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Just because Republicans don't want to talk about health care with the president doesn't

mean they don't want to talk about it.

When John Oliver visited the RNC winter meeting in Hawaii, he found plenty of people eager

to chat.

He filed this report.

Hawaii, not only is it an island paradise, it's also been held up as a model for health care reform. Here, government mandates that businesses give health insurance to any employee working over 20 hours a week,

resulting in near universal coverage, which made it the perfect place for the Republican National

Committee to hold their annual meeting and deliver one key message.

Healthcare reform isn't really a reform, it's a boondoggle.

It would be one more step towards socialism.

Do you think the American people should be thanking the Republican Party for destroying the

health care bill? Absolutely. They should be thanking the Republican Party for destroying the health care bill?

Absolutely. They should be thanking those that have stood up for the American people to stop this.

But for some reason, Hawaiians didn't understand how bad their own system was.

Health care is awesome, you know, especially with my baby. I'm in between jobs right now,

and that they're taking on my health care free of charge

till I get back on my feet and that's awesome.

Hawaii has awesome healthcare, right?

You have health insurance.

This guy has health insurance.

The guy with a skateboard and without functioning shoelaces.

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