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  • To answer in order:

    • Yes, the administrative overhead (and potential removal of private insurance brokers) is a massive problem for Med4All. That is why Sanders and Warren have previously put forward retraining and redirecting those workers into their prior plans for the system.
    • Yes, it would better for us to have state health clinics. However, the current idea is to have Medicare have even more leverage to reduce cost overruns (Many hospitals accept their lower rates due to the sheer scale and consistent payments by the program). This is a nuanced issue though, and I could imagine things like overbilling for redundant services (aka fraud) could be an endemic problem for providers looking to game reimbursements.
    • No, he never had any credibility. He just had a presence on television and a following. Our current president decided to place him in a major position over public health likely because he saw him on television, not because of any (nonexistent) competency.