Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Says Medicare for All Would Provide "Quality Care" During Pandemic [View all]beastie boy
(11,641 posts)things like supply chains for producing and delivering the necessary emergency protective equipment and testing supplies to millions of people, or rapid research, development and distribution of vaccines, or international cooperation necessary to deal with a pandemic, or rapid expansion of emergency hospital facilities.
In fact, M4A doesn't address any of the above at all. Furthermore, since the vast majority of the above is being funded by emergency federal and state appropriations of one kind or another. With a huge amount of government funds going into M4A, it is logical expect that other government appropriations will be reduced. For example, I can see FEMA, CDC and NIH competing for funding with M4A (admittedly this is speculation on my part).
Whatever the case may be, M4A will not solve the vast majority of the problems we face now. In the best of circumstances, it will give equal access to health care to everyone. This access does not guarantee the effectiveness of the system in place or its ability to handle emergencies like a pandemic. It is quite possible that M4A will give everyone access to the same shitty system that will crash and abandon them in the time of a pandemic. Just look at Italy for an example.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden