r/FluentInFinance • u/The-Lucky-Investor • 11d 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/[deleted] 11d ago

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.

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u/finalattack123 11d ago

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

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u/LoyalDevil666 11d ago

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

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u/stayinthatline 11d ago

I have decent health care in the US and there was still an eight month waitlist for getting a primary doctor

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u/Powerpoppop 10d ago

Wow, that's terrible. I'm for single payer, but with my HMO I can see a doctor same day for urgent and maybe wait two months for an MRI or specialty visit. Most appointments I make are just a couple of weeks.