Bernie Sanders's "Medicare for all" health-care bill

Earlier this summer I was doing yard-work (as usual for this time of year), when I made a mistake (not as usual if I may say so myself) while using the weed-eater, & I cut myself. 
I didn't pay attention to the lesion since it was small & didn't hurt that much. But a few days went by & the cut would not heal. Then (much later than I should have), I started putting band aids and over-the-counter antibiotic creams on the by-then inflamed wound but it just would not heal. Worst of all, colors around the inflammation started to change (to purple) & they seemed to be spreading beyond the wound. 

Taking all of this into account, (& since I haven't bothered to choose a primary doctor), I decided to go to the emergency-room. There, upon examining the wound for a little bit, the Physician gave me a prescription for a (very, very strong I assume) antibiotic cream. Consequently, after applying a very small amount of the cream for a couple weeks, my infection was gone & the wound was healed (thank God & thank the Physician). 
But recently, I received a bill for hundreds of dollars from the hospital which apparently my health insurance policy did not cover.

During a family gathering this past weekend, I was chatting with my uncle about the bill I received for my short emergency-room visit. "You should have gone to see a doctor in Mexico" my uncle told me, "that's what I do". 

My uncle makes a good living here in Phoenix, he has a big house & is always driving a brand new SUV, nevertheless he goes to Mexico to see a doctor. & yet Republicans are always saying the United States has the "best healthcare in the world"? 
The U.S. might have the best health-care in the world (which is debatable) but what good is it if the vast majority of Americans can't afford it? Or if many don't have access to it & have to go to extreme lengths to get any type of care?

My issue with the infected wound is absolutely nothing compared to what some people are going through: they're making life & death decisions based on money. For example, older sick adults who are not yet eligible for Medicare who don't receive the necessary medical care because they can't afford it. Or they have complicated medical procedures without insurance & end up bankrupt. As well as countless other issues that plague our deficient yet expensive health-care system.

Today, Bernie Sanders unveiled "Medicare for all". A health-care bill which, based on what we have right now, can only help. 

Here are some of the details from Bernie's "Medicare for all" plan:

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/9/13/headlines/sen_bernie_sanders_to_introduce_medicare_for_all_healthcare_bill

"Under emerging details of the plan, everyone 55 and older—and children under 18—would qualify for Medicare during the program’s first year, while the remainder of adults would be phased in over four years. 

The program would pay for doctors’ visits, hospital stays, preventative and mental healthcare, and prescription drugs—while expanding Medicare to include vision, hearing and dental care. To pay for the expansion, the bill would levy a new 2.2 percent income tax on all Americans and a 6.2 percent tax on employers—who would no longer be required to provide health insurance to workers. 

The measure would also raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

Ahead of today’s rollout of the bill, 15 senators—comprising a third of the Democratic caucus—signed on as co-sponsors. They include New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and California Senator Kamala Harris. In the House, Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said she would not support "Medicare for All" and would instead focus on defending against Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act." 

The "NYTimes" has additional information. However, (even though I like the Times; I subscribe to their paper) notice how mainstream media is always worried about how the Government will pay for things when it comes to helping regular people (but they're not too worried about costs when it to comes to Middle-East wars, or tax cuts for the rich):

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/us/politics/health-care-obamacare-single-payer-graham-cassidy.html

"Mr. Sanders’s bill would expand Medicare, one of the nation’s largest, most popular entitlement programs. The federal government would establish an annual budget for covered health care services. Medicare’s benefit package would be expanded to include coverage of dental care and hearing aids. The bill would also cover “comprehensive reproductive, maternity and newborn care, including abortion,” the summary says.

The federal government would establish a standard list of covered drugs — a prescription drug formulary for the “universal Medicare program” — and the secretary of health and human services would negotiate prices with drug companies. Such negotiations have been supported by consumer groups, but adamantly opposed by drug makers.

Mr. Sanders did not say how he would pay for his bill. Aides said he would issue a list of financing options. The summary says that Mr. Sanders’s bill would eliminate deductibles and most other out-of-pocket costs for consumers, but that the government “may impose limited co-payments for prescription drugs in order to encourage the use of lower-cost generic drugs.”

Under the Sanders bill, Medicare — now available to people 65 and older and to some younger people with disabilities — would be expanded over four years. In the first year, Medicare would be opened to children through age 18 and to adults from 55 to 64. The eligibility age would be reduced to 45 in the second year and to 35 in the third year, with “every resident of the United States” entitled to benefits in the fourth year."