ANALYSIS: Bernie's Single Payer Healthcare Proposal

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7. Funding

I think that the Plan and the Funding were split into two parts because it is makes the Bills easier to pass politically. There are two separate Issues: Do we need a Plan/Universal Health Care? and How do we fund it? As two separate questions, it may be more expedient to debate them separately.

Some may agree on the first question, yet differ on the second. Once we all agree that we need and want a Plan (the first Part), we can then work on the Funding mechanism(the second Part). Mixing the two questions muddies the issue, whereas separating them brings more clarity, IMO. If we put the Funding in the first part, disagreements about Funding might block the Bill.

So, first we must agree that we want Medicare for All, and once we have determined that, then we can debate how to fund it. They are two separate questions. Separating the two issues makes the overall Plan more likely to Pass, I think. So, separating the two is a Legislative Strategy to facilitate passing the overall Plan. I think that it is a smart strategy.