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You are here: Home / Google+ Posts / Koch-backed study finds ‘Medicare for All’ would save U.S. government trillions

Koch-backed study finds ‘Medicare for All’ would save U.S. government trillions

July 30, 2018 by Paul Spoerry 4 Comments



Bernie Sanders’s $32 trillion Medicare-for-all plan is actually kind of a bargain
The federal government would spend a lot more money on health care, but overall US health spending would be about the same as otherwise projected.

A single-payer Medicare for All system would reduce the amount the U.S. spends on health care by more than $2 trillion, a Koch brothers-funded study released Monday found.

I know that the only thing a lot of people hear during discussions about Medicare for All, or Single Payer, or any other government healthcare program is that their taxes will increase.

But for some reason, the same people never seem to hear the part about how you won't have to pay insurance premiums anymore.

You won't have to pay deductibles.

You won't have to pay copays.

There won't be some middleman trying to make a profit between your payment to the hospital. Instead, your tax dollars will go directly to the hospital.

You won't have to pay the emergency room costs for people who had easily-preventable conditions.

The expanded risk pool will lower the overall costs for everyone.

We.would.save.money. and, perhaps more critically (at least those who think we should all be well, not just the wealthy – which is where we're headed) everyone would be covered.

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About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

Comments

  1. John Griffith says

    July 30, 2018 at 6:21 pm

    Sure – 'cause projections about the cost of government programs are always right on target…

    https://www.downsizinggovernment.org/government-cost-overruns

  2. Stephen Dow says

    July 30, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Nice article. May be worth all of us in the "backwards U.S.A." taking a closer look at.

    We're surely going down the wrong set of tracks currently.

    The majority of the free world have been on the right set of tracks for decades.

  3. jd quinitchette (CrazyLikeABOSS) says

    July 31, 2018 at 5:51 am

    They need to bring the Trump monster to heel. Truth's the only thing that'll do it.

  4. phuong thang Tran says

    August 25, 2018 at 3:36 am

    HYELLO.

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