divided democrats still are on issues like health care. each candidate hoping to stand out from the crowded field. front-runner joe biden started thursday night s debate with a new strategy. i know that the senator says that she s for brotherernie. well, i m for barrack. the former vice president took the two progressives head-on. my plan for health care costs a lot of money. it costs $740 billion. it doesn t cost $30 trillion. $3.4 trillion a year. how are we going to pay for it? how do we pay for it? we pay for it, thoese at the vey top, the richest individuals and the biggest corporations are going to pay more. and middle class families are going to pay less. every study done shows that medicare for all is the most cost effective approach to
thursday night s debate with a new strategy. i know that the senator says she is for bernie. i m for baracbarack. i think obamacare worked. reporter: the former vice president took the two progressives head-on, over the cost of medicare for all. my plan for health care costs a lot of money. it costs 7$740 billion. it doesn t cost $30 trillion. $3.4 trillion a year. how are we going to pay for it? how do we pay for it? we pay for it, those at the very top, the richest individuals and the biggest corporations are going to pay more. and middle-class families are going to pay less. every study done shows that medicare for all is the most cost-effective approach to providing health care to every man, woman and child in this country. i, who wrote the damn bill, if i may say so. reporter: biden, not relenting, jumping on the
i think that s very clear to many people that he is a socialist. he is a self-proclaimed socialist but you have to look at what everybody on that stage is proposing. in many respects they are socialists themselves and the banner that we flew was a little bit of trolling of the democrats debate which we like they do at the trump campaign from time to time but it was very true. if any of these people got their way they want to eliminate fossil fuels, they want to get rid of so many jobs that would take away in texas alone, 2 million jobs that these people got their way when it comes to energy. bill: on this whole topic about biden going after bernie sanders here s a part of that now from last night. 3.4 trillion a year it turns out it is twice what the entire federal budget is. it s going to cost you and your there will be at .doc the bull in your paycheck. you have defendant defend the fact that today not only do we have 87 million people uninsured and underinsured, you ve got t
wrote, and that senator warren backs is it doesn t trust the american people. i trust you to choose what makes the most sense for you. not my way or the highway. now, look, i think we do have to go far beyond tinkering with the aca. i propose medicare for all who want it. we take a version of medicare, we make it available for the american people, and if we re right, as progressives, that that public alternative is better, than the american people will figure that out for themselves. amid his criticism of senator sanders and warren s health care plan, former vice president joe biden zeroed in on the price tag of those proposals. my plan for health care costs a lot of money. it cots $740 billion. it doesn t cost $30 trillion. 3.4 trillion a year it turns out is twice what the entire federal budget is. that s before it exists now, without interest on the debt. how are we going to pay for it?
policy it is more of a politics scenario and so the challenge with everybody talking medicare for all is single-payer is they haven t shown how they will pay for it. $3.4 trillion is what most of the plans would cost, the current tax rate just to pay for it. shannon: bernie sanders is the only one who has been honest about raising taxes to cover it. some private insurance, the candidates who say they want to get rid of it and then don t need to end this. if you are talking medicare for all the current medicare system utilizes the private pay system. you would have to dismantle the current private pay system to implement medicare for all. the other thing to consider that hasn t been talked about, you have 3 million jobs currently tied into the system. if you eliminate it eliminate 3 million jobs overnight. shannon: people need to be aware