Single Payer Health Care Will Lower the Quality of Care in the U.S.

Americans need only look at Medicaid to see how poorly
government delivers care. The care that’s delivered through this government
program clearly falls short of the standards most Americans are used to
receiving through private insurance plans.  At the simplest level, let’s compare
outcomes.

If you’re poor and covered by Medicaid and you have a
heart attack, what does the evidence show?  Your chances of recovery are lower
than if you were covered by private insurance.  Medicaid patients also have a
much harder time finding primary care doctors because the reimbursement rates
for doctors don’t cover the costs they incur.  Not surprisingly, Americans
overwhelmingly prefer private health care over government coverage.  The poor
under Medicaid may have coverage, but the quality of care that’s actually
provided is far from ideal.