03-30-2017, 02:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-30-2017, 02:31 PM by Eric the Green.)
Single payer would be an easy deal. We already pay 2.9% out of our paychecks, paying only for healthcare for seniors, which need more care than others. How much more would we really have to pay if we extended those services to more-healthy younger folks? And also took a % from dividends and capital gains? No more premiums to pay, unless you want extra coverage. And maybe we can cover some of the extras as well (like Part B).
Medicare keeps costs down because of its power of numbers. Dumping the insurance industry would bring costs down, as well as charging everyone who earns money a small % (if everyone pays, that's less everyone has to pay; the social insurance pool that libertarians don't understand), and extra taxes on the wealthy like Obamacare if need be. And more emphasis on prevention and holistic care.
Things like drug treatment (instead of drug wars), gun control, and more pressure on the tobacco industry; how much more could all THAT save too? And more taxes on soda; I have to confess, I'm for it. Just throw that extra revenue into the medicare for all pot too.
We can just assume that Kinser is wrong on anything he says. Probably
Medicare keeps costs down because of its power of numbers. Dumping the insurance industry would bring costs down, as well as charging everyone who earns money a small % (if everyone pays, that's less everyone has to pay; the social insurance pool that libertarians don't understand), and extra taxes on the wealthy like Obamacare if need be. And more emphasis on prevention and holistic care.
Things like drug treatment (instead of drug wars), gun control, and more pressure on the tobacco industry; how much more could all THAT save too? And more taxes on soda; I have to confess, I'm for it. Just throw that extra revenue into the medicare for all pot too.
We can just assume that Kinser is wrong on anything he says. Probably