Bernie Sanders has scheduled a hearing on universal health care, highlighting estimates that show that nearly 27 million Americans and their families lost their health care coverage when they lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
of Americans die each year because they either put off or don’t seek medical care when they need it, the press release says.
These inequities have been made starker by the pandemic. As tens of millions of families lost health insurance due to pandemic-related layoffs, unequal access to health insurance created large disparities in health outcomes between people who are insured and people who are uninsured. Implementing Medicare for All would be immensely beneficial for health outcomes and equity in the U.S., the press release goes on — and it would also come with economic benefits.
“[E]stimates show that Medicare for All could save 68,000 lives per year, and numerous studies find that Medicare for All saves the American people and the U.S. health care system billions of dollars a year,” the press release says.
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