It's day six of the government shutdown, but Democrats and Republicans aren't on speaking terms.
The Republicans want to talk about reopening the government,
and the Democrats want to talk about healthcare.
You've heard it from Senator Elizabeth Warren on this very program,
but we don't take an already broken, creaky healthcare system and smash it to the ground.
And maybe you've heard it from her colleague Chuck Schumer elsewhere.
New data came out today from KFF, and that is not Kentucky Fried French fries.
KFF could be Kentucky French fries.
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And so we ought to be talking about the real issue here,
which is that we have a health care crisis in America caused by the Republicans.
But up at the tippity-top, the president of the United States,
who is mostly golfing over the weekend, also wants to talk about the cost of health care.
He just doesn't want to talk to Democrats about it.
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