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November 20, 2018
Congresswoman-elect Jennifer Wexton (D., Va.) told CNN on Monday that she doesn’t think the country is “ready” for single-payer health care and that she doesn’t think it could be implemented without raising taxes.
“Let’s talk about Medicare for all,” host Poppy Harlow said Monday morning. “You have said that you’re not sure the country is ready for a Medicare for all system and the question you keep asking yourself is ‘how are we going to pay for it?’ Are you concerned that your fellow incoming Democrats, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or others who support it do not have a good enough answer for how you will pay for it without raising taxes?”
“Well, that’s the question,” Wexton responded. “It would be an expensive proposition. I don’t think the country’s ready for it. I don’t think our system is prepared for that kind of an influx at this time.”
“You don’t think it can be paid for without raising taxes?” Harlow asked.
“At this time, I don’t see a way to do it,” the Virginia Democrat said.
This article was posted: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 8:32 am
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