The Democratic Debate Over Medicare For All And Middle Class Taxes, Explained
On the debate stage in Detroit, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders were at the center of a heated fight over Medicare for All. But the question here is about costs, not just taxes.
At the Democratic debate tonight, one particular aspect of Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All plan got special scrutiny.
After a back-and-forth over how to pay for the plan, CNN moderator Jake Tapper pointedly asked Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has sponsored Sanders' plan: "Would you raise taxes on the middle class to pay for Medicare for All — offset, obviously, by the elimination
