19 Oct '14 17:57>
Originally posted by sh76Medicare for all would have been simpler, easier to implement and probably more efficient.
You can expand Medicaid to cover many of the people that were not covered (as the ACA did).
I have no problem with some of the rules; like preventing arbitrary cancellations or covering pre-existing conditions (in some cases) for people not eligible for Medicaid because otherwise they'd never be able to get coverage. But the ACA goes too far. Requiring my p ...[text shortened]... ther have Medicare for all than the ACA. At least that might reduce per capita healthcare costs.
Unfortunately, Congress wouldn't have passed it.