Medicare for All: Everyone Does Better When Everybody is Covered
Channel: Truthseekers - Health Justice Podcast
Date: 2022-10-28

Four doctors address the effects of the lack of universal health care in the U.S. and the fact that the U.S. spends 1.7 to 2 times more than any other nation, and has worse health outcomes.

The U.S. fractured Social Compact contrasts with every other developed nation, all of which prioritize universal health care. In a 2016 TEDx Talk, Dr. Anthony Iton contrasts the Social Compact of Canada, where he grew up, with the U.S. lack of Social Compact. Upon arriving at Johns Hopkins Medical to study medicine, he is stunned by the atrocious condition of Baltimore inner city, prompting the question regarding U.S. health, "Does your zip code matter more than your genetic code?" 

Dr. Alison Galvani, Epidemiologist led a 2020 Study of Medicare for All at the Yale School of Public Health, published in the medical journal The Lancet Health Policy, Feb. 15, 2020. One of the most recent of numerous studies of Medicare for All, the Study revealed savings of $450 billion annually with greatly reduced administrative costs of the single-risk-pool insurance that would cover all U.S. residents.

Drs. Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson in a February 22, 2021 presentation to the Commonwealth Club of California reported findings published in their book, Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide. The authors speak to the powers lined up against universal health care in the U.S. They address the relationship between health care access and other social determinants, e.g., housing, food security and good jobs. They lay out the ways that Medicare for All could remedy inequities in the U.S. health care system.

Previous Podcast: Private Equity Healthcare: Commodification of Human Health - Wall St. takeover of health care for profit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bspCB0ogOwk 

Future Podcast - Since the G.W. Bush administration, Medicare Advantage has been promoted as a means to privatize Traditional Medicare for profit.