Bernie Sanders laughs at president saying that ‘nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated’ – SFGate

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Bernie Sanders laughs at president saying that 'nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated'

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., burst into laughter during an interview when asked about President Donald Trump's recent claim that "nobody knew that health care could be so complicated."

Trump made the comment in a White House meeting with dozens of governors Monday. While discussing his promise to completely overhaul the Affordable Care Act, the president told the governors, "It's an unbelievably complex subject. Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated."

In an interview with CNN Monday night, Sen. Sanders did not hide the fact that he strongly disagrees.

When asked about the comment, Sanders started laughing before saying, "Some of us who were sitting on the health education committee who went to meeting, after meeting, after meeting, who heard from dozens of people, who stayed up night after night trying to figure out this thing yeah, we got a clue. When you provide healthcare in a nation of 320 million people, yeah it is very complicated."

Sanders went on to say he is "stunned every day" by Donald Trump's presidency.

Sen. Sanders told Anderson Cooper, "I mean this is the president of the United States. We have been debating healthcare in this country for 30 years. And he says, 'Gee, who knew how complicated it was?' He is maybe the only person in this country who doesn't know how complicated it is to provide healthcare for the American people."

Watch the interview in the video below:

Sen. Bernie Sanders has long been an advocate of universal healthcare and campaigned on expanding the Affordable Care Act during his run for president. Sanders told CNN he is willing to work with Republicans to improve the healthcare law, but will not help repeal it.

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