Official 2020 US Election: Democratic Party Discussion

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HylianSwordsman said:
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/elizabeth-warren-health-care-plan-medicare-for-all

To anyone that wants genuine Medicare For All, that gets rid of private health insurance in favor of expanding Medicare to cover all Americans for all healthcare, I would suggest you read this. The most important point it makes, I think is that the fight for Medicare For All is a political battle, not a technocratic one. That is to say, it's possible to do in a technical sense, indeed in a practical sense it is the pragmatic choice as our current system is the more expensive and unsustainable one, but it is politically difficult, meaning the actual power struggle to bring about the change in policy is the true obstacle, and requires the right strategy.

I think that's clear for most non-americans, since it's healthcare system is simply baffling for most who don't live there, especially Europeans.

Right now for instance, if I wanted to go to the US from Luxembourg, I would be obliged to get a travel insurance that covers flights back in case of emergency - as that is generally the cheaper option. Just let that sink in for a while: getting flown back over the pond in a special medical jet and then taken care of in Luxembourg is cheaper for the insurance than having to pay for the expenses you'd have in the US.