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Navigating the Shifting Terrain of US Health Care Reform—Medicare for All, Single Payer, and the Public Option
Author(s) -
OBERLANDER JONATHAN
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the milbank quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1468-0009
pISSN - 0887-378X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0009.12419
Subject(s) - confusion , meaning (existential) , politics , health care reform , health care , public policy , terrain , political science , public administration , health policy , epistemology , psychology , law , geography , cartography , philosophy , psychoanalysis
Policy Points “Medicare for All” is an increasingly common term in US health care reform debates, yet widespread confusion exists over its meaning. The various meanings of Medicare for All and other related terms reflect divergent political and philosophical assumptions about the preferred direction of health care reform, as well as the hybrid structure of the current Medicare program.