Medscape October 17, 2019
A new report offers estimates on eight potential paths for expanding access to healthcare in the United States. It shows how a Medicare-for-all approach could either be the most expensive or the cheapest option.
With a “single-payer lite” approach, national health spending would theoretically be cut by almost $210 billion in 2020, to $3.29 trillion, according to the report, which was prepared by researchers at the nonprofit, left-leaning Urban Institute. The Commonwealth Fund, which supported this work, released the report on Wednesday.
The single-payer-lite approach was the least costly with respect to total national health spending. However, it would raise expenses for the federal government. Under the single-payer-lite approach, the federal government’s share of the nation’s medical bills would rise...
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