UPDATED - Schumer: Democrats were 'namby-pamby' [View all]

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Source: Politico


By KEVIN ROBILLARD 07/23/2017 11:22 AM EDT

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday promised a bolder economic message for the Democratic Party, including the potential for single-payer health care.

"We were too cautious, we were too namby-pamby," Schumer said on ABC's "This Week." "This is sharp, bold and will appeal to both the old Obama coalition, let's say the young lady who's just getting out of college, and the Democratic voters who deserted us for Trump, the blue-collar worker. Economics is our strength, and we are going to get at it."

The New York senator said the new Democratic agenda, set to be unveiled on Monday, would include proposals to "just go after these drug companies when they raise prices so egregiously and people can't afford these drugs" and a plan to "change the way companies can merge," mentioning the cable, airline and gas industries.

"How the heck did we let Exxon and Mobil merge?" he said. "And that was Democrats."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/23/schumer-democrats-namby-pamby-240857

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UPDATE

SUNDAY, JUL 23, 2017 11:49 AM EDT

Chuck Schumer says single-payer health care is “on the table” for Democrats

The Senate Minority Leader said the Democrats have been "too namby-pamby" in the past

CHARLIE MAY

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer D-N.Y., talked about the new economic agenda for the Democratic Party moving forward and said that a single-payer health care system is an option that’s on the table.

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Regarding health care Schumer said that the Republican health bill in the Senate is “very unlikely to pass, because it’s rotten to the core.”

“People are not for reducing taxes on rich people or getting rid of Medicaid, which is a very, very middle class, now, thing, as well as for poor people,” he said. Schumer said he hopes that the Republicans will work with the Democrats and slammed the secretive nature in which only a few Senate Republicans designed the health bill that has yet to receive enough support from within the party.

Schumer said the Democrats will also look at “broader things” and that “single payer is one of them.”

“Many things are on the table. Medicare for people above 55 is on the table. A buy-in to Medicare is on the table. A buy-in to Medicaid is on the table. However health care will not be addressed in the economic agenda that will be rolled out on Monday. But according to the Senate Minority Leader, the party will continue to put forth substantive agendas that reach out voters.

“Week after week, month after month, we’re going to roll out specific pieces here, that are quite different than the Democratic Party you heard in the past. We were too cautious. We were too namby-pamby,” Schumer said.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/07/23/chuck-schumer-says-single-payer-health-care-is-on-the-table-for-democrats/