The quickest fix is to just put in next year's Medicare contract that no provider is allowed to charge any payer more than they charge Medicare. Much of what in

The quickest fix is to just put in next year's Medicare contract that no provider is allowed to charge any payer more than they charge Medicare. Much of what insurers do to negotiate in-network and out-network pricing with the various hospitals, pharma companies, and doctors becomes irrelevant, and they just end up varying in the reimbursement schedules. Get all of the supposed cost savings of single payer, without a single payer. If things really do get cheaper, it gets a lot easier to figure out universal coverage. If they don't get cheaper, we learned a lot without having to implement single payer. https://www.manhattan-institute.org/medicare-for-all-maryland-hospital-healthcare-price-regulation https://www.manhattan-institute.org/medicare-for-all-marylan...