I listened to it again. Carson absolutely said $5000 dollars a year.
He took the figure of current MediCare spending and divided it by the number of recipients. He then quoted the $5000 figure, "for every man, woman, and child".
Then Carson is changing his tune then. Politico was quoting him at $2000 last week and now you're saying he's upped it to $5000. If it's the later then where will the $1.5 trillion to pay for it come from? And does he really think the elderly can replace Medicare coverage for $5000 a year?