The former vice president was asked by MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell about the Vermont senator's proposals for universal health care.
Former Vice President Joe Biden says he is worried that"Medicare for All," a key policy of his Democratic rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, will hit the pockets of the middle and working classes.
Biden was citing one estimate of the cost to the government over the next 10 years. Sanders has put the cost at closer to $30 trillion, a figure he has repeated on his campaign trail.detailing how he would pay for his ambitious plans during a CNN-hosted town hall in Charleston, South Carolina. He also says his plans can be paid for by a number of measures, including raising the top marginal income tax rate to 52 percent on income over $10 million, charging employers a 7.5 percent income-based premium, and increasing corporate tax rate.But Biden told MSNBC he was concerned that middle class and working class voters would be hit hard.
"My opposition isn't to the principal that there should be Medicare, healthcare should be a right in America, my opposition relates to whether or not, A—it's doable, two, what the cost is and what the consequences for the rest of the budget are?
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