To save confusion, is it too late to change this push for #MedicareForAll to #MedicaidForAll? Medicare isn't #SinglePayer, but Medicaid is. This strikes me as a sort of classism. I think the choice was made to call it Medicare For All because Medicaid is "for the poor."
Thoughts?
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Medicare covers 80%, then you must cover the rest. That means government (80%) is one payer, and you (and/or your supplemental insurance, accounting for the other 20%) are the other payer. That's at least two payers, which means it's not "single-payer".
Medicaid costs the government more (it's not "more expensive" in terms of total cost, it just *all* comes out of govt funds) because it covers 100%. It actually is "single-payer" where Medicare is not.