Seth Meyers fires back at an email from Paul Ryan complaining about his show
"Unlike Republicans and their healthcare bill, we actually read the whole email," Meyers said on Monday's "Late Night."
"This is great, because we genuinely appreciate the engagement and would love to have Speaker Ryan on the show," he continued. "Suffice to say, we don't agree with the email and we thought it'd be helpful if we took a second to respond to some of their claims point by point."
The host then discussed a few of his comments that Ryan's office took issue with, including the assessment that the bill was rushed, that it represents a huge tax break for the wealthy, and its allowance for states to waive protections for preexisting conditions. All of those have been reported in the media, and Meyers refuted the way Ryan's office saw things.
"The bottom line is this," Meyers said. "Republicans rushed this bill through for ideological reasons, despite the fact that every analysis showed that it would cut taxes for the wealthy, raise premiums for the older, sicker people, and take millions off insurance. If they really wanted to solve our healthcare problems, they could start by looking for examples from other countries."
Meyers then showed a clip of President Donald Trump telling Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a meeting last week, "You have better health care than we do."
Australia has universal single-payer health care, a version of which we have in the US in the form of Medicare, which Meyers said, "insures everyone for a fraction of the cost."
Watch Seth Meyers respond to Paul Ryan's email below:
More from Jethro Nededog:
- Seth Meyers fires back at an email from Paul Ryan complaining about his show
- 26 TV shows that were just canceled
- Here are all your favorite TV shows that are coming back for another season
- Pablo Schreiber says he had 2 requests of the 'American Gods' producers before he'd take the role
- 'Sense8' star Tina Desai says she's 'still adjusting' to the show's sexual themes