I love that the media keeps insisting on getting a sound bite from Elizabeth Warren admitting that taxes would have to go up to cover Medicare for all.
No, no, we know they’ll pay less overall, but we want to hear you say their taxes will go up so we have that sound bite for Trump ads in case you’re the nominee.
The problem Bernie has, is that there no good argument for why they should ban private healthcare.
The GOP has always had a reason for opposing the public option. Because it will likely result in the elimination of private insurance.
But you don’t need to ban private insurance to get there. Bernie’s answers on this are just bad, and wrong. Everyone on the stage is supporting a plan which will achieve every one of the goals that Bernie has stated regarding healthcare.
I’d assume it’ll give private insurance years (20?) to survive, and is probably better for a gradual decline, instead of losing a large number of jobs now.
As much as I love Warren, I’d prefer the market / people to choose the public option.