The Importance of Basic Health Insurance

Amy Finkelstein is the co-author of a new book called We Got You Covered. She says Medicare for all would be much more basic than current Medicare coverage. A lot of medical debt in the United States is incurred by people who have health insurance, she says. Amy Finkelstein: Our commitment as a society is not to provide everyone with luxury high-end medical care such as your husband was fortunate to receive but to provide essential medical care.