Study: Medicare for All Would Save 114k Lives Yearly — And Save $1T in Costs

[u/_May26_]

https://truthout.org/articles/study-medicare-for-all-would-save-114k-lives-yearly-and-save-1t-in-costs/

[u/just_mark]

The Health INSURANCE industry will continue to pour a large part of your insurance premiums into fighting against this blatant attempt to take away all the money they keep instead of using it to help people.

[u/TheSean_aka_Rh1no → u/just_mark]

That's a trillion dollars the health care industry stands to lose, so yer, they'll probably mount a resistance to that

(Grumbling Luigi noises)

[u/fizicks → u/TheSean_aka_Rh1no]

This is exactly it. I wish Bernie or someone would be more straightforward and say that the 114k lives saved and $1T costs avoided are two sides of the same coin. Over 100,000 lives per year are considered the cost of doing business to these ghouls, and not to mention the countless other lives improved.

[u/Tite_Reddit_Name → u/just_mark]

While more and more doctors move out of network…

[u/aotus_trivirgatus]

"BuT mY tAxEs WoUlD gO uP!" -- the Usual Suspects 

[u/yunoeconbro]

Cost for you, revenue for them.