Forbes February 12, 2020
John C. Goodman

By now it should be clear to everyone that “Medicare for All” doesn’t really mean Medicare for all. In fact, it means getting rid of every health plan Americans know and are comfortable with and creating an entirely new, government-run health care system.

In the Bernie Sanders’ version, health care would be virtually free. But government would determine what care you get, when you can get it, where you can get it, and how you can get it.

By controlling physicians’ salaries, the government could make some services so unprofitable that no doctor would offer them. By controlling technology, the government might make some procedures impossible to obtain.

For example, in the private sector 24/7 access to a physician by...

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