DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.4569 ISSN: 2689-0186

Medicare for All Gets a Budget Check

David M. Cutler

This JAMA Forum discusses the reasons why there is more excitement right now about a single-payer health care system in the US, the uphill battle to insurance reform, and ways to make changes to the health care system more palatable and possible.