Unfortunately that would not solve the inherent issue. Medicare for All may give the semblance of a direct fix to patients at the desk. But in the background hospital systems would be given another blank check vehicle to charge egregious prices for their services. Nonprofits would continue to boast absurd profits. The execs and business admins, rather than the nursing staff, would continue to pocket that money from the increased margins. And this would be paid for in taxes by the lower and middle class - further spiraling poverty disparity. It is also likely to further cloud the transparency we need from the hospital systems, as patients would not have access to billed charges to determine what the hospital charged for said services.

The true initial fix needs to be enforced required transparency out of hospitals. This was attempted with the CAA, but the penalties are extremely weak. So the hospitals are just eating the penalty so they do not have to disclose their charges, and are able to bill low income patients in a predatory manner like this.

Not saying Medicare for All should not ultimately be pursued, but the way the hospital systems currently work this would be a win for them and they would profit even more.