The unanswered questions of Medicare for All

Charles Blahous

AEI Economic Perspectives, 2019

Abstract: Medicare for All would add further to national health cost growth unless provider reimbursements are cut more sharply than lawmakers have been willing to do historically. Yet the consequences of enacting such payment cuts simultaneously with a substantial increase in health service demand are unpredictable.

Keywords: Medicare; health insurance; Health care policy; Medicare for All | single-payer national health insurance; health care costs; health reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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