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Some seriously fishy math here. $400B is the total projected cost which includes existing health spending — the $100B is additional, not total. Yet when getting
by didgeoridoo 9y ago
Some seriously fishy math here. $400B is the total projected cost which includes existing health spending — the $100B is additional, not total. Yet when getting to their $208 per month number, it's based off the $100B, not the $400B. Yet they claim that this would be the grand total, and that premiums, co-pays, etc. would be entirely eliminated. Seems like the calculation should result in a number closer to $800/mo per individual. Am I missing something?
- gricardo99 9y agoThe $100B is from "new revenue" needed to fund the system. Presumably, the other $300B comes from existing revenue and "savings". But, as they point out, this "new revenue" can/would be swapped for existing healthcare premium payments, which are on average actually much higher than $208/month.