Bill Clinton Attacks Bernie Sanders on Planned Parenthood and Health Care

[riversedge]

Source: abcnews


Bill Clinton Attacks Bernie Sanders on Planned Parenthood and Health Care

By MATTHEW CLAIBORNE

Jan 20, 2016, 5:22 PM ET
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Bill Clinton didn't mention the senator from Vermont by name but regularly referred to him as "her opponent." He struck hard on Sanders, attacking him on calling Planned Parenthood part of the “establishment." The Clinton campaign, who has the endorsement of Planned Parenthood, pounced on this.

“If you elect Hillary president, it will be a great day when you stop her from defunding Planned Parenthood,” Bill Clinton said today. “Hillary Clinton does not consider Planned Parenthood a member of the establishment.”
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“On health care, Hillary thinks we should remember how important the Affordable Care Act is,” began the president. “Her opponent says, no, we should scrap that and go into a single-payer system.”

The president was referring to Sanders’ plan to pay for a single-payer system that he release released moments before the last Democratic debate. The president called the senator’s plan unsustainable, saying it encourages “overcharging and inflation.”

The president quickly shifted gears to the college students in the room....................



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I heard this on Maddow show last night also. umm..

Zanti Misfit Retweeted


.@maddow says she asked @BernieSanders to come back on show tonight to explain/defend his comments about @PPact and @HRC. He declined

[Kalidurga]

1. LOL

[OilemFirchen]

18. LOL

[lewebley3]

22. I tried of Sanders bullies

[pandr32]

2. Good

I also saw the piece by Rachel. I was stunned that Sanders has started sounding like many of his supporters by throwing two wonderful organizations under the "establishment is bad" bus because he did not get their endorsements.

[MellowDem]

14. Those two organizations...

Just aligned themselves with a very conservative Democratic establishment, and that is no one's fault but their own. The one that is currently doing everything it can to denounce single payer healthcare as communism, the one that threw homosexuals under the bus until it was no longer politically expedient, the one that will abandon planned parenthood if polls ever shift against them.

I understand why, it's the practical thing to do, Clinton is a near lock for the nomination, and the Democratic establishment has all the power and privilege to help an organization out. But it's not a principled move, and many see it very clearly.

[LiberalLovinLug]

23. Well stated

[Geronimoe]

3. As if single payer universal health care isn't working

and effective in all other modern countries.

I'm surprised they aren't calling Bernie, white trailer trash.

[Bernin]

4. Hill Mary Play.

Going to split the party along gender lines.

Yeah, that will win the general election...

[zazen]

5. the leadership of Planned Parenthood are established Dem insiders working for HRC

Indisputable.

Doesn't mean the original goals of the organization, that the rank and file try (at risk to life and limb) to fulfill, and the people they serve, are "establishment."

Forgive me if I don't defer to the former groper-in-chief for moral authority on women's rights.

[safeinOhio]

6. Almost lost all respect for Bill

for his attacks on Obama when Hill ran against him.

[murielm99]

8. Interesting, considering that

many, many Obama supporters now support HRC. And Bill still has rock star popularity in the U.S. and around the world.

Bernie supporters? Sour grapes, much?

[safeinOhio]

9. I've always supported the Clintons and

pretty much still do. Will vote for our nom., however if anyone brings up this type of crap, I'll be more than happy to remind them of those in glass houses.

[safeinOhio]

7. I'm old enough to remember 2008

http://theweek.com/articles/567774/hillary-clinton-needs-address-racist-undertones-2008-campaign

[riversedge]

10. It is 2016. Lots has changed

[safeinOhio]

11. How so?

[lunamagica]

15. In 2012 Bill Clinton campaigned heavily to re-elect Obama

So much so that President Obama called him "Secretary Of Explaining Stuff"

[safeinOhio]

19. I'll bet

he will do the same for Bernie.

[lunamagica]

20. I'm sure they both will if it comes to that. I hope is the same with Sanders. eom

[Arugula Latte]

12. Go away, Bill.

We're sick of you.

[lunamagica]

16. Speak for yourself. eom

[yurbud]

17. Does Medicare encourage “overcharging and inflation"?

[lark]

26. Yes, to an extent.

There are some rules now to prevent most of this but the overcharging for drugs was totally mandated by congress when they passed the Medicare D law which explicitly bans Medicare from negotiating costs. So Medicare & it's recipients pay far higher costs for drugs than the Medicaid program does. Think Tricare also negotiates prices, so add them to this picture. This would need to radically change for Medicare for all to work effectively. They'd also need to do the hard work of ending fee for service and pay for outcomes instead. Otherwise, again, yes Medicare is driving overuse.

[yurbud]

28. the no drug price negotiation is not an inherent flaw, it's an intentional one

[Vinca]

21. Congratulations to the Clinton campaign. I didn't think they could do it again.

This is a repeat of 2008 and the silly Obama attacks that caused a huge rift in the party and the eventual loss of the primary for Clinton. Doesn't Bill want to talk about reparations???? Oh . . . I forgot . . . Bernie and Bill share the same view on that so no faux scandal there.

[Dems to Win]

24. "I can't tell who I'm running against" -- Obama, 2008

Bernie might be saying the same soon.

[lark]

25. Unfair, big dog, so unfair.

I don't think that Bernie ever said he'd defund PP, if he did I totally missed it. Really hope he never even hinted at that. I'm a big PP supporter, regardless of who Ms. Richards likes personally. It's a great organization that does a ton of good. I disagree with Bernie that it's part of the "establishment", but since that fits most of HRC's endorsers, think it got shoehorned in wrongly. Wish he hadn't said that, but on the other hand, he is a politician and although he's usually above that, guess he had a bad moment.

[seabeckind]

27. With single payer

what would be the purpose of federal funding for PP?

Why wouldn't PP endorse a candidate opposed to single payer?