Dialogue: Is Medicare for All the Answer?

February 11, 2020

Polls show that health care is among the most important issues for voters in the 2020 election. Spending on medical care has skyrocketed in the past 20 years and is weighing on both workers and employers. What is the answer? Can sweeping legislative proposals like universal Medicare or some other single-payer health plan address rising costs? Would this fundamental restructuring of the healthcare system be prohibitively expensive?

We discuss the concerns, options and challenges to America’s health care with Dr. Ean Bett, physician and single-payer health care advocate, and Greg Moody, Executive-in-Residence, John Glenn College of Public Affairs. The discussion was moderated by Karen Kasler, Statehouse Bureau Chief for Ohio Public Radio and TV.