Becker's Healthcare November 20, 2019
1. In terms of Health Care Reform there tends to be three major schools of thoughts or camps. There is the “Medicare for All” camp; there is the “Public Option” camp; and there’s the “free market” camp. Two thoughts on free market healthcare and Medicare for All:
a. Free Market. Things are never quite going to be truly “free market” because even now 30, 40, 50 percent of most provider revenue comes from Medicare or Medicaid and that number will continue to expand as the population ages. This camp tends to favor looking at options that largely leave things as they are versus a public option or Medicare for All.
b. Medicare for All. The big downside from a provider’s...
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