Every Democrat running for president agrees that America’s health-care system needs reform. The debate over how to do so divides the field
AMERICA is the only rich country in the world that does not offer affordable health care to its entire population. “Medicare for All”, an ambitious proposal to expand America’s government health plan for the elderly, would change that.
More moderate candidates—Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttegieg—support a public option, but do not want to abolish private health insurance. All three say they would achieve universal coverage through more incremental means, such as expanding the Affordable Care Act—better known as Obamacare. But there are four potential snags. First, experience with frugal government-run health care elsewhere suggests that Americans may have to endure longer queues, diminished or delayed access to new therapies and a smaller selection of doctors than they are used to. Second, such comprehensive reform is likely to be disruptive. The abolition of private health insurers could, on one estimate, eliminate 2m jobs.
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