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'Conversation with the Candidate' with Seth Moulton: Online exclusive Updated: 7:30 PM EDT Apr 25, 2019 Hide Transcript Show Transcript >> CONVERSATION WITH THE CANDIDATE CONTINUES. ADAM: WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CLIFFHANGER AT THE END OF THE TV PORTION. CONGRESSMAN SETH MOULTON HAD JUST UNDERGONE SURGERY AS A VETERAN AND DESCRIBED WHAT IT WAS LIKE AFTER BEING PRESCRIBED PILLS BY THE V.A.. REP. MOULTON: SO I HAD THE PILLS, I TOOK ONE OF THEM AND IT DIDN’T SEEM TO HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE. I TOOK A SECOND. I LOOKED AT THE BOTTLE, AND ALTHOUGH I REALIZE THEY PRESCRIBED ME A POWERFUL PAINKILLER, THEY SENT ME HOME WITH ANVIL. -- WITH ADVIL. BY NOW THEY REALIZED I WAS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND STILL COULD NOT SEND ME THE RIGHT MEDICINE. IF THAT IS THE TREATMENT AND MEMBER OF CONGRESS IS GETTING, THINK ABOUT TREATMENTS FOR OTHER VETERANS. WE HAVE TO FIX THE V.A.. HERE IS ANOTHER THING, I THINK I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE WHO GETS SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE BECAUSE I GO TO THE V.A.. THAT IS WHY I DON’T LIKE THE IDEA OF FORCING EVERYONE ONTO A SINGLE PLAN IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE. OTHER CANDIDATES ARE SAYING THAT IS WHAT THEY WOULD DO. I GET SINGLE PAYER, AND IT IS NOT PERFECT. WE HAVE TO FIX THE V.A., BUT WE SHOULD ALSO LEARN LESSONS FROM THE V.A. WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGNING A HEALTH-CARE PLAN THAT WILL GIVE EVERYONE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA. ADAM: SOME OF YOUR FELLOW MARINES HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES. REP. MOULTON: I WILL TELL A STORY THAT IS HARD TO TELL, BUT I HAVE MOST TWO MARINES FROM MY SECOND PLATOON SINCE WE HAVE BEEN BACK. THEY ARE BOTH HEROES. THE SECOND WAS A REAL HERO

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