The Unforced Error of Medicare for All; Democrats would be wise to seek reform, not revolution

The Wall Street Journal ^ | March 8, 2019, p. A15 | Vin Gupta (prof - global health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation)

[Steve Schulin]

Recent polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that although voters like the concept of Medicare for All, net favorability falls by almost 50 points when they are presented with hard truths such as the higher taxes, less provider choice, and increased wait times that will inevitably result

[Steve Schulin]

All else being equal, who wouldn't want free stuff? In this case, the loss of our liberty would be much worse effect than the significant economic costs and health quality declines mentioned in this excerpt.

[nascarnation]

The root of this problem was when medical “insurance” became part of employment in WW2 due to wage controls imposed by the feds.

[CatOwner]

Democrats always shoot for the moon, then accept a step in that direction. Republicans always shoot themselves in the foot, then shoot the other foot because they don’t want to play favorites.

[Jim Robinson]

If you think it’s expensive now, just wait until it’s ‘free.’

[plain talk]

The left keeps bringing up ROI. The return on “investment” is negative. There is no positive ROI. There is just the staggering cost of $32T over 10 years or so.

[eyeamok]

Maybe President Trump should just sign an Executive Order Mandating ALL Members of Congress and All Members of the Judiciary use the Veterans Administration as their Primary Health Care Provider, then they can tell us all how great it is NEXT YEAR!!

[Lisbon1940]

You can get a Medicare Advantage plan. It isn’t exactly free. Straight Mediacare is not good for seeing specialists.

[The Antiyuppie]

“The root of this problem was when medical “insurance” became part of employment in WW2 due to wage controls imposed by the feds.”

...which, ironically, was first championed by...Kaiser, who built lots of military equipment during the war.

Henry Kaiser was an interesting guy.

[Sergio]

Proposed Amendment to the Constitution: Elected officials and those appointed by said officials will not be exempt from any laws, rules, regulations, decrees, codes, statutes or ordinances that apply to any citizen or legal resident of the United States. In addition, elected officials or those appointed by said officials will not pass or implement any law, rule, regulation, decree, code, statute or ordinance that applies only to themselves and not the rest of the citizens or legal residents of the United States.

[TheNext]

VOTER-ID-FOR-ALL

Prison for Democrats.

[TheNext]

Medicare-For-All Illegals

But Death For Grandma

[grumpygresh]

Any move towards further federalization of healthcare would be a disaster. Providers would face big cuts; that always happens with government programs. Right now, most independent providers don’t take Medicaid and many don’t take 0-care.

Many hospitals and providers would stop accepting govenment plans forcing patients into overcrowded hospitals and clinics that would ration care. If providers are forced to take govenment plans as a requirement to practice medicine or run a hospital, many would quit/go OOB.