> if that mattered Medicare and Medicaid would be a dramatically better system than private insurance They are in the most important respect, that being they

> if that mattered Medicare and Medicaid would be a dramatically better system than private insurance They are in the most important respect, that being they negotiate pricing with health care providers. Medicare pays significantly less for any procedure or product than consumers do via private insurance companies. That negotiated pricing expanded to the entire country will lower the cost of care for everyone.