‘Medicare for All’ Gains Favor With Democrats Looking Ahead to 2020 - The New York Times

‘Medicare for All’ Gains Favor With Democrats Looking Ahead to 2020 - The New York Times: Democrats dream of expanding Medicare, but struggle to define the role of the popular private plans that now cover more than one-third of the 60 million Medicare beneficiaries.



Gets into the important issue of Medicare Advantage and whether there should be a role for the private insurance companies. Current political practice would support letting them do it. The best way is to take them out of it.

As Adam Green says in this article:

“No, absolutely not. Why would it? Medicare for all, in the end, means fundamental systemic change. People would no longer be at the mercy of for-profit insurers that make money by denying people care.”

Social Insurance and American Health Care: Principles and Paradoxes | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

Social Insurance and American Health Care: Principles and Paradoxes | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

25 Ways the Canadian Health Care System Is Better Than Obamacare

25 Ways the Canadian Health Care System Is Better Than Obamacare: Dear America:Costly complexity is baked into Obamacare. No health insurance system is without problems but Canadian-style single-payer— full Medicare for all— is simple, affordable, comprehensive and universal.In the early 1960s, President Lyndon Johnson enrolled 20 million elderly Americans into Medicare in six months. There were no websites. They did it with index cards!Below please find 25 ways the Canadian health care system is better than the chaotic U.S. system. | By Ralph Nader

Democratic Left Playing a Long Game to Get `Medicare for All' - Bloomberg

Democratic Left Playing a Long Game to Get `Medicare for All' - Bloomberg: A clamor to create “Medicare for All” has exploded on the left. Democratic presidential hopefuls are racing to co-sponsor legislation, rising stars in the party are embracing it, and national polls show Americans warming to the concept.
"In other words, Americans would pay higher taxes to finance universal coverage and save on premium  and out-of-pocket costs."

Why are these labor unions opposing Medicare for All? | Salon.com

Why are these labor unions opposing Medicare for All? | Salon.com: Unions against the New York Health Act have joined a new initiative called “Realities of Single Payer”