Franken posted an hour-long discussion of health care with former Obama administration official Andy Slavitt to SoundCloud on Monday. The Democrat said that following the midterm elections, he thought he would start experimenting with ways to make his voice heard.

Franken said Democrats had paid a price in previous elections for the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as "Obamacare," but that the health care issue benefited Democrats in the most recent election because Republican efforts to repeal and replace the law helped many Americans understand what the law does. He said Democrats had done a bad job of explaining the ACA.