With sweeping ACA repeal apparently off the table for the moment, the Democratic imagination is turning once again toward some version of single payer, or Medicare for all. I thought I'd try an overview from more than 30,000 feet -- say, from space -- of the tax revenue that might be required to move those now covered by commercial insurance into some kind of public insurance program. That is, converting about a third of current total healthcare spending from private to public. I hope this is not too general, or too vaguely informed, to be useful, but here goes...
The cost of single payer: roughing it out
The cost of single payer: roughing it out
The cost of single payer: roughing it out
With sweeping ACA repeal apparently off the table for the moment, the Democratic imagination is turning once again toward some version of single payer, or Medicare for all. I thought I'd try an overview from more than 30,000 feet -- say, from space -- of the tax revenue that might be required to move those now covered by commercial insurance into some kind of public insurance program. That is, converting about a third of current total healthcare spending from private to public. I hope this is not too general, or too vaguely informed, to be useful, but here goes...