Thom Hartmann blogged, quite clearly!, about Medicare-for-All recently, here . A highlight: Just pass a simple bill – it could probably be just a few lines, like when Medicare was expanded to include disabled people – that says that any American citizen can buy into the program at a rate to be set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which reflects the actual cost for us to buy into it. So it’s revenue neutral! It could be made revenue-neutral , simply by making it available to any citizen who wants to purchase it! Now, that's very similar to what I was saying earlier this week... to be able to purchase Government sponsored, single-payer, basic health coverage would lighten our financial burden significantly... so much so, that we might even consider purchasing additional coverage from some Insurance Company, since we would not have to spend so much for basic coverage!!! Want to let your representatives know w...
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