Tag: Medicare for All

More States Are Proposing Single-Payer Health Care. Why Aren’t They Succeeding? — HENRY KOTULA

The Democratic presidential primary might feel like a lifetime ago, but one important storyline in that race was health care — specifically single-payer health care, or the policy that the government should offer universal health insurance to everyone in the country. The nomination of now-President Biden, who opposed single-payer health care during the primary, has put single-payer health […]More … Continue reading More States Are Proposing Single-Payer Health Care. Why Aren’t They Succeeding? — HENRY KOTULA →

Medicare for All Requires Healthcare Delivery Reform

I am happy to re-blog this post entitled, Medicare for All Requires Healthcare Delivery Reform, below. This post was offered by fellow blogger Ken Terry, who has been a respected health economics journalist for decades. I add comments about points of agreement, some other valid insights, alternative points of emphasis, and questions, posed somewhat rhetorically. … Continue reading Medicare for All Requires Healthcare Delivery Reform →

Best Arguments Against Single-Payer Healthcare — and Rebuttals, Part 2

Philosophers debating healthcare reform in ancient Greece The most recent post at Fixing U.S. Healthcare blog was the first of a two-part review of the best counter-arguments against single-payer healthcare financing.  We claimed that all of these counter-arguments are well intended. Some are well taken.  Some require hard choices. But some are based on faulty … Continue reading Best Arguments Against Single-Payer Healthcare — and Rebuttals, Part 2 →

Best Arguments Against Single-Payer — and Rebuttals

No less a sage than Socrates said that -- to paraphrase him -- every good argument deserves a good counter-argument.  Here are the best counter-arguments against single-payer healthcare financing.  All are well intended. Some are well taken.  Some require hard choices. But some are based on faulty logic. The counter-arguments against single-payer financing fall into … Continue reading Best Arguments Against Single-Payer — and Rebuttals →