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ehrnst

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28. Do you know how large a project gutting and rebuilding that section of the GDP would be?

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 01:49 PM

Sep 2017

When you build a building, or a road, the initial construction costs are greater than the cost of maintaining it.

In the case of demolition, prior to building, like this would be, those costs add to the initial costs in the first year.

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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

Whatever the numbers are frazzled Sep 2017 #1

Not so certain additional govt funding required BBG Sep 2017 #2

Spending on medical care and taxes can't be substituted for each other. wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #5

Sure they can BBG Sep 2017 #7

What makers you think you have any power or right to force people to play your rules? wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #12

No escaping death, rent or taxes BBG Sep 2017 #13

I have a lot of thoughts but I am wary of sharing them. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2017 #3

It's really a shame that we can't have actual substantive discussion Ninsianna Sep 2017 #43

Were you here during the primaries ? DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2017 #44

I read articles, not so much the replies. Ninsianna Sep 2017 #45

The original Medicare program was a non starter for decades... Tom Rinaldo Sep 2017 #4

YES! n/t TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #11

Those social programs started with nothing like them in place. We already have wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #14

Exactly! mountain grammy Sep 2017 #25

The rich will always get better healthcare. Even with single payor or medicare for all. JoeStuckInOH Sep 2017 #6

in some places that is illegal dsc Sep 2017 #18

There is literally zero chance the US outlaws private practices outside medicare. JoeStuckInOH Sep 2017 #42

Sanders' 2016 bill was analyzed by the Urban Institute ehrnst Sep 2017 #8

$319.8 trillion in 2017? LexVegas Sep 2017 #9

That has to be a typo...in one year? TCJ70 Sep 2017 #10

The Urban Institute doesn't let typos get through. ehrnst Sep 2017 #16

That's fine, but are they saying that all healthcare spending in the country would add up to... TCJ70 Sep 2017 #17

I think that you are reading it wrong ehrnst Sep 2017 #19

Here's just one article on the subject: TCJ70 Sep 2017 #21

Again: ehrnst Sep 2017 #22

Maybe I'm misreading... TCJ70 Sep 2017 #24

The costs of implementation on that timeline ehrnst Sep 2017 #26

That paragraph is about revenue... TCJ70 Sep 2017 #27

Do you know how large a project gutting and rebuilding that section of the GDP would be? ehrnst Sep 2017 #28

16 times the national debt? Yeah, no. n/t TCJ70 Sep 2017 #30

I would suggest that you contact the Urban Institute with questions. ehrnst Sep 2017 #33

You edited your post. I guess they can have typos, eh? n/t TCJ70 Sep 2017 #40

plenty of other countries have transitioned from a market system to single-payer beachjustice Sep 2017 #37

Actually, no, they didn't transition from what we have to Single Payer. ehrnst Sep 2017 #38

the US already has a single payer system, it's called Medicare beachjustice Sep 2017 #47

Billion, not trillion. Ninsianna Sep 2017 #46

I hope all the facts about going from what we have now to single payer are put on the table. wasupaloopa Sep 2017 #15

should be billion not trillion dsc Sep 2017 #20

Which? ehrnst Sep 2017 #23

the first number dsc Sep 2017 #29

Typo in that post. Here is a direct copy from the PDF-- it's 319 billion not trillion! andym Sep 2017 #31

Oh just wait... TCJ70 Sep 2017 #32

Yes, that is the direct copy and paste from the report. ehrnst Sep 2017 #34

Page 3 disagrees with page 25 of the PDF! The Urban Institute does do typos! nt. andym Sep 2017 #35

I suggest you write them. ehrnst Sep 2017 #36

This also explains a few things ehrnst Sep 2017 #39

Urban Institute's analysis is fine andym Sep 2017 #41

First, who gives a fuck if it costs the government a JCanete Sep 2017 #48