On a recent trip to Great Britain to learn about the English National Health Service (NHS), we observed how the increasing areas of overlap between the American system of primarily private insurance and the English system of primarily public insurance. Although we do not support nor expect the United States moving to a fully public system, such as favored by some adherents of “Medicare for All,” we could envision the United States adopting some form of universal coverage that is based upon the Medicare Advantage infrastructure. The NHS provides some lessons — both good and bad — around models of coverage expansion.
Margaret Murray, M.P.A.
Nancy Wise, M.P.H., MBA
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