Screenshot of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's Oct. 9, 2016 appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press".



(CNSNews.com) – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) confessed Sunday on Meet the Press that “I wanted single payer” after host Chuck Todd pressed her to acknowledge that there are problems with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.

Pelosi made the remark after Todd asked her to acknowledge the fact that middle class Americans and small businesses are “really struggling” with rising premiums under ACA.

“I wanted single payer-- I mean, I'd love a single payer, but we’re not there. I wanted a public option, which would address that,” Pelosi responded, adding that Democrats want to improve the health care law, while Republicans want to repeal it.

She also argued that former President Bill Clinton’s recent comment calling Obamacare “the craziest thing in the world” was not damaging to Democrats because “20 million more people have access to affordable, quality healthcare.”

Here’s a transcript of the exchange: