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: the Mercatus Center estimated ~$3.26 trillion per year in new federal spending, the Urban Institute ~$3.4 trillion, and CBO projected $1.5–$3.0 trillion in additional federal subsidies annually under single-payer options — all credible institutional estimates that land in the trillions. But the claim that Americans would pay 'through higher income taxes' is an incomplete and somewhat misleading description of the financing: Sanders' own financing p…
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