Kaiser Family Foundation polling indicates that when a majority of Americans say they're in favor of Medicare for all, most are thinking of the program as it currently exists, not as Bernie Sanders re-imagines it.*
Which raises the question: Why is Medicare's brand so strong? I've explored the question over at medicareresources.org, companion site to healthinsurance.org.
Personally I would rate Medicare somewhere along the lines of a review advertised by a Cleveland restaurant long ago: Not great, but more than adequate when you consider the alternatives. For all its gaps and flaws, Americans exhale when they hit age 65. Hope you'll click through for a bit more detail.
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* Most apparently are also thinking that everyone should be able to opt in, not that everyone should be auto-enrolled with no alternatives.
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Which raises the question: Why is Medicare's brand so strong? I've explored the question over at medicareresources.org, companion site to healthinsurance.org.
Personally I would rate Medicare somewhere along the lines of a review advertised by a Cleveland restaurant long ago: Not great, but more than adequate when you consider the alternatives. For all its gaps and flaws, Americans exhale when they hit age 65. Hope you'll click through for a bit more detail.
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* Most apparently are also thinking that everyone should be able to opt in, not that everyone should be auto-enrolled with no alternatives.
Subscribe to xpostfactoid via box at top right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average)
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