[benmaraschino]

I honestly don’t get it either. Medicare takes care of some of the sickest and most complex patients—the elderly and those with ESRD—and manages to do it with an administrative overhead of 2%, compared to 17% for private insurers, and appears to be more efficient overall as well.[1] That’s a simple fact. Expanding Medicare to cover all Americans would substantially increase access and drive down costs for everyone, simply by adding younger and healthier individuals to the risk pool.

[1]: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20110920.01339...