3 Ways Bernie-Care Makes Canadian Healthcare Look Good in Comparison | Ryan McMaken
Good article to understand it
In the current state Medicare Advantage ran by health plans covers more than Medicare.
Canada doesn’t cover experimental treatments
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Since the beginning, the Canada Health Act, including its subsequent revised versions, places much of the control over healthcare coverage at the provincial level. In other words, the "
details of how each system operates, including what is covered and how, is determined provincially."
The federal mandate means that provinces must cover "medically necessary" hospital services and services performed by a doctor. This may sound pretty comprehensive, but what is "medically necessary" is usually defined at the provincial level. Moreover, what is defined as medically necessary can be — and has been — changed to lessen the number of procedures covered by the state. This, in effect, puts that procedure or product into the realm of the private sector.
And there are some big holes in coverage in government healthcare in Canada that may surprise advocates for "socialized medicine" in America. In Canada, patients must rely primarily on private insurance for prescription medications, dental care, physiotherapy, ambulance services, prescription eyeglasses and other procedures deemed to experimental to too costly to be covered by government facilities. Moreover, long-term care is "
practically invisible at the federal level," and, "
the majority of mental health services do not meet the eligibility requirement of 'medically necessary.' Unless received in a hospital, psychological services must be paid for out-of-pocket or covered by private third-party insurance."”
Bernie says he wants to cover everything! Yet compares his future costs to Canada’s system. His first and outright lie. For some reason people think Canada pays for everything, they pay for about 65% of total health care costs. Something he conveniently leaves out when referencing their structure.
Yet even though he cites Canada wants to cover everything.
On his own website:
Bernie Sanders on Healthcare
“Medicare for All will pay healthcare providers for visits, tests, and procedures according to a set schedule of prices. We know this system works because that’s how it works with the highly popular Medicare system that we have now. Medicare For All would use the same framework as Medicare, but expand it to cover more people and more health services. Private health insurers can offer coverage for services not covered by Medicare For All, such as elective cosmetic surgeries. Everyone will be covered and can get the care that they need when they need it.”
He adds a small tidbit referencing the other 35% of costs and states they’ll be “cosmetic surgeries.”
“Private health insurers can offer coverage for services not covered by Medicare For All, such as elective cosmetic surgeries.“
Referencing 35% of all other costs under the category of “cosmetic surgeries” is incredibly and purposefully fraudulent.
So to wrap it up. The universal healthcare he cites in other countries isn’t the same “universal healthcare” he’s promising the ppl. The other countries cover much less than he wants to cover.
Then he uses the current Medicare coverage metrics that cover 65-75% of procedures and extrapolates that number to get his number of $30 trillion, failing to account for the other 25-35% he says is going to “be covered”. Dudes a liar flat out.
The numbers don’t add up.
every time Biden speaks...
If Biden is the nominee what do they think that idiot Trump is going to do?! 
