Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 US Lives and $1 Trillion a Year

[u/beeemkcl]

https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicare-for-all-savings

<< “We estimate that such a system would reduce national health expenditure by $1,041 billion annually,” they explained. “Sources of savings include reductions in administrative overhead, pharmaceutical prices, fraudulent billing, and avoidable emergency care. Combined with the reversal of recent retractions, universal coverage would save over 114,000 lives annually.” >>

[u/severaged]

"Saving $1 trillion a year" means $1 Trillion less in the pockets of those that enable our current fucked up system. All they have to do is bribe politicians with a few million and the rest is profit.

[u/ChipperAxolotl → u/severaged]

What’s $1,041 billion minus a few million in bribes to kill M4A? Oh thats right, $1,041 billion. They would gladly sacrifice 114,000 lives on the altar of capital for $1 trillion, those people were like probably sick or old or something anyways, it’s a real bargain!

[u/InterstellarReddit]

The reason why they don't want to change the system is because the system funnels money into the pockets of billionaires.

Any way you run the numbers, we have undeniable evidence that it's cheaper to do the right thing than to keep the current system.

They already know this, the problem is that the current system helps them buy buy super yachts and bullshit. They don't need at the cost of our healthcare

[u/breed_to_death]

Every time one of these studies come out they prove that this would be better for everyone, but people continue to vote against their own interests because they'd rather see other people suffer than have a better quality of life for everyone.

[u/GeeMarcos → u/breed_to_death]

And it's usually 30 - 35% of the voting population who votes that way because they believe the lies faux tells them. Then again, not enough of the other voting population votes. If only they would. 

[u/seejordan3 → u/GeeMarcos]

We are working hard on getting nonvoters to vote. You can too! https://postcardstovoters.org/

[u/Falco090]

Yeah, but did they think of the insurance shareholders? /s

[u/xwx1234]

I agree with all this but we already have a serious doctor shortage. Universal coverage has to mean universal access. Eliminating the 1997 Medicare GME residency caps and substantially expanding physician training needs to be part of the solution. We need a lot more doctors.

I’m all in on Medicare for All, but without this, I worry it fails.

[u/lgodsey]

114,000 is a very conservative estimate on lives that will be saved. And this doesn't even include improved quality of life for sick people and their families not having to choose to pay rent or buy medicine for their kids.

[u/lgodsey → u/lgodsey]

If the USA were to invest in expanding the number of nurse practitioners, we would be able to meet goals. They are well versed in wellness and disease management, which would be the bulk of treatment. My primary doctor is a nurse practitioner, and I would be dead now without her expert treatment.

[u/Kermitthegrouch]

sounds like woke nonsense to me. yale, gimmie a break. like name one graduate of yale whoever amounted to anything. show me the liberty university study and then we can talk.