2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting

Published: May 8, 2017, 12:30 p.m.

Charlie Munger says that single-payer healthcare is the answer to fix the nation’s healthcare system woes. A longstanding Republican, the Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman acknowledges it is an unusual position for someone from his party to espouse.“I’m not a normal Republican,” he said, noting that there’s “a lot wrong” with the system.“Having a basic level of care for everybody with no insurance aspect as a right I think is a good idea” Munger said.. “The bad part is the Rube Goldberg system that arose by accident. There’s massive amounts of excess cost. There’s huge amounts of extending death so people can make more money, which is disgusting. There’s a lot wrong with system. Yahoo