What’s in a Name? From Today’s Medicare to Medicare for All Author: Larry Levitt Published: Oct 29, 2026

https://www.kff.org/elections/whats-in-a-name-from-todays-medicare-to-medicare-for-all/ In this JAMA Health Forum post, KFF's Larry Levitt explains how proposals to create Medicare-for-All promise more generous benefits than the existing Medicare program, with no premiums or cost-sharing, but could end up looking more like Medicare if it became the subject of a serious national debate about the tradeoffs involved to implement it.