2020 Dems grapple with how to pay for ‘Medicare for All’
His rivals who also support Medicare for All, however, have offered relatively few firm details so far about how they'd pay for a new government-run, single-payer system beyond raising taxes on top earners. As the health care debate dominates the early days of the Democratic primary, some experts say candidates won't be able to duck the question for long.
"It's not just the rich" who would be hit with new cost burdens to help make single-payer health insurance a reality, said
Sanders himself has not thrown his weight behind a single strategy to pay for his plan, floating a list of options that include a 7.5% payroll tax on employers and higher taxes on the wealthy. But his list amounts to a more public explanation of how he would pay for Medicare for All than what other Democratic presidential candidates who also back his single-payer legislation have offered.
Her contention prompted criticism that she wasn't being realistic about what it would take to pay for Medicare for All.
A Harris aide later said she had suggested a tax on
Another Medicare for All supporter,
Gillibrand is a cosponsor of Sanders' legislation adding a small tax to financial transactions, while Harris is not.
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Meanwhile, Sanders argued during a high-profile Medicare for All speech this week that high private health insurance premiums, deductibles and copayments, all of which would be eliminated by his proposal, amount to "nothing less than taxes on the middle class."
Medicare for All opponents are also under pressure to explain how they'd pay for changes to the health insurance market. Former Vice President
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