The "Socialized Medicine" Myth

CONservative Spin:

“Government-funded health care is socialized medicine.”
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CAF STAFF

PROgressive Response:

Medicare isn't socialized medicine. The government doesn't run the hospitals or clinics. Patients choose their own doctors. They go to private hospitals. Expanding Medicare would simply increase coverage and cut costs by creating a system in which everyone contributes and everyone benefits. It would allow us to spend our money on health care rather than insurance company bureaucracy.