White House slams 'Medicare for All' as bad for Americans' health and wallets [View all]
Source: cnn
Updated 5:25 PM ET, Tue March 19, 2019
(CNN)The Trump administration slammed "Medicare for All" in its annual economic review Tuesday, claiming that creating a new government-run health care program would be expensive, damage the economy and hurt Americans' health.
President Donald Trump and his top health officials have repeatedly blasted Medicare for All, which several Democratic presidential candidates and lawmakers are backing.
"M4A will be neither more efficient nor cheaper than the current system, and it could adversely affect health," said the report, which is prepared by the White House Council of Economic Advisers, using a shorthand acronym for the proposed reform.
Instead, the administration backs the typical Republican moves of increasing competition and requiring patients to foot at least part of their health care bills to keep their usage in check.
Sanders, who is expected to introduce an updated version of the bill in coming weeks, has offered different ways of paying the tab -- which some have estimated at $32 trillion over a decade -- by hiking taxes on the wealthy, as well as on all taxpayers. He argues that many people will ultimately save money because they'll no longer have to pay premiums and will enjoy better health because they will be able to access care without worrying about the bills............................
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/politics/white-house-medicare-for-all/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=image&utm_content=2019-03-19T21%3A46%3A04&utm_source=twCNNp
Link to tweet
= new reply since forum marked as read
