A separate “white paper” proposed some ideas, like a 4 percent “premium” paid by families making more than $29,000 per year. Sanders has not shied away from telling voters they will have to pay higher taxes under a Medicare-for-all plan. “At the end of the day, the overwhelming majority of people will save money on their health-care bills,” Sanders said at last week’s debate in Ohio. And for virtually everybody, the tax increase they pay will be substantially less than what they were paying for premiums and out-of-pocket expansions.”Warren supports the Medicare-for-all bill unveiled by Sanders. But so far, she’s refused to say taxes will go up for middle-class families, even when asked directly.

Source: Washington Post October 20, 2019 22:03 UTC