Warren’s ‘Medicare for All’ funding plan: 8 things to know

Becker's Healthcare November 1, 2019
Molly Gamble

Nearly a week after promising a funding plan for her “Medicare for All” policy, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., released a 9,000-word outline Nov. 1 that gives greater insight on what her plan will cost and how she proposes paying for it.

Eight key takeaways from the presidential candidate’s plan:

1. Ms. Warren said her approach to Medicare for All would cost the country just under $52 trillion over 10 years.

2. She said the policy would require “not one penny in middle-class tax increases.” Instead, she said Medicare for All would put $11 trillion back into Americans’ pockets through the elimination of premiums and virtual elimination of out-of-pocket costs.

3. Ms. Warren would fund $20.5 trillion in new federal...

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