Urban Institute analysis of Sanders Single Payer Plan: May 2016

[Hoyt]

1. The Urban Institute is a creditable organization. They did much of the work establishing Medicare's

reimbursement system.

Here is an abstract of the conclusions --

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders proposed a single-payer system to replace all current health coverage. His system would cover all medically necessary care, including long-term care, without cost-sharing. We estimate that the approach would decrease the uninsured by 28.3 million people in 2017. National health expenditures would increase by $6.6 trillion between 2017 and 2026, while federal expenditures would increase by $32.0 trillion over that period. Sanders’s revenue proposals, intended to finance all health and nonhealth spending he proposed, would raise $15.3 trillion from 2017 to 2026—thus, the proposed taxes are much too low to fully finance his health plan.

https://www.urban.org/research/publication/sanders-single-payer-health-care-plan-effect-national-health-expenditures-and-federal-and-private-spending

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His current proposal is a little different from the one analyzed above, so that might help some. And, truthfully, the fact that it is going to cost more than Sanders indicates is not necessarily a reason to oppose the single payer system. But, it is going to be an issue and needs to be addressed.


Excellent find, BTW.