[1]NNU - Medicare for All!



We’re continuing our email series to refresh you on what Medicare for All
is and how it would work by reviewing [ [link removed] ]the six core MFA principles,
which you can read and share with others here.

Today’s email is focused on the sixth and final principle of a just
transition, including funding and programs to protect and support any
displaced workers in the insurance industry.

Workers who administer our current fractured health insurance system
shouldn’t be punished by the transition to Medicare for All. That’s why
the Medicare for All Act is written to ensure a just transition for
workers whose jobs would be impacted by moving to a health care system
with simpler administration.^1

Revenue from the Medicare for All trust fund will be set aside to ensure
people who may be displaced from jobs related to the administration of
private health insurance are taken care of. For up to 5 years after the
Act is implemented, at least 1 percent of a multi-trillion dollar budget
will be set aside to implement programs to assist those who are adversely
affected by the change to Medicare for All.

A robust series of programs will ensure that people can find new work or
pursue job training and education, and that people are financially
supported in the transition. The displacement fund created by the bill
will be used to implement programs to ensure wage replacement, retirement
benefits, job training, and education benefits, including covering tuition
if people seek to return to school to learn a new trade. This ensures the
greatest amount of flexibility possible.

Additionally, there will also be some opportunities to pursue the same
sort of work as Medicare expands to cover all people. While private
insurance jobs will be lost under Medicare for All, health administration
jobs will still exist within the expanded Medicare program. This will
provide another option for workers currently working in health care
administration.

Nobody — from patients to providers to insurance industry workers — will
be left behind when we pass Medicare for All.

Let’s keep up the momentum to replace our broken health care system with a
just, single-payer system that guarantees health care for ALL!

In solidarity,

Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All

 

1 - [ [link removed] ]Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All Frequently Asked Questions



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