Physicians won’t simply stop working.

Seriously, look at the figures. The USA pays more for healthcare as a % of GDP than any other developed country and in return it gets much lower health outcomes.

Medicare for all resembles the UK’s NHS. People march in the streets at the drop of a hat that hints their system will be changed. The UK pays a much lower % of GDP for better aggregate health outcomes. If you’re wealthy enough, you can still pay for private health insurance on top, but a lot of the people who do so still use the NHS for most things because its reputation for quality is excellent.

In the USA, the physicians and the insurance companies are creaming off the system while adding insufficient value. You know that because other countries provide compelling evidence with which to compare and contrast inputs and outcomes.

Economies of scale, as well as the eradication of most forms of private insurance (which adds no health value but creams off mucho dinero), would ensure that better health outcomes could be obtained, physician wages maintained, access expanded to all and, despite higher taxes, more disposable income in consumers’ pockets thanks to the elimination of their insurance bill.

What’s not to like?

Don’t say it won’t work. It already does in the UK.