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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Politifact Confirms Bernie Sanders’ Healthcare Plan Will SAVE Every American Family $1,200/Year [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)63. Canada spends more per capita on pharma than we do
Last edited Thu Jan 14, 2016, 03:26 PM - Edit history (1)
And private insurance overhead is 4% of our spending.
Where we are paying more than Canada is physicians and hospitals.
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Politifact Confirms Bernie Sanders’ Healthcare Plan Will SAVE Every American Family $1,200/Year [View all]
INdemo
Jan 2016
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They may be tweeked. Politifact ran the 2013 numbers and they are pretty good.
Motown_Johnny
Jan 2016
#25
Bwahahaha! Hillary and Chelsea tell straight up lies and we are distorting reality!
Motown_Johnny
Jan 2016
#33
Politifact showed that the 2013 plan is less expensive than what we now have
Motown_Johnny
Jan 2016
#56
it is so hard to have a real discussion on this board about candidates proposals-or non
riversedge
Jan 2016
#52
and it will dismantal Chip and other programs but Sanders has never said that publicly as
riversedge
Jan 2016
#50
Then it won't cost you anything either. You will not be out $5000.00 a year as you claimed.
Motown_Johnny
Jan 2016
#28
I wasn't trying to trumpet it, sorry. It came up first on my Google search
Motown_Johnny
Jan 2016
#30
I've had lots of jobs where the monthly cost to me was either $0 or something nominal like $20.
Recursion
Jan 2016
#47
Here's the actual Politifact article in case anyone prefers their info spin-free...
seaglass
Jan 2016
#36