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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]beachjustice
(45 posts)37. plenty of other countries have transitioned from a market system to single-payer
...wthout breaking the bank (and now they spend considerably less than the US on healthcare and boast better outcomes almost across the board). It's all a matter of organization and I'm a bit skeptical of an initial cost estimate hundreds of times the size of the private market.
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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