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One Nation Overcharged An Answer For High Healthcare With Camille Busette · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Absolutely fantastic and very excited to share a conversation with
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  Speaker 1: you because somebody is finally speaking our street. It's almost
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  Speaker 1: like you're living here with us, and you're saying, Oh,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, can we just talk about this for
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  Speaker 1: a moment?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, Can we?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I really want to, because I mean, I'm seeing
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  Speaker 1: a lot of things this invisibly just kind of crumble
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  Speaker 1: in front of us here in the South, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't want to go back to those days where the
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  Speaker 1: South became the third world of this nation. And I
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  Speaker 1: know that it's happening California. They're up in New York City,
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  Speaker 1: things are falling apart, but nobody's talking about it.
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  Speaker 2: But you are. We are, we are, absolutely So it's great,
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  Speaker 2: it's great to be with you. Shall we just get
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  Speaker 2: started and chatt a little bit about our One Nation
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  Speaker 2: Overcharged national campaign?
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  Speaker 1: I do, and I want to find out more about
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  Speaker 1: Robert Wood because in my heart I think that we
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  Speaker 1: should all hear about who Robert Wood is, Robert Wood
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  Speaker 1: Johnson and that foundation because there's change happening and we've
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  Speaker 1: got to give credit where credit is due.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely so. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is a
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  Speaker 2: healthcare foundation. We are focused on making sure that healthcare
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  Speaker 2: is a right and not a privilege.
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  Speaker 1: Oh God, that hit me in the stomach because you're right,
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  Speaker 1: you know. You know people think that, oh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you can't afford it, and you know, I've I've sat
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  Speaker 1: there many times with my doctors where they settle and
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  Speaker 1: it's like, I don't want you to settle. I want
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  Speaker 1: you to give me the right thing.
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  Speaker 2: Eh.
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  Speaker 1: Eh, it doesn't work that way anymore, dude.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's hard. This is the healthcare in the US
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  Speaker 2: is tough and unaffordable. So we are launching this One
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  Speaker 2: Nation Overcharged campaign. It's national we are demanding that the
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  Speaker 2: healthcare system puts health over profit, which is what you
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  Speaker 2: were talking about, Arrow, and that it works for everybody.
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  Speaker 2: And we're very excited because the campaign is inspiring people
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  Speaker 2: to really start conversations about the rise and cost of healthcare.
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  Speaker 2: And as you said, a lot of things are falling apart,
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  Speaker 2: and that is certainly one of them.
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  Speaker 1: You have no idea how important it is for you
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  Speaker 1: to be talking about this even today, because that's all
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  Speaker 1: I was plummeted with yesterday were these articles about how
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  Speaker 1: mothers and fathers because of the SNAP program, the cutbacks,
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  Speaker 1: what is the first thing that they say, they're getting
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  Speaker 1: rid of? The medication? And I went, oh, my god,
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  Speaker 1: Camille has to know exactly that this has got to
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  Speaker 1: be taking place.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, you know. So, I mean what I find so awful, Arrow,
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  Speaker 2: is that, you know, families really should not have to
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  Speaker 2: be choosing between medication going to the doctor and paying
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  Speaker 2: for groceries or paying for rent. Like that should not
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  Speaker 2: be happening in the US. And so, you know, when
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  Speaker 2: people can't afford their healthcare, what are they going to do?
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  Speaker 2: They're going to say, like, we're not going to take
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  Speaker 2: this medication, We're not going to see the doctor. We're
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  Speaker 2: just going to wait until the healthcare problem gets to
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  Speaker 2: the point where we have to show up in the er.
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  Speaker 2: This is not a good situation for them or for anybody.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, people are doing this, and it's because
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  Speaker 2: because healthcare is completely unaffordable in this country.
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  Speaker 1: Why is that? I mean, you know, we all sit
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  Speaker 1: there and point the fingers that the gentlemen and the
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  Speaker 1: women up there in Washington, d C. But I'm thinking
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  Speaker 1: this is more on a more state by state basis,
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  Speaker 1: is it not?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, we are all overcharged, so everyone is
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  Speaker 2: overcharged for health care, and that doesn't really make any difference,
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  Speaker 2: you know, whether where we live or what our income is.
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  Speaker 2: People across the country are feeling this train of rising
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  Speaker 2: healthcare premiums, medical bills, and prescription costs, and that our
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  Speaker 2: idea is showing that, you know, insurance premiums have gotten
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  Speaker 2: more expensive, so even even if you do happen to
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  Speaker 2: have healthcare coverage, it probably isn't sufficient and you're probably gonna,
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  Speaker 2: you know, have a lot of out of pocket healthcare costs.
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  Speaker 2: And that is our affordability crisis in healthcare.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm also seeing it in teeth because I mean
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  Speaker 1: we talk about how medication and prescription drugs and things,
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  Speaker 1: but people are going in for their six month checkup either.
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  Speaker 1: I'm seeing it in people's teeth, which affects communication because
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  Speaker 1: people like to hide behind not opening their mouth. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I'm speaking a language here that a lot of people know,
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  Speaker 1: but they don't want to talk about it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right, So healthcare means everything, right, it's not,
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  Speaker 2: you know, although the insurance companies have us thinking about,
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  Speaker 2: you know, doctor visits and mental health and dental and
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  Speaker 2: eye separately, all of that is our healthcare. All of that,
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  Speaker 2: including dental visits and dental visits. As you said, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's one of the things that often isn't covered by
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  Speaker 2: normal health insurance. And because health insurance has gotten expensive,
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  Speaker 2: people have to are starting to make choices. And some
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  Speaker 2: of the choices they're making is they are not seeing
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  Speaker 2: the dentist. And that, you know, not only does that
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  Speaker 2: lead to obvios really health problems and dental problems, but
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  Speaker 2: the self confidence and your ability to connect with people
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  Speaker 2: is terrible.
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  Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with Camille Bessett coming
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  Speaker 1: up next. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation please look them up.
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  Speaker 1: It's One Nation Overcharged. We are back with Camille be set.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: One of the things I think that one of the
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  Speaker 1: hardest questions that many of us have to face is
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  Speaker 1: every year around November, it's those dang deductibles. Oh well,
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  Speaker 1: this is your insurance, but which one are you going
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  Speaker 1: to go with? I picked the cheapest one, please, and
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  Speaker 1: then I pay for it for the next three hundred
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  Speaker 1: sixty five days, right exactly.
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  Speaker 2: So those are the kinds of choices people are making.
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  Speaker 2: They will pick a cheaper plan because that's what they're
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  Speaker 2: hoping to afford, but in the end they're going to
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  Speaker 2: end up paying a lot more out of pocket. That's
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  Speaker 2: our affordability crisis. And that's why we're launching the One
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  Speaker 2: Nation Overcharge because we want people to talk about that,
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  Speaker 2: to talk about how unaffordable healthcare is, and to share
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  Speaker 2: their stories and to say that you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, enough is enough. So are you working with American
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  Speaker 1: businesses such as the Krogers of the world and the
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  Speaker 1: publics and things that have these pharmacies inside their stores,
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  Speaker 1: like say, hey, look, you're already overcharging them for food.
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  Speaker 1: Quit doing it at the dang drug store.
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  Speaker 2: Well you know, the overcharging is happening everywhere, so everywhere.
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  Speaker 2: So what we are saying is that no one should
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  Speaker 2: be denied needed care or be driven into debt based
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  Speaker 2: on their income, race, or where they live. And what
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  Speaker 2: we're doing is we're trying to draw attention to the
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  Speaker 2: significant challenges that people are facing affording healthcare.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's so interesting that we're having this conversation
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  Speaker 1: today because not even thirty five forty minutes ago, my
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  Speaker 1: wife wrote to me and said that somebody very close
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  Speaker 1: to her had worked they had to take her to
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  Speaker 1: the hospital and all of a sudden, she says, she
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  Speaker 1: got out of the ambulance and right, And I don't
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  Speaker 1: have an answer as to why, but in my heart,
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  Speaker 1: I thought, did that ambulance driver check her insurance? And
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  Speaker 1: if she had no insurance, did they take did they
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  Speaker 1: tell her to get out? Is that what we're facing
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  Speaker 1: in the future, Well, we are.
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  Speaker 2: Facing increased costs. If we don't do anything this correct,
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  Speaker 2: costs are just going to keep going up. And what
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  Speaker 2: that means is more and more Americans we're not going
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  Speaker 2: to have health care and going to the emergency room,
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  Speaker 2: either in your own car or an ambulances it's going
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  Speaker 2: to become a really common experience. That's why people need
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  Speaker 2: to speak up.
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  Speaker 1: See, and I'm at that age where I'm getting all
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  Speaker 1: of those emails, Oh, you know Medicare, medicare and Medicare medicare,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm going I don't want to use Medicare. But
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  Speaker 1: at the age of sixty four, these companies are saying,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to cut your butt off. You're not going
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  Speaker 1: to work here anymore. You're too old. You're too old,
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  Speaker 1: You're too old. I want to talk with the people,
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  Speaker 1: the aging people right now in the way of how
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  Speaker 1: can we do this because we life is not over
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  Speaker 1: at sixty four or even eighty four, right.
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  Speaker 2: And what we're you know, as a result of the
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  Speaker 2: One Big Beautiful Bill is people who are over sixty
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  Speaker 2: five who lost Most of those are the people who
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  Speaker 2: lost their subsidies and for whom help Your costs have
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  Speaker 2: really accelerated.
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  Speaker 1: So what can we do with Robert Wood Johnson and
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  Speaker 1: the Foundation? I mean, how can we learn more about this?
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  Speaker 1: Because ten minutes with you is not going to be enough.
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  Speaker 1: But I want people to go and do the dang
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  Speaker 1: research like they're doing. I just want them to activate.
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  Speaker 2: It, right no, I hear you, and thanks Haerro for that.
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  Speaker 2: We need people to speak up. We need people to
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  Speaker 2: look find us on one Nation that Overcharged hoard. People
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  Speaker 2: can join the movement, they can speak up, they can
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  Speaker 2: share their stories, they can find them for an event,
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  Speaker 2: and they can be part of a powerful, people powered campaign.
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  Speaker 1: We got to get it on there. Yeah, we have to.
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  Speaker 1: We have to start talking about it. We have an
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  Speaker 1: election that's coming up in two months. And the thing
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  Speaker 1: about it is nobody's talking about this, but you are,
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  Speaker 1: so you've got We're depending on you to be that
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  Speaker 1: one that at least gets that started. You know that
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  Speaker 1: conversation started. We need you to be the influencer here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and we need folks to join us because the
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  Speaker 2: average person is also very powerful when they join One Nation.
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  Speaker 1: Overcharged Camille, I gotta be honest with you. I work
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  Speaker 1: at a grocery store and one of the things that
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  Speaker 1: kills me deep inside my heart, I know they don't
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  Speaker 1: have insurance. And I know that's why God planted me
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  Speaker 1: there was to be with real people doing real things
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  Speaker 1: that go on in life. And the thing is is
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  Speaker 1: that how can we get the word to them saying
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  Speaker 1: I need to tell you about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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  Speaker 1: You need to learn about this. I know where you
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  Speaker 1: are in life, but Robert Wood Johnson is has got
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  Speaker 1: something here that can help you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So I'm so glad that you are working with
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  Speaker 2: folks in the grocery store. That's such a great way
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  Speaker 2: to meet people and to really get them hooked. We
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  Speaker 2: want them to join one Nation overcharged dot org, join
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  Speaker 2: the movement, share their story, and plan an event in
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  Speaker 2: their community.
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  Speaker 1: You got to come back to this show more than once.
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  Speaker 1: We can't do this just one time a year and
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  Speaker 1: then expect life to be happily ever after. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: work that way. So I mean, how can we get
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  Speaker 1: you guys more involved in what we do on this
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  Speaker 1: level as well?
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  Speaker 2: Well? We would love to join you and come back
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  Speaker 2: and talk about the campaign and how it's going and
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  Speaker 2: profile some of the stories that we're hearing.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. Well man, we got to set that
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  Speaker 1: up because I mean, you're on the right track at
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  Speaker 1: the right time, and I can't wait to share a
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  Speaker 1: conversation with you again.
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  Speaker 2: Well same here erro Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: Will you be brilliant today? Okay, all right, and you too,