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
21.5k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

2.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

7

u/xThe_Maestro 13d ago

In cartoon reddit America maybe. In real life America routine doctor visits are covered if you're one of the rare 95% of Americans with health insurance coverage.

6

u/Forshea 13d ago

95% of Americans with health insurance coverage.

Thanks, Obama!

-4

u/xThe_Maestro 13d ago

Yes, at the cost of tens of billions dollars we went from 90% coverage to 95%.

1

u/DesertSeagle 13d ago

You realize 5% is 15 million people, right? And that the correct number of people is actually around 45 million at a 15% increase now? Are you also aware that there have been several improvements to our healthcare because of the ACA, like, for instance, not being able to deny people with pre-existing conditions, and tens of thousands of peoples lives saved? And that its issues were not that it went too far but rather that the plan was watered down by partisan bickering, pharmaceutical, and healthcare providers lobbying against what's good for the people?

There's also a lot of data that seems to imply that the ACA slowed rising healthcare costs.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/10-ways-aca-improved-health-care-past-decade/

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/02/06/six-economic-benefits-affordable-care-act

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05085