Dr. Don Berwick, Obama's former head of Medicare/Medicaid, debunks the talking points against Medicare For All: pic.twitter.com/mkKJ7T69co

— Ibrahim (@ibrahimpols) November 12, 2019

It's wonderful that so many 2020 Democratic candidates are professing support for Medicare for All (MfA). It's a worthy idea that any civilized society should get behind. The problem, though, is that the discussion often centers around funding, i.e. how to pay for it, or on arcane minutiae regarding plans proposed by specific candidates.

What's usually left unaddressed is the REAL roadblock to MfA. It's not funding. It's spending.