touch Medicare."
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-- The PCCC Team (On BlueSky: @BoldProgressives.bsky.social)
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