Paid Family & Medical Leave – paid for by a payroll tax that would cost ~$1.61 a week for typical U.S. workers
Guarantee Healthcare as a Right – Save the average family ~$1200 per year by
- implementing a 6.2% income-based health care premium paid by employers
- a 2.2% income-based premium paid by households
- progressive income tax rates
- taxing capital gains and dividends the same as income from work
- limiting tax deductions for the rich
- adjusting the estate tax
- savings from health tax expenditures. [1]
References:
[1]: Bernie Sanders, “How Bernie Pays for His Proposals”: https://berniesanders.com/issues/how-bernie-pays-for-his-proposals/