“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/[deleted]]

I've personally lost trust in both the government and companies to handle healthcare.

Companies just make some bean counter override my doctor's recommendations and if we let the government do it there'll be four years where we have a system that has a vague support of science and another four years where we'll be putting chickens on our bubos and blowing smoke up the assholes of every drowning victim.

[u/finalattack123 → u/[deleted]]

No country with universal healthcare has that issue. Hospitals and doctors know how to run themselves - they just get money via the government.

[u/LoyalDevil666 → u/finalattack123]

And yet it there’s a doctor shortage and long wait times here in Canada, and in the UK too

[u/MyopiaToDystopia → u/LoyalDevil666]

I’d rather wait for healthcare than not be able to afford it in the first place. 

I’m lucky enough that I have great health insurance, but many people simply do not seek care because of the cost.