Why I'm against the term "Medicare for All"

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2. 1st caring for people and caring about people are two different things.

Doctors and nurses provide care as in treatment. As a prior medical clinic controller I know that most practioners care very deeply about the wellbeing of the people they are caring for.

I think the term Medicare for all comes from the idea that Medicare is seen as the nirvana of health care so let’s let everyone in on it. It is not free health care. It is a form of health insurance. You pay for part A (hospital bed day coverage) through payroll deductions and you pay premiums for everything else.

Medicare reimburses health providers less than other health insurance. If everyone got Medicare, we would not have enough providers so there would be waiting periods. The providers and hospitals and clinics would be reimbursed less than if everyone had private insurance so service would have to be rationed to cover costs.

No matter what you call it, it would have to pass both Houses of Congress which involves compromise similar to the ACA.

The issue is very complicated and the descriptions of it are too simplistic to have a meaningful discussion.