Sure is a good thing we don’t currently count healthcare costs as taxes, or that’d look a lot different. Did you know most employers spend more on your healthcare than you do?
Whatever you call it, it would be nice to have more take home pay.
Because healthcare is not a kind of “market”, it doesn’t lend itself well to the ideals of capitalism. You aren’t going to go shopping around for hospitals while you are bleeding out in the back of an ambulance.
The congressional budget office even agrees that Medicare for all will save the government money, because it will eliminate the bureaucracy put in place to fleece money out of patients.
Universal Healthcare definitely is achievable but it requires a lot of tax money.
Right now US total taxation level is ~30%. If you want EU style safety net on you, then expect 45-50%
Sure is a good thing we don’t currently count healthcare costs as taxes, or that’d look a lot different. Did you know most employers spend more on your healthcare than you do?
Whatever you call it, it would be nice to have more take home pay.
How about reforming healthcare so it’s both private and reasonably priced?
Because healthcare is not a kind of “market”, it doesn’t lend itself well to the ideals of capitalism. You aren’t going to go shopping around for hospitals while you are bleeding out in the back of an ambulance.
The congressional budget office even agrees that Medicare for all will save the government money, because it will eliminate the bureaucracy put in place to fleece money out of patients.
It would be cheaper than the current insurance system.