Explanation of Single-Payer Health Care,
Improved Medicare for All

What It Is

Improved Medicare for All = One Health Insurance Plan = One Payer of Medical Bills via “Single-Payer Health Care”.

“Single-payer health care” means having one public (insurance) agency that is reportable to the people. It is publicly accountable. People (who can, such as via employment income) pay into a single fund, from which the public agency pays medical bills, including all major medical bills.
— There are very little or no additional costs:
       no deductibles; no copayments (co-pays); no coinsurance, such as for hospital stay. (Reference: H.R. 676 Section 102c).
— Drug prices and durable medical equipment prices are negotiated to be much lower. (H.R. 676 Section 205a)

Improved Medicare for All will provide the most efficient way to pay for health care and the best set of benefits for individuals, families and businesses.

We will have the best version of how to pay for health care. The result will be what other free-market countries have already implemented for their people: a health-care-for-all system, which then results in these for the people:
— more physician visits
— longer lives
— deaths under age 75 (due to preventable diseases) minimized
— cost (per person) less than half (40%) of what we pay
         in the United States, as seen in cost comparisons
— coverage of everyone for all medically-necessary care from pre-natal until the end-of-life, whereas over 40% of Americans are either uninsured or underinsured.

One Health Insurance Plan
— not one for each state, like the 13 that Canada has for its “states” [provinces and territories].
— the highest degree of efficiency.

Improved Medicare for All will provide the best set of benefits with the least waste of money due to unnecessary administrative costs within the U.S. multiple types of bureaucracy.

No Major Medical Bills. Our fellow Americans have documented their testimonials about there not being any major medical bills in the other free-market countries. It is time for us to read those testimonials of American individuals and families who live and work in other free-market countries.

Huge Benefit for YOU and for the U.S.A. The lowest risk and an excellent economic BONUS can be realized by the United States due to it having the largest population among free-market countries and its opportunity to implement one health insurance plan via U.S. House Resolution 676:
— Lowest risk of having major medical bills and hardships (due to 1 health insurance plan for over 300 million persons)
— Excellent economic BONUS: recovered manufacturing jobs, recovered health care jobs, the best negotiated prices (due to 1 public agency that replaces bureaucracy).

Answers. Go to the Answers web page for answers to questions and comments related to improved Medicare for All and related topics.

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Get more. Pay less. Cover everyone.

Side-by-Side Comparisons

How Improved Medicare for All Compares

first, why it will be the best;
then detailed comparisons,
then additional comparisons

The best health care for all an overview of the reasons why the USA will have the best health care for all system
Current U.S. System	compared to improved Medicare for All ---- THE BEST This is an overview comparison with notes added to focus on why the U.S. will be the BEST in the world compared to other free-market countries.
Detailed Comparisons
Original Medicare  with its Parts C & D	compared to improved Medicare for All Know yourself that "improved" means dramatically improved.
Current Health Insurance prior to the Affordable Care Act of 2010	compared to improved Medicare for All The benefits of moving from health-care-NOT-for-all to a health-care-for-all system via improved Medicare for All (with more details about the benefits than in the above comparison of "Current U.S. System").
Health Care Reform: March 2010 Law: The Affordable Care Act of 2010	compared to improved Medicare for All
Additional Comparisons
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) ... benefits provided to federal employees, including members of Congress and their families	compared to improved Medicare for All
Bernie Sanders/Jim McDermott proposal: American Health Security Act	compared to improved Medicare for All
Massachusetts Law	compared via a list of key characteristics to -- Affordable Care Act of 2010 -- and improved Medicare for All