Dr. Marc Siegel: Kamala Harris’ ‘Medicare-for-All’ plan plagued with problems, bad for patients
“Sen. Kamala Harris, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, veered away from President Obama’s famous line – ‘if you like your doctor you get to keep your doctor’ – Monday night when she called private health insurance ‘inhumane’ and proposed a government-run alternative. Speaking at a CNN town hall event, Harris, D-Calif., touted her ‘Medicare-for-All’ plan. But in doing so, she clearly took aim at the employer-based health insurance system and at private health insurance purchased by individuals and families in the United States. When CNN host Jake Tapper asked Harris if people could keep their current health insurance under her plan, she indicated they couldn’t. So rather than simply expanding Medicare, she clearly wants to move toward a single-payer government health insurance system.”