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/CheckYoDunningKrugr 13d ago

Which is why it won't happen. Somebody (somebodies) won't make 5.1 Trillions dollars. Cheaper to buy a congress than to take that kind of loss.

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u/Freethecrafts 13d ago

It’s actually way more than that over ten years. The study numbers are very conservative.

You could buy all of congress, every vote, for a few billion. You could buy Congress for less than the bonus increases that happen year over year. That’s why it’ll never happen.