Originally Posted by
Julio3000
Right, I know that the Sanders plan, for example, includes both an employer- and an employee-side payroll tax. I’m just not sure about the assertion that it would amount to the same as current insurance premiums. Using those figures, roughly: a family of 4 with an income of 50K pays a 4% payroll tax. That’s less than $900 annually. Ok, let’s double it, because there’s definitely going to be a scramble to find the money. That’s still considerably less than the average cost of insurance for that family. Less than half, even.