Medicare for all?

<p>P&C drink and review Crowhill's mild ale, then discuss whether we should extend medicare to everyone.</p> <p>What's good or bad about everyone being covered by Medicare?</p> <p>Before addressing that specific question, they go through Crowhill's list of general health care principles.</p> <p>* a free market is the best way we know to ration scarce resources<br /> * profit incentive is the best way we know to get people to invent and invest in cool new stuff<br /> * insurance distorts prices<br /> * we need price transparency when choosing medical services, so people can shop around<br /> * we need a way know which doctors are good and which are bad, and a way to judge risks<br /> * health care / insurance should have nothing to do with your employment<br /> * people should not go bankrupt because of their or their dependents' illness<br /> * there will always be haves and have nots, no matter what system we put in place</p> <p>After reviewing these broad principles, they discuss how they relate to Medicare for all.</p>