The Eye-Popping Cost of Medicare for All

According to new figures: more than the federal government will spend over the coming decade on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid combined.

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s refusal to answer repeated questions at last night’s debate about how she would fund Medicare for All underscores the challenge she faces finding a politically acceptable means to meet the idea’s huge price tag—a challenge that only intensified today with the release of an eye-popping new study.

The Urban Institute, a center-left think tank highly respected among Democrats, is projecting that a plan similar to...