Elizabeth Warren Dodges Questions On Middle-Class Tax Hikes Under ‘Medicare for All’

Democratic presidential candidates tore into Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday after she dodged questions on whether middle-class Americans would have to pay more in taxes under her “Medicare for All” proposal.

“At least Bernie’s being honest here,” Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said at the fourth Democratic primary debate, referring to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ universal health care plan, which Warren said she supports. Sanders has acknowledged taxes would go up for the middle class under his proposal, and he did so again Tuesday.

Warren has promised that Medicare for All would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans and lower costs for middle-class families.

“Costs will go up for the wealthy, for corporations,” she said at the debate. “But for middle-class families, it will go down.”

Teen run over by a truck while sunbathing on the beach

Innocent hiker mistaken for fugitive dad accused of killing his three daughters

Quick-Thinking Florida Teen Fights Off Alligator with Her Bare Hands: ‘Credit to God’

Cartel drones pose ‘dangerous’ drug trafficking risk in border state, official warns

Here’s the money people in each state could pocket under Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ savings

Trump Says He Just Learned That Adam Schiff Engaged in ‘Very Serious Crimes’

Watch: UFC Star Gets on the Phone with Trump Immediately After Big Win

Attacks on first responders would be federal crime under bipartisan bill

UK smuggled in thousands of Afghans after 2022 data leak

GOP’s Mike Rogers raises $1.5 million in bid to flip Michigan Senate seat

Republican leading House Budget Committee looks ahead after passing Big Beautiful Bill

Yankees Star Aaron Judge Includes Subtle Biblical Message on His All-Star Game Gear

Senate GOP braces for test vote on Trump’s $9.4B clawback package

Florida teen fights off alligator that dragged her underwater

Video of suspected ‘honor killing’ plot resurfaces as parents stand trial for attempted murder

A moderator followed up: “You have not specified how you’re going to pay for the most expensive plan, Medicare for All. Will you raise taxes on the middle class to pay for it? Yes or no?”

Warren again avoided a direct answer to that question, prompting a sharp response from South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

“I don’t think the American people are wrong when they say what they want is a choice,” said Buttigieg, who has put forward a plan that retains private insurers, which he labels “Medicare for All who want it.”

Buttigieg added: “I don’t understand why you believe the only way to deliver coverage for everybody is to obliterate private plans.”

Klobuchar, too, noted that Sanders has been clear that middle-class taxes will go up under Medicare for All, though he maintains that overall costs will go down.