2016 Postmortem

reddread

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28. healthcare or not, the real baby boom is going to hit

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:55 PM

Mar 2016

elderly populations lacking secure retirement prospects will hit us hard. harder still if we dont steer away from the sort of profiteering middlemen mandated to grow fat while increasing premiums, deductibles and co pays.

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Average health care spend in the US is $10k per person. Somebody still has to pay for it [View all] hill2016 Mar 2016 OP

Shorter... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #1

Single payer is so much cheaper than what we are doing now we're probably already paying more than Baobab Mar 2016 #29

Agreed HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #30

Shorter... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #2

Shorter... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #3

Trillions for war though...No problem SHRED Mar 2016 #4

Public health is a National Security issue. Downwinder Mar 2016 #12

yes, if we could get bernie sanders to stop voting for trillions for war... nt msongs Mar 2016 #18

Nobody bats an eyelid when it's for war - mention health or education nada Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2016 #27

Holy hell... I guess we aren't going to realize Truman's dream GeorgiaPeanuts Mar 2016 #5

you ignore the info provided in another OP: administrative costs are what drive up healthcare costs amborin Mar 2016 #6

that's all of 10% hill2016 Mar 2016 #9

Compound interest. dogman Mar 2016 #11

Maths NWCorona Mar 2016 #22

What compound savings? Expenditure increases will wipe that out within two years, probably day one Hoyt Mar 2016 #31

You may know more about the cost than Bernie or I. dogman Mar 2016 #34

That 10% is just not enough. I think we do agree single payer or something close Hoyt Mar 2016 #37

It seems there is never enough. dogman Mar 2016 #38

Well, there is none if you think Congress is going to enacut single payer and invest Hoyt Mar 2016 #40

Or better yet, Go and die....because you with your sickness are a burden to me and my pocket book. insta8er Mar 2016 #7

So even Mexico can, but we can't...I see SHRED Mar 2016 #8

Fuck it. I agree with you. Let's restore a 35 year life expectancy. Armstead Mar 2016 #10

Send out euthanasia pills. Downwinder Mar 2016 #13

No! You will die naturally of cancer caused by man-made chemical Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #14

Damn, and here I thought we rejected torture. Downwinder Mar 2016 #16

healthcare or not, the real baby boom is going to hit reddread Mar 2016 #28

Could we please reinstate the dead panels? (sarcasm! don't you dare press that abuse button!) insta8er Mar 2016 #15

No, have to keep Consumers around. Downwinder Mar 2016 #17

As has been pointed out My Good Babushka Mar 2016 #19

$10K -- That won't cover two months of medication! Downwinder Mar 2016 #20

Last year the government spent $66bn on health care. $598bn on killing. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #21

ha ha hill2016 Mar 2016 #23

What don't you understand about single payer? Avalux Mar 2016 #24

So why is it higher as % of GDP here than elsewhere? JackRiddler Mar 2016 #25

So take out the 30% for administrative costs revbones Mar 2016 #26

$3.7 Trillion For U.S. Wars, $12,000 Per Person kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #32

Maybe it ought not to be $10k? lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #33

Only if you think our current corrupt system is good. libtodeath Mar 2016 #35

We can negotiate prices down. Way down. reformist2 Mar 2016 #36

How funny Hill fans now hate free health care. nt Logical Mar 2016 #39

Transfer of costs KingFlorez Mar 2016 #41