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/effdubbs 13d ago

I don’t know if this claim or its math are accurate. What I do know is this: US healthcare is in crisis. I’m a nurse practitioner and I have never seen turnover like this before, especially of physicians. The workload and environment are untenable. Systems are crumbling, yet money continues to be extracted. Patients and workers are not getting what they need.

Another thing I know, patients wait here too, sometimes for over a year, depending on the complaint and specialty. The argument to keep our system as is because patients wait in single payor systems is simply not a good one.

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u/bellj1210 13d ago

and it solves a lot of weird logjams.

ERs are overused by the uninsured, Urgent cares (if you strip out the corporate aspect of it) will do what they should be doing- and handling those cases.

The money will forever be the issue. The health care industry has too much money and too much at stake to not go down without a fight- and we keep electing weak politicians that are clearly for sale.

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u/effdubbs 13d ago

Agree. There’s a lot at stake and the money is going to the wrong places. It shouldn’t be for profit. It should be a public service, like utilities.

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u/bellj1210 12d ago

yes- and i am 100% ok with co-pays being a thing. At that point it is more like the postal service- everyone pays for part of it in their taxes, and then you pay another portion for actual use (but that is a small amount) in order to avoid abuse. A $20 co-pay to see any doctor (and then treatment is all covered) would accomplish that (just like a stamp stops spam mailers to some degree)