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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders delegates mount convention rebellion over 'Medicare for All' [View all]DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)now with our employer-based, mostly for profit health care system. Setting aside those who get care through the VA, we have seen that our current system cannot even handle about 1% of Americans needing care at one time.
If you have insurance through your employer, that's probably gone when you, like 50M others, are now unemployed.
There's little to no coordination among hospitals or other healthcare providers. Hospitals are eager to start doing elective surgeries because that's where they make money.
The system maybe isn't 100% broken, but it obviously needs to be replaced with something different. Something on a national healthcare scale. Americans are understanding now that health insurance does not equal health care. Health care is public good and that is something only the federal government can provide.