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Primary Care: Estimating Democratic Candidates’ Health Plans
Read moreSenator Bernie Sanders released a new set of proposals to offset the cost of his health care plan this week. Based on these new proposals, we have...
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Bernie Sanders's Plan for Universal Child Care and Pre-K Education
Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) today unveiled his plan to provide free universal child care and pre-kindergarten...
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ARCHIVE: Primary Care: Estimating Leading Democratic Candidates’ Health Plans
Read moreNote (2/26/2020): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here , which includes updated offsets...
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Have We Spent Trillions on Wars?
Read morePresidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) claimed at the presidential debate last week that the wars in the Middle East "have cost us...
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Bernie Sanders's Social Security Expansion Act
Read morePresidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed the Social Security Expansion Act , which would increase Social Security benefits...
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Would Medicare for All Require a Middle-Class Tax Hike?
Read moreWith several 2020 presidential candidates endorsing a move to single-payer health care ( Medicare for All ), there is an ongoing debate over whether...
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Adding Up Senator Sanders's Campaign Proposals So Far
Read moreUPDATED: Previous versions of this analysis were published on April 7 and May 9, 2016 . The analysis below, updated on May 19, incorporates the...
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Debt Will Rise Under the Next President
Read moreOur recent updates and analyses of the fiscal policies of Secretary Clinton , Senator Sanders , and Donald Trump show that debt would rise from today...
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CRFB Mentioned in Three Presidential Debates
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has been mentioned by name in three presidential debates over the past few months. This is a good sign...
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Sanders's Paid Family Leave Plan, Explained
Read moreDemocratic Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has a Family Values Agenda built upon current legislation that calls for mandatory...
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How Much Will Government Spend Under the Next President?
Read moreOne interesting metric of any budget plan is how much it would increase or reduce federal spending. According to our latest estimates, all candidates...
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Additional Offsets for Senator Sanders's Health Plan
Read moreThe Sanders campaign has listed additional offsets on their website to pay for the "Medicare-for-all" health plan – most significantly taxation of...