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“Medicare for all” is a version of a single-payer healthcare system. Instead of having a private insurer pay for your healthcare, the government would be the only (single) entity paying for healthcare (hence the name single-payer). This doesn’t necessarily mean that there wouldn’t be private insurance — people can choose to get private insurance fo... See more
Angel Maredia • Healthcare, explained by someone who knows nothing about it
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
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America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
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An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
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Lack of competition and systemic inefficiencies in healthcare have led to higher costs. Of all the proposals on the table, a single-payer system (“Medicare for all”) would most completely address these issues, but it may politically be unviable and there will inevitably be a rocky transition period.
Angel Maredia • Healthcare, explained by someone who knows nothing about it
Medicare consistently provides high-quality care at a cost significantly lower than in the highly fragmented private insurance sector.
Martin Ford • Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
the government-run program for people aged sixty-five and over—is by far the most efficient portion of our health care system.