2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWe'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)
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)quantumjunkie
(244 posts)ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)thanks
casperthegm
(643 posts)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)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)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.
ReallyIAmAnOptimist
(357 posts)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)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.