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ReallyIAmAnOptimist

(357 posts)
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 05:08 PM Feb 2016

We'd save $5253 per year with Bernie's Single Payer plan... calculate for yourself...

We'd save $5253.60.
That's serious money.
Furthermore employers save too, similar amount, over $5K
(in the case of an employee+spouse+2 kids, which is our situation)

Here are two calculators to find your family's savings:

http://www.bernietax.com/#0;0

http://valadian.github.io/SandersHealthcareCalculator/

Single payer saves everybody money:
-Individuals
-Families
-Employers
-Government (costs would drop from 17% to ~12% of GDP) WOW!!!


Single payer is the patriotic thing to do!

Or we keep 320 Million people under the parasitic foot of the so-called 'health insurance' industry...

(reposted from GD by request)

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We'd save $5253 per year with Bernie's Single Payer plan... calculate for yourself... (Original Post) ReallyIAmAnOptimist Feb 2016 OP
K&R libtodeath Feb 2016 #1
K&R quantumjunkie Feb 2016 #2
Just what I was looking for. ghostsinthemachine Feb 2016 #3
Excellent casperthegm Feb 2016 #4
I'd save even more than that. subterranean Feb 2016 #5
I will lose $1904 annually chowder66 Feb 2016 #6
Check it again... Single, no kids, earning $50K, Self-empl = saving $2527 compared to ACA ReallyIAmAnOptimist Feb 2016 #7
Nope. I have no deductible. chowder66 Feb 2016 #8

casperthegm

(643 posts)
4. Excellent
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 05:27 PM
Feb 2016

Keep it handy, because we'll need it when Hillary gets even more desperate; she'll talk about Bernie raising taxes, while conveniently forgetting to mention the benefits that more than offset it.

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
5. I'd save even more than that.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 05:38 PM
Feb 2016

And factoring in the elimination of deductibles if you actually need healthcare, the savings is even greater!

Having said that, these numbers are pretty meaningless at this point. But even if the savings turned out to be only half as much, I'd still be ahead.

chowder66

(9,055 posts)
6. I will lose $1904 annually
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 08:55 PM
Feb 2016

I'm hoping I'm doing something wrong but I re-entered a few times and it kept coming up that I would lose over $1000.00. I even dug up my insurance info to get a more accurate reading.

This will not work for me. Thanks for posting.

Note: I'm self-employed, single, no kids, paying $6500 a year in insurance coverage (this is tough as it is... however I can change this to a a lower premium when my health stabilizes). When I put single, no children, I was already losing by $700+, then $900+ and it just kept getting worse.

Sucks for me but not for thee.

7. Check it again... Single, no kids, earning $50K, Self-empl = saving $2527 compared to ACA
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 12:07 PM
Feb 2016

Your current costs are $6500
(plus deductibles and copays if that's not already in the $6500)

Cost under Medicare for All: $873 (employee) + $3100 (employer) = $3973

$6500 - $3973 = $2527 saved

Here's the worksheet, adjust to your actual income as needed: http://valadian.github.io/SandersHealthcareCalculator/?data=NTAwMDAsMCwwLDAsMCwxLDAsMCwxLDY1MDAsMSwxMjU5MSwxLDAsMSwxMzE4LDEsMQ==

chowder66

(9,055 posts)
8. Nope. I have no deductible.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 07:24 PM
Feb 2016

I pay for a platinum plan under Covered California. This is something I can change when I feel a bit more secure and healthy which is my plan to save some money.

What's weird is that I put in the same numbers yesterday and get a different number today. I lose $1654.00 which is better but still a major problem financially.

It's still worrisome.
Thank you for trying to figure it out.

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