Michael Bennet in Jacobin Magazine

On Health Care: Single payer would lead to massive tax increase

[Some Democrats oppose single-payer plans]. Nancy Pelosi recently told frustrated town hall attendees that "if you want to move to single payer, what you should do is support state options," referring to state-level campaigns for single payer.

Democratic senator Michael Bennett told a local paper that single payer wasn't "the right approach to solving our health-care problems," partly due to the "massive tax increase" involved.

Source: Jacobin Magazine, "Single Payer," on 2020 Democratic primary Mar 29, 2017

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