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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: txradioguy on July 30, 2018, 09:47:42 AM
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The “Medicare for All” plan pushed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and endorsed by a host of Democratic congressional and presidential hopefuls would increase government health care spending by $32.6 trillion over 10 years, according to a new study.
The Vermont senator has avoided conducting his own cost analysis, and those supporting the plan have at times struggled to explain how they could pay for it.
The study, released Monday by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, showed the plan would require historic tax increases.
The hikes would allow the government to replace what employers and consumers currently pay for health care -- delivering significant savings on administration and drug costs, but increased demand for care that would drive up spending, according to the report.
According to the report, the legislation’s federal health care commitments would reach approximately 10.7 of GDP by 2022, and rise to nearly 12.7 percent of GDP by 2031.
But the study, conducted by senior research strategist Charles Blahous, said that those estimates were on the “conservative” side.
Sanders’ plan builds on Medicare, the insurance program for seniors. The proposal would require all U.S. residents be covered with no copays and deductibles for medical services. The insurance industry would be regulated to play a minor role in the system.
Sanders is far from the only liberal lawmaker pushing the program.
2020 hopefuls like Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., endorsed a “Medicare for all” program last year.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/30/bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6t-study-says.html
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But the study, conducted by senior research strategist Charles Blahous, said that those estimates were on the “conservative” side.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/30/bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6t-study-says.html
Meaning, of course, that they hadn't factored in the inevitable cost overruns, graft, greed, corruption, and lies.
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“Medicare for all”
does this "all" include illegal aliens who have no right to be here?
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does this "all" include illegal aliens who have no right to be here?
Why yes....yes, it does.
</liberal idiotic viewpoint about illegals>
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does this "all" include illegal aliens who have no right to be here?
Of course, when you spread the cost over more people it gets cheaper due to volume.
That's basic mafamatics 101 :-)
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What is really funny is that Bernie doesn't realize that America was a nation designed for personal freedom, as shown by the fact that this is a REPUBLIC form of government which does away with National Socialism format that takes away personal freedom.
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What is really funny is that Bernie doesn't realize that America was a nation designed for personal freedom, as shown by the fact that this is a REPUBLIC form of government which does away with National Socialism format that takes away personal freedom.
In his warped Communist view through we don't have personal freedom because everyone doesn't have the equal amount of everything.
Plus he's like Obama and believes the Constitution is made up of "negative Liberties".
What both fail to understand is that our Constitution and our country gives you the chance to enjoy the pursuit of happiness....nowhere in there is it guaranteed.