Elizabeth Warren constantly says that “costs” for those in high income brackets will go up, while “costs” for those in middle class income brackets will go down.
She uses a word “costs” which apparently was tested in focus groups, rather than “taxes”.
She refuses to talk about “taxes” needed to pay for her pie in the sky schemes.
Liz should focus test an obvious, totally-non-transparent dodge. I think she'd find it is universally disliked. Even her supporters cringe when she starts into to her dodge, not because they are uncomfortable about her lying, they're not, but they are uncomfortable with her lying in such an obvious fashion. Hell, even her allies in the MSM can't take it.
About 60% of all US medical care costs are now government paid.
Medicare Part B costs are somewhat over 60% federal government paid.
The main changes would be:
1. employers would pay the IRS instead of Aetna, Humana or a Blue Cross/Blue Shield
2. private employees would have their health care payroll deductions go to the IRS instead of to a health insurer via their employer
3. public employees would generally pay more
4. federal tax rates on higher income people would rise.
The main cost change would be a major and costly expansion of old age custodial nursing home care.
Public employees with Platinum Cadillac coverage at nearly no or absolutely no personal cost are the biggest opponents of “Medicare for All”.