Article snippet: It was a big day on Congressional Budget Office, experts have estimated the proposal could cost the government approximately $3 trillion a year. "While depending on your income your taxes may go up to pay for this publicly funded program that expense will be more than offset by the money you are elimination of private insurance costs,” Sanders continued during his fiery speech on Capitol Hill Wednesday. He said U.S. health care is in a "crisis" and that special interest groups have contributed to rising costs. "The crisis is a political crisis that speaks to the incredible power of the Elizabeth Warren described the proposal as a plan to build on the Affordable Care Act, though the bill would in fact take a very different approach. Instead of the government subsidizing private insurance, Sanders' bill would create a government-run insurance program. "Barack Obama, who helped build the game changer that gave millions of Americans, who didn't have health care coverage, new health care coverage. We are here today to take another step. We will not back down in our protection of the Affordable Care Act. We will defend it at every turn. But we will go further. And we will say that in this country everyone, everyone gets a right to basic health care," she said. Dr. Danielle Martin, a Canadian physician, discussed the benefits of universal coverage at the event on Capitol Hill. "My generation of Canadians does not remember what it was like to worry about paying... Link to the full article to read more