The Winners and Losers of ‘Medicare for All’

Dr. Chuck Blahous, who testified (with Grace-Marie Turner) before the House Rules Committee last month on Medicare for All, lists key findings:

• New federal costs under M4A would be unprecedentedly large
• We do not know how or whether the federal government could successfully finance its additional spending under M4A
• The projected additional costs of M4A’s coverage expansion would exceed the potential savings from eliminating private health insurance administration
• Current M4A proposals would sharply cut payments to health providers while increasing health service demand, most likely causing supply shortages, and disrupting Americans’ timely access to health care, and
• The costs of M4A would be borne most directly by health providers and those most in need of health services.