Democratic Primary Debate: on Health Care

Bernie Sanders: Taxes will go up with Medicare for All, most will pay less

Sen. Elizabeth WARREN: Costs will go up for the wealthy & for big corporations. For hardworking, middle class families, costs will go down. It is about what kinds of costs middle class families are going to face. So let me be clear on this. I will not sign a bill into law that does not lower costs for middle class families.

SANDERS: On the Medicare for All bill, premiums are gone, co-payments are gone, deductible All out of pocket expenses are gone. The overwhelming majority of people will save money on their healthcare bills. But I think it is appropriate to acknowledge that taxes will go up. They're going to go up significantly for the wealthy and for virtually everybody, the tax increase they pay will be substantially less, substantially less than what they were paying for premiums and out of pocket expenses.

Elizabeth Warren: Health care bill must reduce costs for middle class families

WARREN: Costs will go up for the wealthy & for big corporations. For hardworking, middle class families, costs will go down. It is about what kinds of costs middle class families are going to face. So let me be clear on this. Costs will go up for the wealthy, they will go up for big corporations and for middle class families, they will go down. I will not sign a bill into law that does not lower costs for middle class families/

Pete Buttigieg: Forced Medicare for All would divide the country