Medicare for all would save 68k lives and 450B a year

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this is according to a study in one of teh top medical journals lancet.

it analyzed sanders medicare for all plan

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/02/20/lancet-medicare-for-all-study/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

from the article summary

Taking into account both the costs of coverage expansion and the savings that would be achieved through the Medicare for All Act, we calculate that a single-payer, universal health-care system is likely to lead to a 13% savings in national health-care expenditure, equivalent to more than US$450 billion annually (based on the value of the US$ in 2017).

This shift to single-payer health care would provide the greatest relief to lower-income households. Furthermore, we estimate that ensuring health-care access for all Americans would save more than 68 000 lives and 1·73 million life-years every year compared with the status quo.

this is opposed to the trump healthcare plan which is ??? since they haven’t actually shown anything other than saying trust me…

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Trust anything Washington compost tells you?

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Don’t be so obtuse, libs trust anything that they agree with. :stuck_out_tongue:

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I ain’t believin’ nothing some no good commie lib rag says about health care or anything else!

And keep your lib hands offa my Double Gulp!

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The actual report is on lancet the medical journal. Wapo is just reporting that fact.
But that distinction won’t matter to the blind trump cultists

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Then maybe you should have linked to journal instead.

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The rest of us are able to discern simple facts like where the sources of articles are from :man_shrugging:

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::clap:

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We know that “journal”.

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The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is among the world’s oldest, most prestigious, and best known general medical journals. Wikipedia

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Yes we do, they never advocate how to cut costs…and that Obamacare will save money.

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The lancet is a very left leaning British Publication. Always has been at least in the post WWII era.

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The figures i have seen estimate more like 50 trillion dollars extra over 10 years rather than a savings.

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::clap:

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Remember the OIF casualty count?

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Not really, I know it kept changing if my memory serves me correct.

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Millions!

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Could be worse…could be atte.oting to use rt links to justify things.

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Well no, even that would be a step up for you.

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I wouldnt even waste the band space on that trash site.
It’s like using infowars but for people who dont like america