Elizabeth Warren’s plan to pay for Medicare for All, explained
Warren claims she can do it without raising middle-class taxes.
On Friday, Elizabeth Warren released her Medicare for All financing plan. After being attacked at the last Democratic debate for refusing to admit Medicare for All would require middle-class tax hikes, Warren wants to show that you can pay for the plan without them.
And you can. Maybe.
Warren’s financing plan has two parts. The first describes her approach to estimating the costs of Medicare for All. The second lays out the way she pays for the plan without, in...