Would Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for all’ plan cost more than the entire federal budget?
· A report released by the Urban Institute last week found that his single-payer approach would cost $34 trillion dollars over 10 years, …
How much will Medicare for all cost?
· 0%. 5%. 7%. 9%. In our current system, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers are paid by a number of insurers, and those insurers all pay them slightly different prices. In general ...
What is the impact of Bernie Sanders'Medicare for all Bill?
· BERNIE SANDERS' 'MEDICARE FOR ALL' BILL ESTIMATED TO COST $32.6T, NEW STUDY SAYS However, a recent estimate from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts in...
Would Medicare for all lower health care spending?
· Driving the news: The libertarian Mercatus Center made waves yesterday with a report that said Sen. Bernie Sanders' version of "Medicare for All" would require about $32.6 trillion in new federal spending over its first 10 years. Other estimates of Sanders' proposal have landed on roughly the same price tag.
Who funded the Mercatus Center?
The Mercatus Center gets some of its funding from the libertarian Koch brothers, but more about that later.
Who is the Democratic candidate for New York's 14th congressional district?
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 14th Congressional District seat, are pointing to a study they say shows “Medicare-for-all” would save Americans money. But the author says their comments “appear to reflect a misunderstanding of my study.”
Who are the Koch brothers?
They are referring, of course, to the billionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, who spend hundreds of millions of dollars in support of Republican candidates that support their conservative/libertarian agenda.
Who is Charles Blahous?
The author of the paper, Charles Blahous, a s enior research strategist at the Mercatus Center who once was the deputy director of President Bush’s National Economic Council, says the two proponents of a universal health care system are distorting the findings of his paper. The study looked at the impact of the Medicare for All Act introduced by ...
What would happen if Medicare was for all?
Under a Medicare for all system, Medicare would pick up all the bills. Paying the same prices that Medicare pays now would mean an effective pay cut for medical providers who currently see a lot of patients with private insurance.
What is the RAND model?
The RAND model, which it uses to estimate the effects of various health policy changes, is called RAND COMPARE.
Who is Charles Blahous?
Charles Blahous, a senior research strategist at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and a former trustee of Medicare and Social Security. Analysts at the RAND Corporation, a global policy research group that has estimated the effects of several single-payer health care proposals.
