CNN article on "medicare for all"

[Takket]

My take away from this..............

the American public is WOEFULLY uninformed. Look how many people favored Medicare for all until they realized it would mean no more private insurance. WHAT did you think it was?????????????????????????????

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/politics/medicare-for-all-polling/index.html

While a majority of Americans strongly or somewhat favored Medicare-for-all (56%) when they were asked about it in a Kaiser Family Foundation poll from January, significantly more (74%) favored creating a national government-administered health plan similar to Medicare that allows people to keep the coverage they have if they prefer it.
Nearly half of Republicans (47%) are in favor of creating a national government-administered health plan if it allows people to keep their coverage, compared with only 23% of Republicans who favor Medicare-for-all as it is, a form of single-payer health insurance. A little over half (53%) of independents favor Medicare-for-all.
In fact, after being told that a Medicare-for-all plan may eliminate all private health insurance companies, only 37% of all Americans still favored the proposal and 58% opposed it, according to the Kaiser poll.
Most people don't think that Medicare-for-all means they would have to give up their current insurance: Fifty-five percent said they thought they would be able to keep their insurance under such a plan, and just 35% said they wouldn't.

[Wounded Bear]

1. That's why we start with a public option rider on the ACA...

Late add, several states are looking into something along that line, expanding Medicaid coverage with state funds for people.

[Liberal In Texas]

2. Ya know, you're still going to have private insurance.

Medicare doesn't cover the whole bill. That's why I have supplemental insurance and most on Medicare do. Or they have Medicare Advantage, which is Medicare run by private insurance companies.

This idea that it will put insurance companies out of business is pure propaganda.

[Wounded Bear]

3. "This idea that it will put insurance companies out of business is pure propaganda."

Yeah, but it's probably still a good idea.

[Liberal In Texas]

4. Good idea or not, it isn't going to happen.

Besides, there are the other things insurance companies make their obscene profits on.

[David__77]

9. Medicare can be reformed to cover 100%.

And it should be:

[AlexSFCA]

5. has anyone read the senate bill by sanders?

What does it propose?
We need to have a serious discussion on DU if Medicare for all is the best way and what are the alternatives to that. I support unequivocaly universal heathcare but many of my close friends who are medical doctors and they are all adamantly opposed medicare for all while fully support ACA and medicaid expansion. What is the best way to control costs?

[marylandblue]

7. I don't trust doctors' opinion on medical insurance

They are experts on human bodies, not on insurance. And the current system allows them to live very comfortable lifestyles. They fear anything that might interfere with that.

[marylandblue]

6. Honestly, "Medicare for all" seems synonymous with "universal health insurance"

More people have claimed to support one or the other than have made detailed proposals about how to do it. And if you don't actually have Medicare yet, how much would you know about how it works?

[JenniferJuniper]

8. My private insurance sucks

It's the one option I have through my employer. I don't have any dependents on the plan. The plan itself costs me over 6k a year out of my pocket and the deductibles and copays get higher every year. The ER copay is 500 bucks and if they later decide it wasn't a what they consider a "true" emergency, they reserve the right to deny the entire bill. So go to Urgent Care and cross your fingers unless you are 100% sure its a heart attack.

Take it, please. I can't be alone here.