Medicare is a Government designed single payer system financed using multi-payer programs such as employer, private insurance companies and beneficiary cost sharing.
MEDICARE FOR ALL is a Government run single payer system financed through YOUR taxes and revenues.
So - What Happens to our Current Health Care System?
MEDICARE GOES AWAY....
MEDICAL ASST (MEDICAID) GOES AWAY...
VA BENEFITS GO AWAY
EMPLOYER PLANS GO AWAY...
THE PRIVATE SECTOR OPTIONS GO AWAY...
THEN WHAT???
YOUR taxes become substantially higher.
YOUR choices DON'T exist.
YOUR quality of care becomes much worse with doctors relying on Government reimbursement rates...
Education is powerful - do not stay in the FOG!
What is more important than your health if you’re not being cared for???
1) What is: UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE?
Universal healthcare means EVERYONE in the country is eligible for health insurance whether the country has a single-payer system, socialized medicine, an insurance mandate, or OTHER subsidies.
2) What is: SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM?
A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM is a government-run insurance plan. The cost of the plan is financed through government revenues and taxes.
3) What is: Medicare?
MEDICARE is a government designed and run insurance plan like a single payer system, the current Medicare program is different because it's financed using a multi-payer program such as employer benefits, private sector insurance and beneficiary cost-sharing.
People are being misled to believe that "Medicare For All" means Medicare for Everyone.
WHAT DOES "Medicare for All" mean for everyone?
It does NOT mean everyone will go onto our current Medicare program.
The Government would eliminate the existing Medicare system and ALL other health insurance plan choices for Americans
i.e. Medicaid, VA Benefits, Employer PLANS and private insurance options.
"Medicare For All" would REPLACE our current Medicare program as a TRUE single payer system managed and run by the Government.
WHY DO THEY REFER TO THE NEW PROGRAM AS: "MEDICARE FOR ALL"?
1) Medicare is an extremely popular Government run program. It offers a reference that shows that the Government CAN be successful administering a health care program by associating Medicare with "Medicare For All"
2) One of the most popular features of Medicare is CHOICE, just the thing they would eliminate with the new program. Currently seniors have the CHOICE to pick a Medicare Supplement plan (Medigap) or Medicare Advantage PPO and HMO plans (Medicare Part C) offered by PRIVATE Insurance Companies.
Since 2010 the number of Medicare Advantage plans has doubled to more than 20 million beneficiaries. That's more than one-third of the total Medicare enrollees.
3) AMERICANS WILL lose their FREEDOM OF CHOICE without the ability to choose another option since the program would be solely administered and controlled by the Government.