All Those Who Stand with Sen. Sanders, Sen. Warren and Sen. Harris on Medicare For All

[tymorial]

3. I support universal coverage but I need to know more about the transition plan

Commercials have higher reimbursement rates and still operate under fee for service. I understand moving beyond ffs but unless the payer increases above Medicare I do not see how many healthcare providers maintain the same level of staffing and service offering. Affordable pharmaceuticals is a whole other issue that has to be addressed. This country needs regulation and price controls. Universal coverage helps to address that problem but there could be some suffering unless the transition is handled effectively. There is also the matter of those individuals who previously recieved their insurance through their employer. Under the new system they will have their tax burden increase without guaranteed increase in income. If businesses will also experience tax liability increase does anyone really believe that the insurance benefit they paid for their employees will be automatically transitioned to payroll?

Sorry, I know this sounds like criticism against single payer and/or universal coverage. I do believe it must happen and we MUST free ourselves from the insurance industry. There are just practical matters that I believe must be considered and as a healthcare provider I have questions. .

Tl;dr
I need to do more research and education on how this proposal will be implemented. No flame or attack on the proposal in general.