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/thicckar 13d ago

Could you tell me more? I believe you just want to learn more

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u/SuperFrog4 13d ago

I would read the section on legislative history. All that information is taken from congressional records.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act

Of note at this time you needed 60 votes to pass legislation in the Senate hence why the Republican minority was able to scale back a lot of great parts of the ACA. Their goal was to make it less than optimal so people would hate it and they could run in the next election on the campaign promise to and the ACA.