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.”

Trump indicates support for Christian-backed plan to help Canadian Jews escape antisemitism

Massive AI boom puts one of America’s oldest manufacturers on path to double in size, CEO says

Record High Americans Smoke Marijuana While Record Low Smoke Cigarettes

When DEI Becomes DIE: The Tragic Case Of Jason Arday

Huckleberry Finn And the New York Times’ Censor’s Logic

Hegseth Responds to Rumored 2028 Presidential Run

Colorado city leader dies after collapsing on mountain hike: ‘Loss for our city’

Death toll rises to 38 after Russian strike on Ukrainian warehouse

Republicans tighten screws on Sherrill as noncitizen voter probe enters new phase

Dem Senate hopeful pivots on data centers as rising power costs collide with campaign

Study Links Gender Ideology And Support For Political Violence

Social media influencer pleads guilty after prank videos at Arizona Chipotle, other businesses

Turns Out AI Wrote Billionaire’s Widely-Cited Anti-Scott Bessent Op-Ed

Silicon Valley exec ignites firestorm after accusing JD Vance of bringing DEI back

West Virginia looks to AI data center boom to help eliminate state income tax

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.