Medicare for all: is it coming?
Both the House and the Senate have similar bills that would bring Medicare for all. It would replace all private insurance and prohibit doctors from contracting for payment outside of the plan.
Read the rest at the link.Now that Democrats are poised to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January, taxpayers can expect a major push to achieve the "progressive" goal of total government control over American health care.
Their leading legislative proposals for government-controlled health system H.R.676 and S. 1804 are broadly similar. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), leader of the "Medicare for All Caucus" in the House, is rewriting the House bill (H.R. 676) to bring it more into line with the Senate bill (S. 1804) authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
The thematic message of "Medicare for All" is fetching, assuming one doesn't read the fine print. When Americans start paying close attention, they're not likely to find the substance of these bills very attractive.