r/FluentInFinance • u/The-Lucky-Investor • 13d ago

“Medicare for All” would save the U.S $5.1 Trillion over 10 years Discussion/ Debate

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/30/easy-pay-something-costs-less-new-study-shows-medicare-all-would-save-us-51-trillion
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u/MoneyGrapefruit1000 13d ago

Is this similar to how the ACA was going to make healthcare affordable without making people change their doctors? Because that didn’t happen for most of us.

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u/SuperFrog4 13d ago

Ah but do you know why it didn’t happen?

Hint: Republicans in Congress stripped out provisions that would have provided that.

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u/Abollmeyer 13d ago

It couldn't possibly be the 100% burden of an expensive individual insurance plan vs the 40% an employee would pay for a comparable plan.