This assignment is about two proposals for moving the U.S. toward universal health coverage: "A Physicians' Proposal for SinglePayer Health Care Reform" and "Medicare Extra for All."

Answer in your own words; do not quote extensively from the proposals. Do not get bogged down in fine detailsfocus on what you think is most important.

Questions

1. Summarize the most important features of each proposal. As a guideline,
2. Leaving aside concerns about what is possible politically, what do you see as the main strengths and weaknesses of each approach? If you are strongly opposed to both, explain why. Some things that you might consider are how the costs of care are distributed across the population (e.g., is the burden distributed according to income without regard to the use of care or do families pay in relation to how much care they use?), and what methods (competition and markets or other things) are used to promote high quality while controlling spending.