The Rationality Report

By: Maybeh Finder For many years, health care has been a hotly debated issue in this country.  There are many different ideas on how to solve the current problem we have;  one of the most influential of which is Bernie Sanders' idea of Medicare for all , but is this a good idea? Many people have criticized the plan, saying it would cost too much, but are those criticisms justified? Would the Medicare for All plan that Bernie Sanders and many of his Progressive allies support fix our current problem with health care? That is the question that we'll be diving into in this blog. Could we pay for it?: The short answer: yes. The long answer is: Medicare for all would cost around $2.4-3.6Tn/year,  and for the sake of this blog, we'll use the most widely-used statistic of $3.2Tn/Year. The first method of paying for this plan is to cut our current health care spending programs. We currently spend about $1.1Tn/Year on health care, so if we subtract that amount from the $...