title: The Affordable Care Act versus Medicare for All.
abstract: Many problems facing the Affordable Care Act would disappear if the nation were instead implementing Medicare for All - the extension of Medicare to every age group. Every American would be automatically covered for life. Premiums would be replaced with a set of Medicare taxes. There would be no patient cost sharing. Individuals would have free choice of doctors. Medicare's single-payer bargaining power would slow price increases and reduce medical cost as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP). Taxes as a percentage of GDP would rise from below average to average for economically advanced nations. Medicare for All would be phased in by age.
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Seidman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D018855:Single-Payer System / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013660:Taxes; D014481:United States
keywords: Affordable Care Act; Medicare for All; single payer