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Abstract
Many problems facing the Affordable Care Act would disappear if the nation were instead implementing Medicare for All - the extension of Medicare to every age group. Every American would be automatically covered for life. Premiums would be replaced with a set of Medicare taxes. There would be no patient cost sharing. Individuals would have free choice of doctors. Medicare's single-payer bargaining power would slow price increases and reduce medical cost as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). Taxes as a percentage of GDP would rise from below average to average for economically advanced nations. Medicare for All would be phased in by age.Entities:
Keywords: Affordable Care Act; Medicare for All; single payer
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26124300 DOI: 10.1215/03616878-3150160
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Health Polit Policy Law ISSN: 0361-6878 Impact factor: 2.265