Medicare for All is a fatal loser in the general election

[ancianita]

32. Regardless, here are two things that we can be sure will happen, employee deductions or not.

1. Small business owners will be freed up from all the paperwork of providing employee based insurance. They only do the usual FICA deduction, which will increase for each employee a bit. The insurance deductions won't have to be made any longer, so both employers and employees save money.

2. Taxes will only go up by a small amount, not anywhere beyond $2,000 a year, because 230 million people now paying ridiculous gouging prices on private insurance premiums will also afford it.

That's it. Two ways to pay: FICA and income tax. Big deal. In return, all Americans get

-- guaranteed coverage; no bs about deductibles, out of network costs, add-ons, etc.
-- all networked hospitals, both public and private, ANYwhere; and probably no more doctor networks;
-- nationwide health care, whether one lives in a car -- which over 20 million do -- nomad trailer, or suburb or with grandma; whether one lives with a P.O. box or street address, in a motel or mansion;
-- employers able to give raises, since they no longer are burdened with premium sharing as an employee benefit
-- No more Medicaid will be needed, because all that money is now rolled into M4A single payer
-- a M4A card which proves they've done the eligibility paperwork
-- no high premium bill paying, no insurance invoices, and all that other middleman bs