The Key to Selling Medicare for All to Voters Is Simple

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8. But it isn't quite that simple Mineral Man

You don't address that many doctors are moving away from taking Medicare at all. Here is an example: In our county, we have 14 doctors. Only two of them take Medicare patients. One of them is no longer taking any new Medicare patients. What that means, is if you are a recently retired Senior to our county, you will probably have to drive 45 miles to the nearest doctor who will take you as a Medicare patient. What happens to someone who is disabled, gets on the Medicare for all program and can't find a doctor? You say Medicare pays 80% but that is not quite the case. They pay 80% of an amount "they" allow for a procedure. Medicare does not cover much chemotherapy for cancer patients. They do not cover vision or dental. I have to disagree with you on supplemental policies. The cheapest one we could fine was 262.00 per month for each of us. That is another nearly 600.00 per month on top of the 267.00 we already pay each out of our Social Security checks for Medicare because it is means tested. Medicare as we now know it would have to be drastically revised for it to work for everyone. The government would have to step in and insist that all doctors take Medicare. How does that work? I would love to see a Medicare for All plan in this country but only if all the details are worked out on paper, only if all doctors are required to take it, only if all Seniors are completely covered and that includes medicine, vision, and dental, nursing homes and assisted living, only if all children are completely covered including medicine, dental, and vision care, and only if the premiums are lower than what my Social Security income is, and only if no taxes are raised on Seniors, ever!