The existing healthcare system has a considerable disadvantage of high costs of services, and Medicare for All is a viable solution to this problem. According to Bernie Sanders, Medicare for All implies covering primary care, hospital visits, lab services, medical devices, dental and maternity care, and prescription drugs (Kliff, 2019). Essentially, under Medicaid for All, people face no charge when they visit doctors and no copayments when they go to the emergency room. The main advantage of Medicare for All is that it will stop people from spending large sums of money on basic healthcare services. Yet, the main weaknesses of the initiative are high costs for the government, which will lead to tax increases and the lack of a solution for doctor shortages. Nevertheless, I believe that the United States can afford to introduce Medicare for All, and it is a highly viable solution.
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Kliff, S. (2019). Bernie Sanders’s Medicare-for-all plan, explained. Vox. Web.