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Medicare for All: Impact on the US Economy - Part Five

Business Radio Special: We look at the the benefits and drawbacks of a proposed single-payer health care model (like Medicare-for-All), how it could affect the current and future state of the health care industry, how such a system could impact your health care experience. In this segment, host John Barkett talks with Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics at MIT and a key contributor to both Romneycare in Massachusetts and Obamacare, to discuss the projected economic impact if the US were to adopt a single-payer health care system.

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