Coalition asks Trump to adopt 'Medicare for all' system
Group asks to meet with president to pitch replacement plan to the Affordable Care Act.
As Republican leaders iron out the details of a healthcare bill that will gain the support of both moderates and conservatives within their party, a coalition of doctors, business leaders, and policy experts have asked President Donald Trump to adopt Medicare for all as the replacement plan to the Affordable Care Act.
The coalition, led by Richard Master, CEO of MCS Industries, and Margaret Flowers, MD, asked to meet with the president.
"We are writing to seek a meeting with you to discuss how to create a national system that provides healthcare for all in a far more cost-effective and efficient manner than our current system provides," they wrote in the April 24 letter. "Medicare has provided the funding for the health needs of the elderly and chronically ill since 1965. It is a proven, made-in-America, system that other countries have chosen as the basis of their universal health systems."
The coalition said the Affordable Care Act has not changed the fact that the United States spends more on healthcare than other countries because of the high cost of services, pharmaceuticals, and administration.
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Most Americans want this approach, they said.
Independent presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont touted Medicare for all as the solution that could best curb healthcare costs and serve the public.
"This is the only path to fulfilling your promises that everyone will have access to healthcare and to create a health system that works," the coalition said.
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