what is medicare for all? there s no exact definition, because it doesn t exist yet, but the basic idea of the two proposals in congress is that the government runs one national health care program. and everybody s on it. private insurance companies are pretty much put out of business and doctors, hospitals, and pharmacists bill uncle sam. co-pays, premiums, and deductibles would mostly disappear. but nothing in life is free. the government needs money to pay for all of that care, which means side effects could include, a payroll tax, an income tax, a progressive income tax, a tax on the wealthy, a tax on the extremely wealth, and imposing fees on government institutions and the government may finally be able to negotiate deals with pharmaceutical companies and i m hoping that means they haveless mon less mo kmeshls th commercials that sound like this. to learn more about what medicare for all could look like in america, i m grabbing a bagel with the new york native who put it on the m