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Elizabeth Warren has declined to acknowledge that middle-class taxes would need to go up to pay for a single-payer health care system. How would Democratic voters feel if she did?

And what it might actually mean for your health and your budget.

We found billions of dollars to pay for universal health care.

And happy birthday to “The Argument”!

Also: Some of the best debate analysis from around the web.

Ms. Klobuchar pressed Ms. Warren over how she would pay for a “Medicare for All” plan.

It’s similar to how we got to Medicare in the first place: the failure of private insurance.

A deep-blue state’s failure to enact a single-payer system shows why a national version is unlikely to succeed.

Readers discuss private insurance, price transparency and regulations affecting doctors.

Every fall, the 60 million Americans who use the health plan can compare options and save money. Here’s what to consider.

Every fall, the 60 million Americans who use the health plan can compare options and save money. Here’s what to consider.

The president is on his way to Florida, where he is expected to unveil an executive order to expand the private-sector version of Medicare.

A period of Medicare innovation has resulted in more ‘singles than home runs.’

Democratic presidential candidates are flocking to California to meet Mr. Barkan, who is dying of A.L.S. But the sicker he gets, the more famous he becomes.

In the United States, racial health disparities have been as foundational as democracy itself.

Readers discuss the Democrats’ “circular firing squad,” Medicare for All, open borders, record players and assault weapons.

Long-term care hospitals tend to the sickest of patients, often near the end of their lives. Many will never return home.

And how can the debates be better?

Julián Castro accused the former vice president of contradicting himself on whether people would need to opt into his Medicare plan, though it did not appear he had.

The elderly have also suffered from extreme inequality.