Billions Of Dollars Of US Device Sales At Stake From Medicare For All Bills, GOP Members Say
Executive Summary
A Republican congressman at a recent House hearing said that billions of dollars of medical device sales would be legislated out of existence by Medicare for All Act legislation, while Democrats argued that health care costs borne by US employers and employees already gobble up 18% of US gross domestic product, and adoption of a single-payer would lower these costs.
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