How much will Bernie Sanders’s presidency cost? He doesn’t know

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Bernie Sanders doesn’t have specific costs for his expansive proposals, but his supporters don’t seem to care.

He was grilled on the intimidating costs of “Medicare for All” during Tuesday’s Democratic primary debate, and once again, Sanders avoided directly answering the question. Instead, he claimed that though general costs would go up, other subsidiary expenses that insurers currently charge would disappear under a single-payer system.

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