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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Average health care spend in the US is $10k per person. Somebody still has to pay for it [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)40. Well, there is none if you think Congress is going to enacut single payer and invest
the money to build the systems needed to implement the system.
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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
Single payer is so much cheaper than what we are doing now we're probably already paying more than
Baobab
Mar 2016
#29
Nobody bats an eyelid when it's for war - mention health or education nada
Rosa Luxemburg
Mar 2016
#27
you ignore the info provided in another OP: administrative costs are what drive up healthcare costs
amborin
Mar 2016
#6
What compound savings? Expenditure increases will wipe that out within two years, probably day one
Hoyt
Mar 2016
#31
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
Could we please reinstate the dead panels? (sarcasm! don't you dare press that abuse button!)
insta8er
Mar 2016
#15
Last year the government spent $66bn on health care. $598bn on killing.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2016
#21