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In a single payer system thats not going to work. Keep in mind that you don't make money anymore you have a taxpayer paid budget. Thats not going to leave room
by ThomPete 10y ago
In a single payer system thats not going to work. Keep in mind that you don't make money anymore you have a taxpayer paid budget. Thats not going to leave room for that.
That they are required to treat is even worse for a budget it wouldnt hold long.
- jartelt 10y agoI do not understand your argument. You just price a new tax high enough such that the system is paid for, no? I think everyone agrees that you need a new tax to pay for the system, and you are not going to take the current tax revenue and pay for single payer plus everything else the government pays for. Instead of paying for insurance premiums or getting a lower salary because health insurance is part of your compensation, you would just pay a new tax. As a result your life would be simplified since you no longer would need to worry about insurance networks, levels of coverage, out-of-network doctors in in-network-hospitals, etc.
- ThomPete 10y agoin the real world you dont just do that. The problem is that you can never pay too much for healthcare so how much tax you are going to pay is important. The US is a big and complex country, its not like other countries and so you run the risk of having to tax so high to make it sustainable that its dead on arival.