If You Still Don’t Support Medicare for All, You’re Just Not on the ‘Left’.

There are no more excuses not to support healthcare being free at the point of service.

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As unemployment levels have blown past all previous records in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of these people aside from losing their income have also lost health insurance for themselves and oftentimes their immediate family members. On an unprecedented scale we are experiencing firsthand the ultimate case for the implementation of the medicare for all or universal healthcare system Bernie Sanders has spent decades arguing for. A system that would replace private insurance companies and employer-tied insurance with a government run program that makes healthcare free at the point of service. The situation has grown so dire that Donald Trump’s administration is using funds from the $2 trillion dollar stimulus package to pay hospitals to treat coronavirus patients. Healthcare paid for by the government with taxpayer money, free at the point of service.

But of course, it’s important to remember that free treatment is just for the uninsured. We can’t forget the countless underinsured or even well insured Americans who will be stuck with a hefty medical bill if they require treatment that their insurance company wouldn’t cover in full.