What’s in a Name? From Today’s Medicare to Medicare for All Larry Levitt, MPP

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2856253?utm_campaign=55398279-KFF-Elections&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_WNBO4s89pLPMRX8CrbRUkLju-AYv3DkCsMp_JpFh7fXGUmjUWGs8Qzqabu-vQNsO9eZP-BmPuctaSyw_SNhNSbE-Nbw&_hsmi=446596526&utm_content=446596526&utm_source=hs_email What’s in a Name? From Today’s 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.