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TexasBushwhacker

(21,126 posts)
7. Add the cost of premature death and disability
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 11:18 AM
Nov 2017

When an uninsured person becomes disabled because they didn't have health insurance, they have to be paid SSDI.

When a person dies prematurely, that means the money they would have paid in Social Security, Medicare and income tax disappears. If they have a spouse and/or dependent children, they are paid survivors benefits.

And while the federal government will "save" $330 Billion, in reality that cost is just handed over to the state and county health care systems.

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