Arvin Ash

Medicare For All explained: Real Costs, Pros, Cons: Definitive answers (2018x41)

Udgivelsesdato: Nov 23, 2018

Medicare for all explained. Medicare for all cost? Single payer. Medical costs in the United States are the highest in the world. Yet, not everyone in the United States is participating. We have 27 million people, nearly one tenth of our population that has NO medical insurance, and thus get very little professional medical care. What is even more disheartening is that for all the money we spend in the USA, we do not have better results. Our life expectancy is lower compared to almost all other advanced countries. But we spend more money per person than anybody else. Most advanced countries seem to have figured out a way to provide healthcare to nearly all their citizens at much lower cost. And most are using a single payer health system. But just because it works for other countries, does it mean that it would work for us too? I dissect this and answer this complex problem in the video above. next 5 minutes. Let’s be clear, single-payer healthcare does not mean that it is “free” healthcare, and it is not “socialized medicine” where the federal government owns all medical facilities and employs health care providers. This is not under discussion for the United States in any credible proposal. The most detailed plan that has been introduced is the plan developed by a team led by Senator Bernie Sanders. It would be a national health care plan that covers everybody, whether you are employed or unemployed, rich or poor, sick or healthy, black or white, one year old or 101 years old, and it would not matter if you had pre-existing conditions because absolutely every citizen would be covered. There would be little to no out-of-pocket costs for medical services by Americans. This plan would eliminate nearly all private insurers, but private plans by insurers would still be offered for people who wanted more coverage. This would mean that Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, employer sponsored plans would be eliminated. Your medical costs would be co