Let's just nationalize healthcare and shift to single-payer and be done with it.
Free medical. Free dental. Free vision.
We kill the insurance companies.
We arm-twist Big Pharma, and if it doesn't do what we want it to, we nationalize that as well.
You pay your premiums into the Federal account set up for such... no more screwing-around at the State level.
There are caps on the premiums, deductibles, out-of-pocket, etc.
And, if you run into hard times, and can't pull your own weight, the System picks up the slack for you... either short- or long-term.
Economies of Scale.
And if we run out of money to pay for it, we'll just take it out of wealthy folks' hides.
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Plenty of holes in such an idea, and the Devil's in the details, but it's time to give it a try.
Something that the entire Federal Gubmint - including all elected officials - are obliged to utilize - so that it gets done right.