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Elizabeth Warren's excellent opening gambit on Medicare for All
Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, which he co-founded. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own; view more opinion at CNN.
(CNN)Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have set themselves apart from the Democratic presidential field in explicitly advocating Medicare for All proposals. Under their plans, an expanded Medicare system would fully cover everyone in the country. There would be no co-pays, deductibles and premiums — and no private insurance.
Warren has repeatedly been asked how she would pay for this plan. She had resisted saying that she would raise taxes and insisted that costs for the middle-class would go down. On Friday she outlined how this can be done.
...we should realize this is an opening gambit, not a finished product. The final version of the Affordable Care Act was 2,300 pages when it went to a vote. It is unlikely that a Medicare for All bill will be any shorter.
Warren's proposal is not the final word. But it is an excellent first draft that provides a basis for future debate.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/01/opinions/elizabeth-warren-medicare-for-all-proposal-baker/index.html
Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, which he co-founded. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own; view more opinion at CNN.
(CNN)Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have set themselves apart from the Democratic presidential field in explicitly advocating Medicare for All proposals. Under their plans, an expanded Medicare system would fully cover everyone in the country. There would be no co-pays, deductibles and premiums — and no private insurance.
Warren has repeatedly been asked how she would pay for this plan. She had resisted saying that she would raise taxes and insisted that costs for the middle-class would go down. On Friday she outlined how this can be done.
...we should realize this is an opening gambit, not a finished product. The final version of the Affordable Care Act was 2,300 pages when it went to a vote. It is unlikely that a Medicare for All bill will be any shorter.
Warren's proposal is not the final word. But it is an excellent first draft that provides a basis for future debate.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/01/opinions/elizabeth-warren-medicare-for-all-proposal-baker/index.html
