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People Love "Medicare For All" - Until They Find Out It Will Raise Taxes
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2019 Jan 23, 5:53pm 2,821 views 5 comments
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MrMagic
2019 Jan 23, 5:57pm
MrMagic
2019 Jan 23, 5:57pm
There doesn’t seem to be much disagreement that a single-payer system would require tax increases, since the government would take over premiums now paid by employers and individuals as it replaces the private health insurance industry. The question is how much.
Several independent studies have estimated that government spending on health care would increase dramatically, in the range of about $25 trillion to $35 trillion or more over a 10-year period.
Indeed, the poll found that many people are still unaware of some of the basic implications of a national health plan.
That includes this guy:
https://www.apnews.com/4516833e7fb644c9aa8bcc11048b2169
Several independent studies have estimated that government spending on health care would increase dramatically, in the range of about $25 trillion to $35 trillion or more over a 10-year period.
Indeed, the poll found that many people are still unaware of some of the basic implications of a national health plan.
That includes this guy:
https://www.apnews.com/4516833e7fb644c9aa8bcc11048b2169
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MrMagic
2019 Jan 23, 5:58pm
MrMagic
2019 Jan 23, 5:58pm
I'm sure @marcus will come along and help us solve this math issue and tell us how it will get paid.
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MrMagic
2019 Jan 23, 7:03pm
MrMagic
2019 Jan 23, 7:03pm
MrMagic says
@marcus, can you help decipher this and tell us how it gets paid for?
I'm sure @marcus will come along and help us solve this math issue and tell us how it will get paid.
@marcus, can you help decipher this and tell us how it gets paid for?
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HeadSet
2019 Jan 23, 8:19pm
HeadSet
2019 Jan 23, 8:19pm
People Love "Medicare For All" - Until They Find Out It Will Raise Taxes
Yes, but they figure it will be taxes not on them, but taxes on the "rich". "Rich" being anyone who makes $1 more than themselves.
Yes, but they figure it will be taxes not on them, but taxes on the "rich". "Rich" being anyone who makes $1 more than themselves.
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MrMagic
2019 Jan 24, 8:55am
MrMagic
2019 Jan 24, 8:55am
HeadSet says
Isn't that the Socialists theme song?
People Love "Medicare For All" - Until They Find Out It Will Raise Taxes
Yes, but they figure it will be taxes not on them, but taxes on the "rich". "Rich" being anyone who makes $1 more than themselves.
Isn't that the Socialists theme song?
When told that it would increase taxes or lead to delays in service, however, support for the program dropped to 37% and 26% respectively.
"The issue that will really be fundamental would be the tax issue," says Harvard professor Robert Blendon of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health in response to the poll. Blendon noted that single-payer programs in Vermont and Colorado failed due to concerns over tax increases required to fund them.
In the first year of the program, the government would need to come up with around $1.1 trillion to fund the program, even with significant cost savings.
According to Mollyann Brodie who directed the Kaiser poll, the big swings in approval vs. disapproval suggest that the debate over "Medicare-for-all" will only heat up from here. "You immediately see that opinion is not set in stone on this issue," she said.
"Any public debate about 'Medicare-for-all' will be a divisive issue for the country at large," added Brodie.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-23/people-love-medicare-all-until-they-find-out-it-will-raise-taxes