CNN on Tuesday night hosted a town hall with Sens. Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders, who debated single payer, industry regulations, medical and pharmaceutical costs, and the repeal of Obamacare.
https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/829160857179475969
Here’s some video of the debate:
Watch @SenSanders’ opening statement in defense of Obamacare at #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/tyf6sHRqTT https://t.co/3r27SLG0EI
— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2017
Sanders: "Is the ACA perfect? No. Nobody believes that it is” #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/bIRFGMYqCK https://t.co/Pk1AlJMc9f
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 8, 2017
Small-biz owner asks Sanders how to pay for her workers’ health coverage.
Sanders: “Let me give you an answer you will not be happy with.” pic.twitter.com/xWYVfbgfHg
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) February 8, 2017
.@SenSanders to salon owner: “I’m not much of an expert on hairdressing…” #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/UYpqI3esEb https://t.co/q4A10yVBik
— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2017
.@SenSanders to @TedCruz: “Healthcare is pretty complicated.” https://t.co/UYpqI3esEb #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/QhYx21lBcC
— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2017
Sanders: The rationing of health care services in the US "is done by income” #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/O0bDTkP1I2
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 8, 2017
Our job is to improve the ACA, not simply destroy it and repeal it for political reasons. #DebateWithBernie pic.twitter.com/Z0ukI9706m
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) February 8, 2017
Sanders: "Access to what?" … "Access doesn't mean a damn thing" #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/bIRFGMYqCK https://t.co/qVm7ZB5hVh
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 8, 2017
.@SenSanders to @TedCruz: Is every American entitled to healthcare, as a right? #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/N5SD5tGYcg
— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2017
The most popular health care program in America today is Medicare – or what Ted Cruz would refer to as “socialized medicine.”
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) February 8, 2017
Reminder: Repealing the Affordable Care Act could kill more than 43,000 people annually. https://t.co/qJbzUs1eaw
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) February 8, 2017
1.1 million more people would have health insurance today if Texas, the home state of @TedCruz, had expanded Medicaid. #DebateWithBernie
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) February 8, 2017
Watch @SenTedCruz’s opening statement against Obamacare at #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/tyf6sHRqTT https://t.co/Pv63NHYy1K
— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2017
Sen. Ted Cruz: Public option is another way of saying government control of your health care #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/df10WElJIg
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) February 8, 2017
.@TedCruz: “I know quite a bit about Canadian healthcare — I was born there” https://t.co/UYpqI3esEb #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/dkLsDsnpRz
— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2017
WATCH: Cruz hits back at Sanders over small businesses and ObamaCare, and gets in a ZINGER on DC. #CNNDebateNight pic.twitter.com/3fkzyG4iSB
— MRCTV.org (@mrctv) February 8, 2017
.@SenTedCruz: You know who's making out like gangbusters? The insurers and the government. #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/2jytvIHAfk
— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2017
Cruz: "Once Obamacare is repealed, we need common-sense reform" #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/bIRFGMYqCK https://t.co/RMgAnBCu1K
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 8, 2017
What do the Democrats say to the 6 million people who have had their policies cancelled? #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/IeWvSy6rQG pic.twitter.com/eLAjxS9rah
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 8, 2017
Cruz: "So what is a right? It's access to health care" #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/bIRFGMYqCK https://t.co/EOGwnNxx8B
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 8, 2017
Cruz: "The Obamacare rules are 20,000 pages — they're taller than 7 feet tall" #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/bo6V6ygsIM
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 8, 2017
.@TedCruz counters Sanders on Texas' uninsured rate by noting number of people moving to Texas, Texas' population diversity vs. Vermont's
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) February 8, 2017
Reaction:
Bernie is damn impressive in this #CNNdebate.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) February 8, 2017
Tfw you need a bathroom break and the other guy just won't stop talking so you can ask for one. pic.twitter.com/TFRmNq3TvI
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) February 8, 2017
We still had Harambe before Obamacare was implemented, just sayin #RIPHarambe #CNNDebateNight pic.twitter.com/pEHIw5tdJT
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) February 8, 2017
Cruz: facts and figures in a coherent argument
Bernie: "Well, that's just like, your opinion, man!" pic.twitter.com/xY1HKt7icA— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) February 8, 2017