Forget “if you like your plan you can keep your plan”, this is “Government will provide whether you like it or not”
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and 106 other Democrats will launch a “Medicare for All†bill on Wednesday that will shift every American to government health insurance and eliminate private insurance — with no funding plan.
Politico reported Tuesday:
The bill, co-sponsored by 107 House Democrats, doesn’t include a price tag or specific proposals for financing the new system, which analysts estimate would cost tens of trillions of dollars over a decade.
The proposal calls for a two-year transformation of Medicare into a universal single-payer system, eliminating nearly all private health plans. It would also expand Medicare coverage to include prescription drugs, dental and vision services, and long-term care, without charging co-pays, premiums or deductibles — and would provide federal funding for abortions. It would also potentially pave a path for a future Democratic administration to extend coverage to undocumented immigrants.
A few states have tried similar proposals, with no success. Vermont, the home state of socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders — who is running on a “Medicare for All†platform for president again — abandoned a similar single-payer health care plan several years ago: “[W]hen you just see the price tag, it’s very shocking,†one expert told NPR.
Also, remember that the cost for California to do this was two to three times their annual budget for everything. How much would it cost for well over 325 million Americans? How would the federal government run something this big? Democrats will say “well, hey, look at Canada and the U.K., they’re able to do it!!!!” Yes, they do, and often not very well. And their populations are 37 million and 66 million, respectively. And they both allow private health insurance.
So, Dems can call it Medicare for All, but, it is plainly Government Run health insurance.
