The deadweight losses that would accompany the taxes needed to finance a single-payer health plan are the #1 reason it is a bad idea. Sanders' Medicare-for-All plan would have a hidden cost of $1.1 trillion in deadweight losses in 2017 alone. The amounts to $3,400 per U.S. resident.
from Forbes Real Time https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2017/09/28/the-1-reason-bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-single-payer-plan-is-a-singularly-bad-idea/
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