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/throwaway23345566654 13d ago

All this and the system consumes half of global healthcare spending.

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u/effdubbs 13d ago

I find the problems overwhelming. I could leave this world satisfied if I could move the ball a few yards in the right direction. I don’t know where to begin.