"Healthcare for people, not for profit" ...
I must apologize as I stole this from someone else in GDP, but I thank you!!!
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US life expectancy is about 34th so the money spent isn't doing very well in terms of keeping Americans alive relative to what others are spending.
Hillary's tax cuts to pay for those steep costs aren't going to change that chart materially.
Sanders single payer approach could bring the costs down closer to Canada - certainly drop them significantly.
Roughly 138 million US jobs provide healthcare for 318 million Americans = 1 job covers 2.3 people in healthcare.
If each working person effectively paid (in taxes in a single payer system) what Canadians pay, that would save them $8,050 per year (2.3 x $3,500 difference between US & Canada). And they don't have to pay taxes on that like some may on their health care expenses (paid with after tax dollars) - so for many, it would be even higher savings. And there's no deductible with single payer either = more savings. Each US bread winner, on average, could save $8,000-10,000 per year and reduce the effective income inequality because they'd have significantly more disposable income ... which would boost the economy and add jobs!!
As well, the net cost to employ these people would be less over time for the companies - so companies would benefit on their bottom line. The benefit of reduce healthcare costs would "trickle up".
And since the cost per employee is cheaper, the US could hang onto or recover more jobs.
Hillary is going to do effectively what Wall Street and the Republicans she's pandering to tell her to do and Wall Street/the Republicans don't embrace single payer. Bernie is free of those obligations and can work to make single payer a reality. Of course, like Obama needed, Bernie will require the House and Senate under Dem control to get anything done. So it's up to you.
One other perk: 29 million Americans still don't have healthcare (down from 45 million due to Obamacare). About 0.1% of those 29 million Americans die annually because they don't have health care. So single payer would save the lives of about 29,000 Americans (nearly ten 9/11s) each year. Sanders is concerned with that. The rest of Washington?
we need to support the war effort, while we disregard the homeless vets and cannot provide the care they need.
But to your point about nobility. Yes, I'm willing to sacrifice the jobs of a few insurance salesmen(its not massive as you claim, since the healthcare industry itself would remain very similar to how it is now. And those laid off could be redirected into the new healthcare system, because I'm sure there will be new but different jobs created) for the lives of those without any health coverage.
And I hope you realize the hypocrisy of calling out sacrificing jobs for lives while supporting a candidate who just announced she would increase airstrikes and wants an authorization to use military force.
And you're forgetting that any extra ta
if it even comes to that) would be absorbed by a raise in the minimum wage for some, and offset by the lack of insurance costs for others. Since obamacare makes paying for coverage mandatory, everyone is going to be paying anyway, so I wouldn't mind hearing why the tax is worse than what is currently in place.
I promise, I'll listen to any valid points you have...but it sounds like you're shutting things down because there might not be any real points to make. Please prove me wrong.
