Dem asks, 'Why do we even need the insurance companies?'

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), hoping to force the GOP to put up or shut up on health reform, introduced an amendment Thursday night that would have repealed medicare, thereby forcing Republicans to show their support for the largest form of government-run healthcare in the U.S. Speaking to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Thursday broadcast, he took his point even further and wondered aloud why America even needs health insurance companies. "What we've learned is that government-administered healthcare works pretty darn well," he told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Thursday. "It's got low overhead and people like it. So, when my colleagues pound the drum and pound the podium about how they hate government-run healthcare, I guess they haven't looked at what they get." The congressman added that he believes medicare works so well and is so simple that America does not need the health insurance companies at all.