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Well, it will seem free. Notice this title "60 Percent of Health Spending is Already Publicly Financed, Enough to Cover Everyone."
Basically, America spends double what other develop nations spend, and our taxes are paying 60&37; of that double. Do not listen to the people who say, "Single payer would mean more taxes." If we cut healthcare costs in half, there were be a surplus.
A point: you would not see the savings right away. This kind of massive realignment of your economy needs to be done with care. Anyway, the article says:
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Americans already pay for national health insurance -- they just don't get it. In this 2002 Health Affairs paper, David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler point out that the standard accounting miscategorizes two major public health expenditures as private: the tax credit for private health insurance and the cost of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
When these costs are a...See More
Basically, America spends double what other develop nations spend, and our taxes are paying 60&37; of that double. Do not listen to the people who say, "Single payer would mean more taxes." If we cut healthcare costs in half, there were be a surplus.
A point: you would not see the savings right away. This kind of massive realignment of your economy needs to be done with care. Anyway, the article says:
(Quote)
Americans already pay for national health insurance -- they just don't get it. In this 2002 Health Affairs paper, David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler point out that the standard accounting miscategorizes two major public health expenditures as private: the tax credit for private health insurance and the cost of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
When these costs are a...See More
T.E.C. - Iowa
What is the big deal about the information being from 2002? Obamacare insured more, and improve the quality of coverage, but it did nothing to control costs. See the graph below; we are currently at about $9400/person and this is increasing much faster than inflation. The point stands! We could have a single payer such as Medicare for All, and it w...See More
T.E.C - Iowa
Although student loans are an issue, doctors in America
earn about double what doctors in Europe earn.
earn about double what doctors in Europe earn.
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That was 15 years ago and obamacare didn't exist.
On 4/01/17, T.E.C. - Iowa wrote: > Well, it will seem free. Notice this title "60 Percent of > Health Spending is Already Publicly Financed, Enough to > Cover Everyone." > > Basically, America spend...See More