2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie will not be introducing a healthcare plan or costs [View all]Agnosticsherbet
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It's finds come from three revenue streams, two trust funds and the genealogy fund because the trust funds do not provide sufficient revenue.
Medicare for all could not work with a trust fund because it would run from cradle to grave for 321 million people.
Keep in mind that Medicare does not cover all expenses.
That would come to a little over 3 trillion dollars.
There would be some savings from changes to the existing CHP and ACA programs.
This would put more than three million people on indmlloyment. (2.5 million employees in 2009) It would destroy an entire industry, causing massive losses and hurting the economy for several years.
We have a right to demand the total costs of implementing and operating this system before we vote on it.