Health Care Plan Promised to be Included in Sanders’ Tax Proposal is Omitted, Leaving Trillion Dollar Question
TODAY:
Bernie Sanders rolled out his campaign’s official tax proposal, but he left out how he’d pay for his proposed health care plan – despite promising just last night on CNN that this tax plan would include the pay-for to fund his proposed shift to a single payer health system.
Sanders’ campaign continued to brush off the omission, saying this healthcare pay-for is “not necessarily” releasing “before the caucuses.”
BUT LAST NIGHT…
Dana Bash: “You told me a couple of weeks ago that you are going to release your tax plan on this issue. This part of your tax plan before people go to the caucuses in Iowa. That’s less than three weeks away is that still coming?”
Sanders: “Absolutely. If I said we’re going to do it, that’s what we’re going to do.”
In December, the Sanders campaign said that they were developing a Medicare-for-all plan that would not increase taxes on employees.
In October, when asked about the details of his health care plan, Sanders said they “haven’t finished the proposal yet.”
In September, Sanders planned to introduce legislation to provide a “Medicare-for-all, single-payer system.”
In July, Sanders announced that he will introduce Medicare-for-all legislation, and said that he would introduce it “in the very near future.”
BOTTOM LINE: Sanders’ healthcare plan is estimated to cost trillions and would likely require tax increases on working families – we’re not surprised the plan’s pay-for is missing.