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Elizabeth Warren's 'Medicare for All Calculator' Claims Everyone Saves

posted onNovember 3, 2019
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Article snippet: Warren released her $52 trillion Medicare for All proposal on Friday, which she says will not require a tax hike on middle class Americans, despite the fact it will harm workers in the form of suppressed wages, as Breitbart News reported. Warren actually goes a step further, proclaiming that her plan could save families thousands per year, which she “proves” via a “Medicare for All Calculator” designed to assist individuals and families to “find out what Elizabeth’s plan for Medicare for All will mean for you.” However, the calculator largely issues the same canned response no matter how the user answers the questions. The calculator asks, “Where do you get your health care right now?” and provides six options. Those are as follows: Four of the options – Medicaid, Medicare, VA/TRICARE, and I Don’t Have Health Care Right Now – do not require further information. Medicaid and Medicare’s answer states, “You’re already covered, and under Elizabeth’s Medicare for All plan, you’d get even better coverage at almost no cost to you.” “You’re already covered under VA/TRICARE, but you’d also have the option of enrolling in Medicare for All,” users who select VA/TRICARE are told. Those who indicate that they do not already possess coverage are told that they will get “practically free health care for you and anyone else who needs it.” The two remaining options require more information, asking the user “Roughly, how much do you spend each year on health care?” It appears, no ... Link to the full article to read more

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