The ideological schism between factions within the Democratic Party quickly emerged during the first minutes of the second Democratic debate, with the progressive firebrands on stage strongly defending their "Medicare-for-all" single-payer health care plans and the more centrist candidates casting their proposals as unrealistic and too extreme.
When the CNN moderators for the debate on Tuesday night in Detroit pressed the more progressive White House hopefuls on whether their health care proposals involve a tax hike for the middle class, most candidates skirted the question.
Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts - two high-profile progressives who frequently tout their strong and early support for Medicare-for-all - said their health care plans involve tax hikes, but for billionaires and large corporations.
The self-described democratic socialist stressed that his plan involves no deductibles and no co-pays, but that it is has been mischaracterized by Republicans and the private health care industry.
South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg did not explicitly say whether he supports a middle-class tax hike to partly pay for his health care plan, which he portrayed as a more incremental proposal that would eventually lead to the creation of a single-payer system.
Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke offered the only clear-cut answer to the moderator's question: "The answer is no. The middle class will not pay more in taxes in order to ensure that every American is guaranteed world-class health care."
The more moderate candidates - including Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan - singled out Sanders and Warren, denouncing their Medicare-for-all plans as anti-capitalist and too ambitious and saying their proposals would strip some of Americans of the health care provided by their employers.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-debates-2019-07-30-democrats-demur-on-whether-their-healthcare-plan-involves-middle-class-tax-hike/
When the CNN moderators for the debate on Tuesday night in Detroit pressed the more progressive White House hopefuls on whether their health care proposals involve a tax hike for the middle class, most candidates skirted the question.
Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts - two high-profile progressives who frequently tout their strong and early support for Medicare-for-all - said their health care plans involve tax hikes, but for billionaires and large corporations.
The self-described democratic socialist stressed that his plan involves no deductibles and no co-pays, but that it is has been mischaracterized by Republicans and the private health care industry.
South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg did not explicitly say whether he supports a middle-class tax hike to partly pay for his health care plan, which he portrayed as a more incremental proposal that would eventually lead to the creation of a single-payer system.
Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke offered the only clear-cut answer to the moderator's question: "The answer is no. The middle class will not pay more in taxes in order to ensure that every American is guaranteed world-class health care."
The more moderate candidates - including Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan - singled out Sanders and Warren, denouncing their Medicare-for-all plans as anti-capitalist and too ambitious and saying their proposals would strip some of Americans of the health care provided by their employers.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-debates-2019-07-30-democrats-demur-on-whether-their-healthcare-plan-involves-middle-class-tax-hike/
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