Rising premiums and declining coverage have led growing numbers of Americans to consider a system of national health insurance, a system of Medicare for All. A majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives, 15 senators, and large majorities of Democratic presidential primary voters have endorsed Medicare for All. Recently, we endorsed Medicare for all in an open letter that concluded that “a program of Medicare for All (M4A) could be considerably less expensive than

Abstract Growing public support for universal health coverage through a public program has provoked increasing attention to the question of how to finance such a program. There should not be any controversy about our ability to pay for universal health care. Given the nearly universal agreement that the current health-care system involves administrative waste and monopoly pricing, a system that would be more efficient and would reduce both should certainly be affordable. Stud

Abstract This economic analysis explores the implications of a single payer health plan in the state of Ohio if it were to go into effect in 2019. The Act would replace Ohio’s current multi-payer system in which individuals, private businesses and government entities pay public and private insurers for health care coverage. The Act would establish a state health plan to finance medically necessary care including hospitalization, doctor visits, dental, vision, mental/behav-ior

Hopbrook Director, Gerald Friedman, joined David Pakman to discuss the predicted costs associated with Bernie Sanders' Medicare-for-all proposal back on Oct. 8, 2017. #Healthcare #Medicareforall #BernieSanders