Why Medicare for All Isn't Enough

A key issue on the stage throughout the first two rounds of Democratic debates has been health-care reform, with much focus on universal access. The United States is, after all, the “only major country on Earth” that does not offer health care to all of its citizens, as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has put it. But this critical question remains unaddressed: Can universal access to health care really solve the problem of health inequality in the United States?