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/Cracked_Actor 13d ago

But what about the economic rape of America by the medical industrial complex? How will we continue to feed the insatiable financial appetites of the few who have become insanely wealthy under our current “system”?

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u/abrandis 13d ago

Lol if it was only healthcare, add to that the military industrial complex ,big oil, big agriculture, bill banking sector etc.... the US economy is the seat of capitalism and maximizing profits for the capitalists , how do you propose we change that?

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u/Alacritous69 12d ago

All of those other things have their issues. Still, healthcare is the only one with an entire industry built up around being a middleman without actually adding any value to the process. The health insurance companies are parasites.

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u/abrandis 12d ago

Add to that list, big pharma salespeople , healthcare recruiters, etc . There's a shit ton of middlemen who offer very little end patient value, but take big chunks of money...