JAMA Forum

Medicare for All Gets a Budget Check

JAMA Health Forum 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.4569

October 01, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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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.

Corresponding Author: David M. Cutler, PhD, Harvard University Department of Economics, 1805 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138 (dcutler@fas.harvard.edu).

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