Should the US have universal health care?

Perhaps no issue affects citizens as deeply and personally as access to health care. In the debate over health care, Republicans tend to favor policies that aim to control costs, reduce the role of government, and protect individual choice. Democrats tend to focus on making health care a universal right and preserving, or expanding, the reach of government.

Currently, the largest share of Americans receives health insurance through their employer. Many others receive health insurance through a government program, the largest of which are Medicaid and Medicare.

Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the Medicare for All Act, which would transition the country to a single-payer system, creating one national health care plan to cover all U.S. residents. Americans would no longer pay insurance premiums, deductibles, or copayments. Instead, they would pay new taxes to fund the system. The government program would replace all other insurance with limited exceptions, eliminating employer-based insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.

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