Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Explains How America Can Afford A Single Payer Medicare For All Healthcare System

in #politics6 years ago

Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned why Republicans are happy to pay for tax cuts and "unlimited war" but the GOP, and some Democrats, don't see "Medicare-for-all" or other progressive ideas as financially feasible. "People talk about the sticker shock of Medicare-for-all, but not of our existing system," Ocasio-Cortez said during an interview on CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time."

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/08/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cnntv/index.html

My thoughts on this news

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the prefect candidate for the corruption we are seeing in US politics today. She is saying loudly on mainstream media exactly what the majority of Americans have been thinking and screaming for the last 30 plus years! There is plenty of money in the economy to provide healthcare and college education for all Americans, the problem is our politicians are bribed and greedy corporatist puppets who do not want to give those services to the American people. Because when they do that means they will be earning less revenue and profits. Everyone in America needs to be voting for politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, otherwise the rich will continue getting richer while the population of the poor class keeps increasing...

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She's so awesome.

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Because the current system costs more money and covers less people less effectively.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/upshot/why-single-payer-health-care-saves-money.html

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Because every single other developed country with universal healthcare is wrong apparently. Why are you anti-science and anti-fact?

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Obviously there are differences, the point being that you don't need to be rich and wealthy to be allowed to live. America is committing a genocide of poor people, and part one of that genocide is lack of medical attention for preventable illness.

You can have supplemental insurance if you want, if you want a more personal doctor, specialist, etc, with less wait times then by all means, go for it, but that does't mean poor people have to die. There are tiers of everything. I can go to McDonald's and grab a $1 hamburger to live for the day, or I can go to Five Guys and get a $12 burger because it tastes better.

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Nope. The wait lists are based on who needs what first. The CURRENT operation is a list based on wealth. Universal Healthcare would be based on who needs it the most. Try again.

Like @cyberdemon531 said, our current private health insurance system currently costs Americans more than a single payer government health insurance system.

https://steemit.com/politics/@suffragator/medicare-for-all-in-america-will-cost-americans-less-than-private-health-insurance

This has already mathematically been proven by economists in the USA and many other countries that already use single payer health insurance systems.

Yes, some people will pay more in taxes, but for the majority of Americans the increase in taxes will be less than what they are currently paying to private health insurance companies, and every single American will have health insurance coverage.

Currently in the USA Medicare overhead cost is only 1%, that means every dollar an American pays to fund Medicare health insurance only 1 penny goes to the American workers who make the system work, they collect the money and make payments to doctors/hospitals etc... Private health insurance overhead cost is currently 20%, that means every dollar an American pays to a private health insurance corporation 20 cents of that goes to the corporation, most of that money ends up in the pockets of CEOs and executives who run those corporations.

This is not some crazy out of the box idea, this is a proven system that works in many countries and benefits many people. The only reason it has not been implemented in America is because corporations run this country and politicians are their puppets...

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Yes, but the current private health insurance system we have today, will cost Americans $34 to $40 trillion dollars over 10 years, depending on which study you read. So Medicare for all is cheaper and it gives health insurance to every American.

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You are certainly free to get whatever health insurance coverage you want, but most people on medicare only have medicare coverage.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/should-i-keep-regular-health-insurance-if-im-enrolling-in-medicare

I am not saying Medicare in the USA is a perfect system, it can be improved, but it is much better and cheaper than any private health insurance system in the USA.

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Agreed she's great

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