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Medicare for all plans a two year transition. There are already mechanisms to expand to set payment costs for procedures in Medicare. We would have to extend th
by dv_dt 8y ago
Medicare for all plans a two year transition. There are already mechanisms to expand to set payment costs for procedures in Medicare. We would have to extend those to cover a system of setting fairer prices for drugs - as medicare is legally prohibited from negotiating drug prices currently. That's a legal precedent, not a cultural one.
But basically, future history begins today. I don't see why because we historically have an ineffective system, we shouldn't strive to build a working system.