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‘Medicare for All’: Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg Clash at Debate | ‘Medicare for All’: Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg Clash at Debate |
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg directly criticized Senator Elizabeth Warren over health care at Tuesday night’s debate, saying that she had not been forthcoming about whether she would raise taxes on the middle class to help finance “Medicare for all.” | Mayor Pete Buttigieg directly criticized Senator Elizabeth Warren over health care at Tuesday night’s debate, saying that she had not been forthcoming about whether she would raise taxes on the middle class to help finance “Medicare for all.” |
Ms. Warren was asked if she would raise taxes on the middle class, and she responded by focusing on the costs that middle-class families would incur. “I will not sign a bill into law that does not lower costs for middle-class families,” she said. | Ms. Warren was asked if she would raise taxes on the middle class, and she responded by focusing on the costs that middle-class families would incur. “I will not sign a bill into law that does not lower costs for middle-class families,” she said. |
Mr. Buttigieg, who last month called Ms. Warren “extremely evasive” on the issue, criticized Ms. Warren for not directly answering the question. | Mr. Buttigieg, who last month called Ms. Warren “extremely evasive” on the issue, criticized Ms. Warren for not directly answering the question. |
“We heard it tonight,” Mr. Buttigieg said. “A yes-or-no question that didn’t get a yes-or-no answer. This is why people are so frustrated with Washington in general and Capitol Hill in particular.” | “We heard it tonight,” Mr. Buttigieg said. “A yes-or-no question that didn’t get a yes-or-no answer. This is why people are so frustrated with Washington in general and Capitol Hill in particular.” |
Ms. Warren has repeatedly faced questions about how she would pay for “Medicare for all,” which she supports. In particular, she has consistently declined to specify whether she would raise taxes on the middle class to help finance such a system. | Ms. Warren has repeatedly faced questions about how she would pay for “Medicare for all,” which she supports. In particular, she has consistently declined to specify whether she would raise taxes on the middle class to help finance such a system. |
Instead, Ms. Warren has tried to reframe the issue around the total costs that families would face under Medicare for all. In the past, she has said that costs would go up for “the very wealthy and big corporations,” but they would go down for families in the middle class. | Instead, Ms. Warren has tried to reframe the issue around the total costs that families would face under Medicare for all. In the past, she has said that costs would go up for “the very wealthy and big corporations,” but they would go down for families in the middle class. |
She has also said “I’m with Bernie” on Medicare for all, referring to her Democratic primary rival Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who has championed single-payer health care. | She has also said “I’m with Bernie” on Medicare for all, referring to her Democratic primary rival Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who has championed single-payer health care. |
But unlike Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders has provided a direct answer to the question of whether taxes on the middle class would rise. “Yes, they will pay more in taxes, but less in health care for what they get,” he said in the first series of primary debates, in June. | But unlike Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders has provided a direct answer to the question of whether taxes on the middle class would rise. “Yes, they will pay more in taxes, but less in health care for what they get,” he said in the first series of primary debates, in June. |