Here's What's Missing From the Health-Care Debate

Health care took up a decent portion of the Democratic presidential debates this week. For all of the verbiage, we didn't learn much new. Everybody wants universal coverage, but they have different ideas about how to get there. One group, led Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, want a single-payer system like “Medicare for All”; others, including former Vice President Joe Biden, prefer various flavors of a public option that co-exists with elements of the status quo.