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I don't know why the medicare for all plans need to ban private healthcare. Norway and UK has free healthcare for all, but still private options available for people that want to pay extra. That is also reducing the load on the public system so I can't really see why it is negative.

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A lot of providers won't accept medicare because what they pay out is significantly lower compared to private insurance. That's why Obama's "If you like your doctor, you get to keep your doctor." promise was such a big deal.

As of 2020, only 1% of physicians opted out of Medicare[0]. That is an increase of only 0.3% since 2013. Furthermore, in my experience, physicians that opt out of Medicare refuse to accept any insurance, so the number of Medicare opt-outs is probably more of a proxy for opting out of insurance entirely. It is really not “a lot”.

[0] https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/how-many-physicians...

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