He literally said Single Payer wouldnt help, we need to have the Federal government give hospitals more money.
Its incoherent at worst, straight up contradictory at best.
Setting aside that this is completely irrelevant to the discussion (how Joes plan would fix our current problems over Single Payer), this just isnt true.
Yes, Medicare pays 85 cents on the dollar for care compared to private insurance, but our healthcare prices are massively inflated, the prices NEED to come down.
So your next thought is, well if hospitals are running on a shoestring budget, how will they stay afloat if their income is slashed by 15%? Well you have to consider what Medicare for All would actually do to how a hospital is run. You wouldnt need to pay people to negotiate with insurance companies, or to verify/collect on peoples insurance, or to track down people who cant pay, and plenty more.
Additionally, all those people who receive care that provide you with $0 because they cant afford care would no longer be skipping out on the bill because theyd be covered!
Smaller rural hospitals would massively benefit from lower operating costs and the guarantee that all patients can pay.
Right, I'm sorry, you clearly know more about how the healthcare system in this country works than I do.