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/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/SpiltMySoda 13d ago

Do away with insurance companies and make lobbying illegal.

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u/MyCantos 13d ago

The CEO of United Health Care (a misnomer as it is an insurance company) makes $68,500 a day. A FREAKING DAY!!!!

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u/myaltduh 11d ago

United Health is like Lockheed Martin or Exxon Mobil levels of making the world a worse place in order to make their leadership fabulously wealthy.