But with as much fraud and abuse as there is in our health care delivery and billing, it'll eventually come to the point where single-payers becomes a necessity - especially with the wave of baby boomers set to reach their 70s soon.

Those still working for medical benefits. I think the social security age needs lowered and all checks doubled. Get rid of that dang cap.

which was me, out of work in my late 50's. Not a lot of demand for us old guys.

That would have helped me a bunch. Thankfully, I found the VA, so I'm OK now, but I know there are many thousands and millions of people out there looking for med care.

Not insurance, not coverage, not for profit. Non profit health CARE. Many of us can't wait for incremental change.

In the death of for-profit insurance.

Not sure what you mean here.

Never heard of that.

will support it. I'm not sure she can give the middle finger to her donors in the health insurance industry.

it's a YUGE step in the right direction, in my view.

Not sure where the meme that it isn't insurance came from.

If the end game doesn't look exactly like single payer, I may be fine with it. Let's get more people covered more affordably, starting now.

Yes we agree.

... Medicare for All, including dental, optical, hearing aids and mental health services.

Single Payer...lowering the medicare age to 55 is a first step. Lowering it to say 45 is next...it has never been reasonable to have separate insurance for the you and the old.