From my makeshift home studio in a closet in northern Virginia, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.

As we fight this new invisible enemy, COVID-19, Americans are scared.

They're worried about their health and their family's health.

And millions have lost their jobs as businesses have been forced to temporarily close their doors.

And the state of the economy is uncertain to say the least.

And in the middle of all this suffering,

the call for government-run health care is getting louder.

In fact, a survey taken in late March by the Morning Consult found that 55% of voters support Medicare for all.

Its biggest advocates, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

say that it's more important than ever that we extend Medicare and Medicaid coverage to all Americans.

You've lost your job. You may not have any income, and now you're worried about health care.

What Medicare for All does is not a

radical idea. It does what every other major country on earth does. It guarantees health care to

all of our people not tied to employment. You lose your job, you got coverage. You're a small

business person, you got coverage. No deductibles, no

payment. When you put it that way, it's easy to understand why Americans might take hold to the

idea of seemingly free health care right now. Thankfully, we have empirical evidence in these other

countries that prove government-run health care is not the answer.

Today, we'll explain what's happening in Canada, Italy, and Great Britain when it comes to fighting this virus.

Why price controls on vaccines would be a really bad idea, and what solutions exist for Americans who get sick with COVID-19 but have

no health insurance. Health care expert Sally Pipes is president of health care policy at the

Pacific Research Institute. Today, Pipes, who is also a Canadian, explains right after this

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