A facebook Discussion On Single Payer Insurance
AN EXPANDED MEDICARE
1. Of course, start with Medicare for all
2. Cover medicines, thus eliminating Part D expense to Americans
3. Give Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies
4. Expand Medicare so that there would be no need for expensive tie- in supplemental private insurance
5. Eliminate the subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans that are currently run by private insurance companies to the detriment of Medicare
6. Give Medicare the resources to deal with abuse of the system, which still only has a 4% overhead in spite of the abuse
7. Pay for the expanded Medicare through cost savings and increasing the Medicare tax