Jayapal and Sanders Medicare for All Bills: One Is a Lot Better Than the Other
&gt; <i>S 1129 contains the clause that every true single-payer bill contains – a clause stating that on a certain date after the bill becomes law insurance companies may not sell policies that duplicate the coverage of the Medicare For All program.</i><p>I&#x27;m a single payer noob. Can someone explain to me why such a clause is necessary? If people are already paying for health care coverage from a federal system through taxes, why would they pay more to purchase a plan that duplicates that coverage from a private insurer? And if nobody is paying for that duplicate coverage, why is it necessary to outlaw it (rather than just letting insurance companies decide it doesn&#x27;t make sense to sell it anymore)?<p>It makes me suspicious that they need to outlaw something that would appear to be unnecessary under the rest of the system they&#x27;re creating. It makes me think the outlawed coverage might actually be useful for some reason, in which case it would be a bummer for it to be outlawed.