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

[u/The-Lucky-Investor]

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

[u/Pickle_ninja]

In America:

Person with a fever of 99.0F (37.2C): Get back to work.

Person with a fever of 100.0F (37.7C): Stay home take some cough syrup.

Person with a fever of 101.0F (38.3C): Stay home take some cough syrup.

Person with a fever of 102.0F (38.9C): Stay home take some cough syrup.

Person with a fever of 103.0F (39.44C): I'm going to try cooling down with a bath.

Person with a fever of 104.0F (40C): I think I should go to the hospital.

Person coming across a Person convulsing on the ground with a fever of 105.0F (40.55C): "OMG! CALL A $10,000 AMBULANCE!"

In Countries with Universal Health Care:

Person with a fever of 99.0F (37.2C): I'm going to see a doctor.

[u/TaftIsUnderrated → u/Pickle_ninja]

Does everyone in Canada and the UK really go to the hospital when they have a fever of 99F? What about when they get a splinter, mild ankle sprain, or runny nose?

[u/IbegTWOdiffer → u/TaftIsUnderrated]

ER. Obviously.

[u/flawstreak → u/TaftIsUnderrated]

Do you? If the answer is no then you can logically extrapolate that most people don’t choose to overuse health care. It’s got like diminishing marginal returns on wasting time for a splinter. It’s not what you’d consider a normal good, ya know?

I realize the example is kinda bogus, but I get what they’re putting down. If insurance companies can lower costs by having a larger pool then why can’t that apply to an entire population?

[u/Johnny_B_GOODBOI → u/TaftIsUnderrated]

Runny nose? Brain surgeon on speed dial. Duh.

[u/SpeaksSouthern → u/TaftIsUnderrated]

What if you just were playing in the snow and you immediately took your temperature after and it was 99F? I mean come on!

[u/Initiatedspoon → u/TaftIsUnderrated]

No, they obviously do not. A temperature of 37.2⁰c or 99F is the very extreme edge of normal.

Even at 38⁰c you wouldn't, you would take paracetamol and take it easy. Maybe you would once it hit 39⁰c or so

[u/Buxux → u/TaftIsUnderrated]

Unless your old or have other medical conditions no one would bother trying to go for that.