Beware of scare tactics during this election aimed at Medicare For All. Here are recent examples that demand attention:
We’ll have “rationed” care: Currently, 120 Americans die every day from lack of health care compared to zero in Canada. Thirty million Americans are uninsured or underinsured, with limited services. Those with insurance are routinely denied treatment. That’s “rationing care.”Physicians will have drastic pay cuts: A majority of physicians support Medicare For All. Reductions in physician pay would be offset with sharp drops in administrative costs and paperwork. Smaller practices spend $83,000 per year on claims and billing. A single -payer system works by cutting administrative waste and corporate profits – leaving doctor income unscathed.Hospitals need to overcharge private insurance to stay solvent: Administrative costs account for one quarter of U.S. hospital expenditures, twice as much as single-payer nations. The vast majority of Americans will pay about the same or less in premiums, co-pays and deductibles.The only winners today are insurance companies who profit by hoarding our nation’s health-care dollars for themselves. The top six health insurers hit record profits last summer
With Medicare for All, you can see any doctor or check into any hospital — no more bills, deductibles or co-pays.
No system is perfect, but I’d vote for “better.”
It doesn’t matter if you’re Republican, Democrat, liberal or conservative, health care is non-partisan. Polls show 52 percent of Republicans and 85 percent of Democrats favor Medicare for All.
Jan Phillips
Durango
