Larry Elder argues that the Washington Post Editorial Board has repeatedly exposed Medicare for All promises by Democrats, including Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, as flat-out lies. He cites Post editorials on Britain's National Health Service, where 6.24 million patients were waiting for treatment in England as of October, and on California, where single-payer was estimated to cost $494 billion to $552 billion a year, compared with a proposed state budget of $349.4 billion. The column notes that roughly three-quarters of Medicare for All supporters believe billionaires could pay for it, but only 40% knew it would require raising taxes on most taxpayers. Elder says politicians make similar claims about green energy, expanded Social Security, free college and government-run childcare.
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