{"id":10906,"date":"2018-07-09T12:04:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10906"},"modified":"2018-07-09T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:04:22","slug":"the-surprising-cost-of-medicare-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10906","title":{"rendered":"The surprising cost of &#8220;Medicare for All&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few vocal advocates of \u201cMedicare for All\u201d \u2013 a government takeover of America\u2019s healthcare system. They paint a picture of healthcare utopia; no copays, no deductibles, no cost-sharing and no referrals \u2013 health care is free at the point of service, but health care doesn\u2019t magically become free; you pay for it outside the doctor\u2019s office in a form of higher taxes. Read attached article to find out how much this \u201cfree\u201d healthcare will cost. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sallypipes\/2018\/07\/09\/choking-on-the-cost-of-medicare-for-all\/#5d1aeb2f56f3\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7999\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file000453200083-1-700x466.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few vocal advocates of \u201cMedicare for All\u201d \u2013 a government takeover of America\u2019s healthcare system. They paint<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-health-care-redesign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10907,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10906\/revisions\/10907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}