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Why Not Try 'Medicare for All'? Glad You Asked
Because costs will spiral out of control. Because hospital care will suffer. Because the stakes are too high for a mass experiment.
Hospitals won't go bust. But they might need taxpayer money.
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When arguing about national health care in this country, those favoring some sort of government-led system always come back to one argument. “But everyone loves Medicare,” they say. “If Medicare’s so great, why not expand it to everyone?”
Indeed, Alan Grayson, a Democratic congressman from Florida, recently introduced a bill that would allow people of any age to buy into the program.