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Will Medicare for All, With a 10-Year $52 Trillion Price Tag, ‘Fix’ Health Care?

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Will Medicare for All, With a 10-Year $52 Trillion Price Tag, ‘Fix’ Health Care?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks during an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2017" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., Sept. 13, 2017. Yuri Gripas/Reuters
Harry Jacobson
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare for All proposal, with its recently released price tag and proposed way to pay for it, has generated much debate.

Harry Jacobson
Harry Jacobson
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Dr. Harry Jacobson was vice chancellor for health affairs at Vanderbilt University and the CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is a co-author of the book “Begin Again Now, The Path to Fixing Health Care.”
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