Under pressure to explain how she would pay for her proposal, in November Ms. Warren released a detailed accounting of where the estimated $20.5 trillion that her plan would cost over 10 years would come from. Her financing plan drew heavy fire as misguided and unrealistic, including from some of her Democratic competitors. Even among Democrats, Medicare for all polls worse than the less revolutionary alternatives of the sort being offered by Mr. Buttigieg and others, including Mr. Biden and Senator Amy Klobuchar. And even then, it would most likely be difficult — remember how hard it was to pass Obamacare even with Democrats controlling both chambers? With the Iowa caucuses less than a month away, Democrats need to move beyond the Medicare for all fixation.

Source: New York Times January 09, 2020 00:55 UTC