Medicare for All

[jclay]

John Oliver on Medicare for All

He hits it out of the park...and is hysterical.

[Jimbolina]

I watched that segment this morning. Fantastic and well put together! I felt he did an excellent job of explaining the pros and cons and dispelling some of the myths.

[ericpmoss]

Much less funny, but straight from the author of the Yale study in Lancet:

[progetto]

Our system in Australia works well.

[jclay]

Our system in Australia works well.

Most every other First World country has a health care systems that provides cradle to grave coverage far more cost effectively than our astonishingly Byzantine, flawed and very expensive system.

[theflashunc]

Germany's managed to do it since the 1870s for Pete's sake.

[Scott G.]

Most every other First World country has a health care systems that provides cradle to grave coverage far more cost effectively than our astonishingly Byzantine, flawed and very expensive system.

Australia has universal care, not single payer.
Did you read TR Reid back in the day on how health care systems
with one exception evolved from existing bits, rather than fiat lux, let there be Medicare for all ?