Fact-check: “Medicare for all would cost trillions a year that Americans would pay through higher income taxes”
Verdict: Partly True (72% confidence)
The 'trillions a year' part is well-supported — CBO projected federal spending under single-payer options would be $1.5 to $3.0 trillion higher in 2030 alone, and multiple independent analyses (Mercatus, Urban Institute, CRFB) put the 10-year new federal cost at $25–35 trillion, which works out to roughly $2.5–$3.5 trillion per year. The 'higher income taxes' part is where the claim oversimplifies: every serious financing analysis, including Sanders's own proposals and the CRFB's modeling, reli…
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