Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley: ‘We Should Be Lowering’ The Medicare ‘Age, Not Raising It’

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49. I agree.

Call it what you want it can be Medicare for all, Single Payer, or Government funded health insurance. I don't care. With everyone in Washington obsessed with the deficit, I see no better way to immediately reduce it than by insuring every single person in the United States with a single payer, government run, health insurance system. We would eliminate the "for profit" middle men known as the health insurance industry, and we would replace it with a "not for profit" government run health care system. We would have the power to reduce health care costs by negotiating for lower prices on all health care related expenses -- health care, prescription drugs, medical equipment & devices, etc. -- due to our sheer numbers. We should also include dental insurance as part of this single payer, medicare for all, program. We should contact our members of congress and the president -- repeatedly -- until they understand that this is our path forward -- this is our destiny. It's not a matter of us getting there, it's a matter of when we get there.