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Sanders' Medicare for All plan would involve no cost sharing, no copays, no premiums for covered individuals.

All medical services would be covered at 100%.

And adopting the plan, which socializes the health insurance business and not medicine, would actually save the government trillions it would otherwise pay on health care.

Koch-backed study finds ‘Medicare for All’ would save U.S. government trillions

An estimated cost of $32.6 trillion over 10 years is less than the US government would spend over the next 10 years under the current system.

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Sanders’ proposed single-payer plan would be free at the point of service, and would not include any cost-sharing — that is, no co-pays or premiums. 

Under his plan, taxes would replace those often high costs, which currently are shouldered by patients.

Research from March of this year found that the present system has left 15.5 percent of adults between 19 and 64 without health insurance, while more than a quarter of lower-income families are uninsured. 

Monday’s study concluded that not only would Medicare for All provide insurance for the millions of Americans currently without coverage, but it would also save the government $2.054 trillion over the next decade.

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Ultimately, Sanders’ Medicare for All plan would provide comprehensive coverage for all residents of the United States, including primary and preventative care, emergency and hospital services, maternity and newborn care, prescription drugs, substance abuse and mental health services, as well as pediatrics, laboratory, and diagnostic services. 

The plan also guarantees dental, vision, audiology, and abortion coverage.

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The point is this: The resistance to single-payer, especially among establishment Democrats, is really just resistance to changing the status quo. 

The Democratic party is supposed to be the one that believes government can and should help people. 

Single-payer, as Monday’s study confirmed, is the best way to do that — while also saving the government trillions of dollars!