Medicare for All’ would cover everyone, save billions in first year: new study

[LonePirate]

41. You asked if people wanted the government to negotiate drug prices. Let's follow that.

What happens if the government fails at negotiations? Prices will increase due to several possible factors, such as elevated contractual prices, reduced supplies, fewer generic alternatives (or maybe no generic alternatives), reduced competition and more monopolies in the pharmaceutical industry, etc. Then there are other negative unintended consequences such as job losses in the pharmaceutical industries and the much larger consequence of increased illnesses and deaths from those who cannot afford the increased drug prices. These are but a few. I welcome you to cite more as you have offered none yourself.

Despite all of these, none of them in total outweigh the benefit of Medicare for All. You seem to disagree with that assertion otherwise you wouldn't have broached the subject of unintended consequences. I don't fear them nearly as much as I recognize the massive good that will come from giving everyone in this country affordable (and hopefully quality) healthcare.

Then again, maybe, just maybe, the government succeeds at its negotiations and this fearmongering is for naught.