Question: let me follow up on the congressional fight. yesterday, president-elect trump said on twitter, “it’s time for republicans and democrats to get together and come up with a healthcare plan that really works.” i remember you saying similar things in 2009 and 2010 when i was covering this debate. knowing what you know now about partisanship — being a president who has tried to do this but been unable to get republican votes — what three pieces of advice would you give to someone trying to pass a bipartisan health care law?
Answer: look, i think i sort of gave the advice just now. which is: if in fact this is not about politics but is about providing the best possible health care system for the american people, then my advice would be to say, “what precisely is it about obamacare that you think doesn’t work?" because you’ve already said there are some things you think do. republicans keep on saying, “we want to keep the things people like and are working well.” so they think it’s a good idea that obamacare says kids can stay on your health insurance plan till you’re 26. they think that’s a good idea. they think it’s a good idea that if you have a preexisting condition, you can still get health insurance. i assume they think it’s a good idea that seniors have gotten discounts on their prescription drugs — we closed the doughnut hole during the course of obamacare. they approve of some of the changes we’ve made to encourage a health care system that rewards quality rather than just the number of procedures involved, and how we pay providers. so we could make a list of things that, as terrible as obamacare is, they actually think works, according to them. all right, well, let’s make, then, a list of the things they don't like or the american people are concerned about. well, what we know is that people would always like lower costs on their premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. and although the affordable care act provides a lot of subsidies to a lot of people so they can afford health insurance, what is absolutely true is that we would love to see even higher subsidies to relieve the costs even more. that costs money. what we also know is that where we’ve seen problems in the implementation of the affordable care act, it has been in certain areas — particularly more rural areas, less densely populated areas — where we’re not seeing as many insurers, so there’s not as much competition. one way we’ve suggested you could solve that problem is to say that if in fact there aren’t enough insurers to drive competition and reduce costs and give people enough choices, then we should have a public option that’s available. so if you look at the things people are frustrated about with obamacare, the big things are the subsidies aren’t as high as they’d like and they don’t have as many options as they’d like. i’m happy to provide both of those things. i’d sign on to a republican plan that would say, “we’re going to give more subsidies to people to make it even cheaper, and we’re going to have a public option where there isn’t an option.” here’s the thing: i don’t think that’s something they’d want to do.
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  let me follow up on the congressional fight. yesterday, president-elect trump said on twitter, “it’s time for republicans and democrats to get together and come up with a healthcare plan that really works.” i remember you saying similar things in 2009 and 2010 when i was covering this debate. knowing what you know now about partisanship — being a president who has tried to do this but been unable to get republican votes — what three pieces of advice would you give to someone trying to pass a bipartisan health care law?
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  look, i think i sort of gave the advice just now. which is: if in fact this is not about politics but is about providing the best possible health care system for the american people, then my advice would be to say, “what precisely is it about obamacare that you think doesn’t work?" because you’ve already said there are some things you think do. republicans keep on saying, “we want to keep the things people like and are working well.” so they think it’s a good idea that obamacare says kids can stay on your health insurance plan till you’re 26. they think that’s a good idea. they think it’s a good idea that if you have a preexisting condition, you can still get health insurance. i assume they think it’s a good idea that seniors have gotten discounts on their prescription drugs — we closed the doughnut hole during the course of obamacare. they approve of some of the changes we’ve made to encourage a health care system that rewards quality rather than just the number of procedures involved, and how we pay providers. so we could make a list of things that, as terrible as obamacare is, they actually think works, according to them. all right, well, let’s make, then, a list of the things they don't like or the american people are concerned about. well, what we know is that people would always like lower costs on their premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. and although the affordable care act provides a lot of subsidies to a lot of people so they can afford health insurance, what is absolutely true is that we would love to see even higher subsidies to relieve the costs even more. that costs money. what we also know is that where we’ve seen problems in the implementation of the affordable care act, it has been in certain areas — particularly more rural areas, less densely populated areas — where we’re not seeing as many insurers, so there’s not as much competition. one way we’ve suggested you could solve that problem is to say that if in fact there aren’t enough insurers to drive competition and reduce costs and give people enough choices, then we should have a public option that’s available. so if you look at the things people are frustrated about with obamacare, the big things are the subsidies aren’t as high as they’d like and they don’t have as many options as they’d like. i’m happy to provide both of those things. i’d sign on to a republican plan that would say, “we’re going to give more subsidies to people to make it even cheaper, and we’re going to have a public option where there isn’t an option.” here’s the thing: i don’t think that’s something they’d want to do.