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Physicians for a National Health Program @PNHP ( Medicare for All )
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Warren 2020!!!!!!!!!!!

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Physicians for a National Health Program @PNHP ( Medicare for All ) (Original Post)
BeckyDem
Oct 2019
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TidalWave46
(2,061 posts)1. There are no losers and it's unreasonable for no one. NT

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(161,712 posts)2. A dose of reality for Medicare-for-all
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Now we have two more data points. The quite credible think tank, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, comes up with some options assuming a cost of $30 trillion over the next decade (a midway point in the range of estimates):
But you say, none of that is remotely feasible politically and would have all sorts of negative economic consequences.
Warren actually has an even harder task since CFRB does not exempt the middle class. Therefore, Warren cannot use a 32 percent payroll tax, a 25 percent income surtax, a 42 percent value-added tax, or a public premium averaging $7,500 per capita if they are going to hit the middle class to such an extent that it wipes out savings from removing insurance premiums, co-pays, deductibles, etc. This is the equivalent of trying to balance on elephant on the head of a pin.
We estimate the cost could be covered with a 32 percent payroll tax, a 25 percent income surtax, a 42 percent value-added tax, or a public premium averaging $7,500 per capita or more than $12,000 per individual who wouldnt otherwise be enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP. Medicare for All could also be paid for by more than doubling individual and corporate income tax rates, reducing federal spending by 80 percent, or increasing the national debt by 108 percent of GDP. Tax increases on high earners, corporations, and the financial sector by themselves could not cover much more than one-third of the cost of Medicare for All.
But you say, none of that is remotely feasible politically and would have all sorts of negative economic consequences.
Warren actually has an even harder task since CFRB does not exempt the middle class. Therefore, Warren cannot use a 32 percent payroll tax, a 25 percent income surtax, a 42 percent value-added tax, or a public premium averaging $7,500 per capita if they are going to hit the middle class to such an extent that it wipes out savings from removing insurance premiums, co-pays, deductibles, etc. This is the equivalent of trying to balance on elephant on the head of a pin.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)3. A Trump electing idea?
Please post that garbage elsewhere please.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden