You’re Already Paying for It: Medicare for All

Your Neighbor on the Left Podcast · Jul 13, 2026 · 1h 4m

When my college-age son was bitten by a dog while making a food delivery, the emergency-room visit generated a bill of more than $58,000. The insurer may negotiate it down, the hospital may accept far less, and somehow that is supposed to make the system sound reasonable. In this episode, I break down what Medicare for All actually means, why Americans are already paying enormous amounts through premiums, deductibles, taxes, employer contributions, medical debt, and administrative waste, and why the real question is not whether universal healthcare costs money, but why we keep routing so much…