We knew Jon Tester had become a creature of Washington, but now he wants the government to control Montana families’ health care!
“Sen Jon. Tester (D-Mont.) on Wednesday said Congress should perhaps take a ‘solid look’ at a single-payer health care system. Tester’s comments during a bipartisan hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee come at a time when more Democrats are getting on board with the idea of government-funded health care.” (The Hill, 9/6/2017) Video Clip HERE
BACKGROUND ON THE COST OF SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE
An Analysis From The Tax Policy Center Estimated Bernie Sanders’ Single-Payer Health Care Proposal Would Increase Federal Spending By $32 Trillion Over A Decade. (Gordon Mermin, Len Burman, and Frank Sammartino, “An Analysis Of Senator Bernie Sanders’s Tax And Transfer Proposals,” Tax Policy Center, 5/9/16)
To Pay For This Plan, Senator Sanders’ Plan Proposes A 6.2 Percent Increase On The Payroll Tax That Would “Ultimately Be Shifted Back Onto Employees” Thus Lowering Their Wages.” “Their employers, however, would pay a payroll tax of 6.2 percent on their earnings. This would ultimately be shifted back onto employees-including low-income employees-in the form of lower wages.” (John Holahan, “The Sanders Single-Payer HealthCare Plan,” The Urban Institute, 5/16)
The Plan Would Increase Taxes On Income Affecting Low-Income Individuals, Among Others. “The 2.2 percent income surtax on taxable income would also affect many low-income people, but upper-middle-income and high-income individuals would bear most of the brunt of financing this plan through large tax increases.” (John Holahan, “The Sanders Single-Payer HealthCare Plan,” The Urban Institute, 5/16)
The Sanders Plan Would Increase Income Taxes To More Than 50 Percent Of Earnings For Some Taxpayers, While Limiting Deductions. “The wealthy, meanwhile, would see their income tax rates raised and their deductions limited. Income above $250,000 would be taxed at rates starting at 37% and topping out at 52% for earnings above $10 million.” (Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, “Hours Before Debate, Sanders Releases Medicare-For-All Plan,” CNN, 1/17/16)