Healthcare Finance News November 1, 2019
Of the Democratic presidential candidates, Senator Elizabeth Warren has been one of the more vocal proponents of a Medicare For All plan, which would achieve universal health coverage by expanding the federal program to encompass all Americans. But that has left questions as to how the government would pay for such a dramatic overhaul.
Today, Warren released her plan for funding Medicare For All, saying that taxes would not be raised for the middle class. This differentiates her plan from rival Senator Bernie Sanders’ Medicare For All plan, which Sanders acknowledged would be paid for partly through increases to middle class taxes.
Warren’s proposal, outlined on her campaign website, purports to lower medical costs by $11 trillion over 10 years,...
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