Shifting the U.S. health-care system toward a government-run Medicare for All program would likely lower some costs but could increase wait times and reduce access to care, a nonpartisan report finds.
Shifting the U.S. health-care system from private and employer insurance toward a government-run program would likely lower administrative costs but could increase wait times and reduce access to care, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a report that raised cautions for Democratic lawmakers who back an idea known as Medicare for All.
The report, released Wednesday, said more federal spending would be needed under legislation creating a government-run, Medicare for All system to largely replace private and...
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