After Hillary Clinton pointed out tonight that economists say Bernie’s health care plan doesn’t add up, Bernie pushed back saying “I don’t know what economist Secretary Clinton is talking to.”
Hillary is right. Here are a few economists who have criticized Bernie’s plan:
New York Times’s Paul Krugman on health care: “Bernie Sanders is wrong about this and Hillary Clinton is right.” [New York Times, 1/18/16]
Leading health economist: Despite Bernie Sanders’s simple promise of savings, most employer-based health insurance policies currently have more comprehensive coverage than traditional Medicare. [Politifact, 1/13/16]
New York’s Jonathan Chait: “Sanders has promised to replace Obamacare with a single-payer plan, without having any remotely plausible prospects for doing so.” [New York, 1/18/16]
Vox’s Ezra Klein: Because Bernie Sanders is proposing a “huge, disruptive reform,” he needs to provide answers to central questions about how it would work, and to show that he’s aware of the difficulties of a single-payer system. [Vox,1/17/16]