Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2019
How would Elizabeth Warren pay for her health policy?
7 November 2019 - Let us count the ways.
To her credit, Elizabeth Warren is the kind of politician who likes to show her maths. The Massachusetts senator has climbed near the summit of the Democratic presidential primary carrying amply footnoted and thoroughly costed plans on matters both prominent and obscure.
She has plans for a wealth tax on the rich, for universal child care and cancelling student debt, yes, but also plans to promote competition among farmers, improve the funding of Native American reservations and relieve Puerto Rico’s debt. Yet on health care, perhaps the most consequential policy area, Ms Warren was hazy for months.
