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> In my opinion the public option wouldn't have cost us much ... If you look at the margins the insurers are using (the maximum a public option might be cheape
by iofj 11y ago
> In my opinion the public option wouldn't have cost us much ...
If you look at the margins the insurers are using (the maximum a public option might be cheaper), they're not much. 10% is rare. Given government inefficiency, I'd expect a public option to have been at least as expensive, and probably more expensive.
So why would a public option be cheaper ?
- lukeschlather 11y agoIt varies significantly by state, but existing public options are similarly priced or cheaper in terms of cost per person than private healthcare. https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/statistics-trends-and-reports/nationalhealthexpenddata/nhe-fact-sheet.html https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/sta...
- stvswn 11y agoWhere in the link does it say that?
- lukeschlather 11y agoNot the clearest source, I'll admit. These are better, and show Medicaid spending roughly $5000/enrollee vs. roughly $8000 per capita overall healthcare spending in the USA in 2011 : http://kff.org/global-indicator/health-expenditure-per-capita/ http://kff.org/global-indicator/health-expenditure-per-capit... http://kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/medicaid-spending-per-enrollee/ http://kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/medicaid-spending-pe... http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.PCAP http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.PCAP