Many specialties would still take a pay cut even under versions of “Medicare for All” that aren’t as full-throated as what Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed, according to recent analysis in JAMA by Harvard’s Zirui Song.

The big picture: This is a feature, not a bug, of Medicare for All. Part of the point is to spend less on health care — through steep cuts in how much many doctors and hospitals get paid.

Yes, but: The figures above represent the change in how much doctors would get paid for patients who currently have private insurance — not the pay total change across all of their patients.