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10 Reasons Medicare-For-All Is A Bad Idea Besides Financial Bankruptcy

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Former vice president Joe Biden distinguished himself from other candidates in the most recent Democratic presidential debate by opposing Medicare-for-All, mainly by expressing concerns about cost. In doing so, Biden echoed Republicans’ favorite argument against single-payer health care: “How will they pay for it?”

Still, Republicans and Joe Biden are making a huge mistake by focusing on cost. The implication is that government-run health care would be a good thing—a wonderful thing!—if only we could afford it. The important reality is that (in addition to runaway costs that would necessitate higher taxes, even on middle-income people) Medicare for All stinks for many other reasons. Here are just ten.

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