r/FluentInFinance • u/The-Lucky-Investor • 13d ago

“Medicare for All” would save the U.S $5.1 Trillion over 10 years Discussion/ Debate

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/30/easy-pay-something-costs-less-new-study-shows-medicare-all-would-save-us-51-trillion
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u/thicckar 13d ago

Wow. Do you have any insight into how medicare is viewed by the medical side? Like nurses, doctors and admins?

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u/jawknee530i 13d ago

My wife is a PA. She prefers dealing with Medicaid and Medicare over private insurance. She's never wished she could burn down a Medicaid office but I can't say the same for private insurance.

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u/thicckar 13d ago

Interesting. Someone earlier up said the pay is less with Medicare which makes the private practitioner lose money. Does your wife see that happen if she works at a private practice?

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u/jawknee530i 13d ago

Yes the pay is lower but the headache of the insurers is generally not worth the difference in her opinion. In her private practice around 2/3 of the patients are very low income. She also rounds at hospitals and constantly complains about private insurance pressuring admins to free up beds by getting patients out the door before she thinks is medically proper.