Medicare For All: Interesting idea for young progressives who have never been on Medicare! It doesn't matter for the politicians, they exempted Blue Cross Federal which was not singled out for destruction as a "cadillac plan" under Obamacare. My patients with AK Railroad, who worked hard all their lives, their BCBS plan was too Cadillac and "unfair." They got their deductible changed I think from 200 dollars to 5000 dollars. BC Federal, they got to keep their Cadillac plan. So Medicare for All will be for the plebeians, and the ruling oligarchy will still get their fat cat plan.
I have one first requirement before we even discus this: medicare for all MUST be Medicare For ****ALL*****
Did you know the PBM's get to choose if it's ProAir or Ventolin? Then they get a cash kick back from the drug manufacturers that goes against all anti-corruption laws in this country. Congress decided to exempt them from anti-kickback laws hoping it would lower prices. In reality, it vastly increased prices on many drugs, and most of the increase is all kick backs. This is just one example of why so many people are talking about corruption in our government, draining the swamp, etc. That's at least one good thing Trump tried to do: pass an executive order to stop this madness. He wont' get any credit for it.
From HHS.gov: Directed by President Trump's July 24, 2020 Executive Order on "Lowering Prices for Patients by Eliminating Kickbacks to Middlemen," the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) have finalized a regulation that encourages lower list prices and reduced out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs.
