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About Medicare For All


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Join Greg and me in our discussion on Medicare For All.

Importantly, we missed some key details such as the price of Pete Buttigieg's plan, some nuance on "how to pay for it," and critiques of M4A such as longer wait times and lower pay for healthcare providers.

Here's where we got our information from:

-https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/public-option-vs-medicare-for-all-debate-biden-buttigieg-sanders-polls.html
-https://www.factcheck.org/2018/08/the-cost-of-medicare-for-all/
-https://www.thebalance.com/causes-of-rising-healthcare-costs-4064878
-https://fortune.com/2019/02/21/us-health-care-costs-2/
-https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/feb/19/explaining-medicare-all/
-https://www.cbo.gov/topics/health-care

Other reading materials:

-https://www.vox.com/2019/11/1/20942587/elizabeth-warren-medicare-for-all-taxes-explained
-https://peteforamerica.com/policies/health-equity/
-https://www.thebalance.com/how-could-trump-change-health-care-in-america-4111422#repeal-the-aca-mandate

Contacts:

Twitter: @TheHonestConve1

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-https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-honest-conversation/id1492751012

Music:

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Wallpaper" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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The Salt ShakerBy Scott Gulbransen