I believe every human being deserves the best health care possible. Sadly, in the U.S. with all the lobbyists for the drug and insurance companies, Trump and his group are trying to get rid of much health care as possible. Of course, he and his billionaire pals can pay for the best health care. The members of Congress also get excellent, free health care.
Many of the Democratic candidates are pushing for Medicare for all. Medicare is a great program, but I don't understand how these candidates plan to fight the insurance and drug companies to get Medicare for all and pay for it. Instead, I think they need too look to other countries to see how they pay for the excellent health care that their citizens get. A single-payer plan, such as Canada has, would be a fight to put in place in the U.S. Another country's health system might be the one to check. This was well put by the journalist, Jamie Daw, in an editorial in the New York Times. The author of the article stated that all German citizens are required to have health insurance. However, they are given a choice of "More than 100 private, nonprofit insurers. Workers and employers share the cost of insurance through payroll taxes. The government finances coverage for children and the unemployed." The cost of health care in Germany and other European countries is far less than in the U.S. We could make a big start in the U.S. if Congress had the courage to fight and place controls on drug and health insurance companies, as well as medical device companies. I read a statistic some place that said there are more health insurance and drug company lobbyists than there are members of Congress. I hope when we have a Congress, not controlled by billionaires, that some real changes will be made.
