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In reply to the discussion: ... Wait for the Medicare For All bill to be analyzed by a respected and independent think tank [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)26. The costs of implementation on that timeline
And that is supposed to be offset by increased taxes - although they would have to be higher than what Sanders indicates:
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Analysis by the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center indicates that Sanderss revenue proposals, intended to finance all new health and nonhealth spending, would raise $15.3 trillion in revenue from 2017 to 2026 (Sammartino et al. 2016). This amount includes the increased revenue that would be produced by eliminating the tax exclusion for employer-based health insurance discussed above. The total $15.3 trillion that would be raised is approximately $16.6 trillion less than the increased federal cost of his health care plan estimated here, suggesting that fully financing the Sanders approach would require additional sources of revenue be identified, that is, the proposed taxes appear to be too low to fully finance the plan.
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... Wait for the Medicare For All bill to be analyzed by a respected and independent think tank [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
OP
What makers you think you have any power or right to force people to play your rules?
wasupaloopa
Sep 2017
#12
Those social programs started with nothing like them in place. We already have
wasupaloopa
Sep 2017
#14
The rich will always get better healthcare. Even with single payor or medicare for all.
JoeStuckInOH
Sep 2017
#6
There is literally zero chance the US outlaws private practices outside medicare.
JoeStuckInOH
Sep 2017
#42
That's fine, but are they saying that all healthcare spending in the country would add up to...
TCJ70
Sep 2017
#17
Do you know how large a project gutting and rebuilding that section of the GDP would be?
ehrnst
Sep 2017
#28
plenty of other countries have transitioned from a market system to single-payer
beachjustice
Sep 2017
#37
I hope all the facts about going from what we have now to single payer are put on the table.
wasupaloopa
Sep 2017
#15