Why it’s time for the US to ensure that everyone in America is covered by public health insurance
Once you get past the hold-ups that come with the transition, of whatever variety—whether its cost, public provision, employer bargaining advantage—the benefits of a new system stack up quickly. Without the profit motive, for example, the government’s insurance can cover care in rural areas that are rapidly losing providers. Medical debt, surprise bills, out-of-network charges, coverage gaps and other pernicious fees of the private system would become things of the past.
