Vandalshandle
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So how much do beneficiaries have to pay to afford a system that will cost upwards of 5.3 trillion dollars a year. There are just over 300 million americans. You do the math.Medicare for all doesn't cost the government a cent. It is paid for by workers and employers. Most of universal health care would also be paid for by the beneficiaries.
First, I see no link to your 5.3 trillion dollars. Second, every industrialized nation in the world has universal health care, except the US. I suspect that they don't need magic wands to do it.
If you read the report that was out out showing that Medicare for all will cost 32 trillion dollars over 10 years, that number is predicated on a 40% cut in payments to providers.
There is mechanism under the current Medicare system that allows Congress to cut payments to provider, but because providers threaten to stop treating patients with reduced payments, Congress has NEVER (not once) cut payments to providers.
When you consider that and other unrealistic projections within the Medicare For All plan, it's clear that Medicare For All will cost much more than 32 trillion over 10 years. Looking logically at the actual costs, 53 trillion 0ver 10 years is my projection (and it's probably low).
I'm trying to remind people that 3.2 trillion is an unreasonably low number, but I guess we 'll see what it actually costs soon.
Still it's painful either way, so feel free to show me the how just over 328 million people are going to come up with even 3.2 trillion dollars a year...
I hope to god that all the countries in Europe don't find out that they have not been able to afford their universal health care since WW2!!!!!!!!