A federal single-payer program would replace most private health insurance for covered care.
OFFICIAL HOUSE ISSUE PAGE ↗WARNING FILE · MECHANISM BEFORE MARKETING
Medicare for All
A federal single-payer program would replace most private health insurance for covered care.
Compare public financing, provider ownership, taxation, and private alternatives separately.
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MARXIST / SOCIALIST / COMMUNIST PRECEDENTS
SOVIET SOCIALIST
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · 1936 Constitution · Article 120
HISTORICAL MECHANISMThe Soviet state guaranteed maintenance during sickness through social insurance and free medical service supplied through the socialist state system.
WHAT MATCHESStructural link through nationwide public financing and administration of healthcare.
WHAT DIFFERSSingle-payer insurance does not necessarily mean government ownership of clinicians, hospitals, or drug production.
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CONSTITUTION & BILL OF RIGHTS
LIMITED, ENUMERATED FEDERAL POWER
Article I and Tenth AmendmentTest the claimed federal power, the Necessary and Proper connection, and powers reserved to the states or the people.
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