Wendell Potter & Chuck Pennacchio; Refuting Medicare For All Criticisms @robkall1

Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

Wendell Potter founder of Tarbell.org and president of the Business Initiative for Health Policy
and Chuck Pennacchio is a history professor at University of the Arts Philadelphia and coordinator of one Payor States Network

Here are some arguments against Medicare for all that Wendell and Chuck provide answers to:

It raises taxes
It is too expensive
It’s run by government—it’s socialism
It eliminates competition
I won’t be able to keep my health insurance and I like it.
Employers can’t afford it.
People who don’t work are lazy and don’t deserve health insurance
I’m a single male and don’t plan to have children. Why should I pay for some woman’s prenatal plan?
I don’t smoke or drink and live a healthy life. Why should I pay for the health expenses of obese smokers?
We need to take smaller steps (what centrists and corporate Dems say.)
We have best health care system in the world and this will make it worse.
There won’t be enough doctors
People in the health insurance industry will lose jobs.

FUD is what companies fighting Medicare for all will use: Fear, Uncertainty, doubt.
The organization they work through is Partnership for America’s Healthcare Future

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