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applegrove

(123,610 posts) Thu Dec 5, 2024, 09:25 PM Dec 5

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"Universal Healthcare would have saved 212,000 lives and $459Billion in 2020, study says" [View all]

Last edited Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:34 PM - Edit history (1)

Here is the study:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219793682#post6

https://bsky.app/profile/leonstink.bsky.social/post/3lcm3zqkmss2q

"Universal Healthcare would have saved 212,000 lives, $459Billion in 2020, study says"

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"Universal Healthcare would have saved 212,000 lives and $459Billion in 2020, study says" [View all] applegrove Dec 5 OP

Not to quibble but that's just a screenshot of the headline and no link to the source tenderfoot Dec 5 #1

I think you SHOULD quibble. Abolishinist Dec 5 #3

NOT ONLY A DEAD END... BUT FREQUENTLY BS WarGamer Dec 5 #5

here is the study Celerity Dec 5 #8

I brought it back to life................. Celerity Dec 5 #7

Number four will drop your jaw! (nt) Orrex Dec 6 #23

here Celerity Dec 5 #6

Thank you for this timely reminder. Timely for me, because I was just niyad Dec 6 #22

Guy writes for Fierce Healthcare. applegrove Dec 5 #13

he's just a journo, I put up the actual peer-reviewed study that was published in PNAS, a world class scientific journal Celerity Dec 5 #18

Thanks for the study. applegrove Dec 6 #19

And how many would they let die? choie Dec 5 #2

'Universal Healthcare', not UnitedHealthcare Celerity Dec 5 #9

As many as it takes/they can. dchill Dec 6 #28

So says Leon Stink, an Elon Musk Parody account. Abolishinist Dec 5 #4

Maura -resister ‪@maurar.bsky.social‬ was the OP, Leon Stink just re-Blued it Celerity Dec 5 #10

you should have posted the study, instead of relying on posters like me to come in and white knight the OP Celerity Dec 5 #11

You are correct. Sorry. applegrove Dec 5 #14

Don't doubt people died uninsured. Not sure about saving $450 B. Silent Type Dec 5 #12

U.S. health care spending grew 4.1 percent in 2022, reaching $4.5 trillion, and increased to 4.8 trillion USD in 2023 Celerity Dec 6 #20

Still confused about $450 B savings in Report. HC spending has exceeded GDP growth in Silent Type Dec 6 #21

One major reason our healthcare is stunningly more expensive than other developed nations Voltaire2 Dec 6 #29

Oh, so we'd have saved less than 10% ? Big deal ! {SARCASM} nt eppur_se_muova Dec 6 #25

but they are not INTERESTED in "savings" Skittles Dec 5 #15

Now imagine how much and how many lives it would've saved over the last 4 years alone. Karasu Dec 5 #16

But that is actual government efficiency, and we cannot have that. onecaliberal Dec 5 #17

It also occurs via the removing of the profit-extracting, wealth extracting/transferring middlemen, ie private, for Celerity Dec 6 #24

Yes. Lobbyists are the only reason we don't have it. Passages Dec 6 #26

Rob Portman of Bush jr administration Blue Full Moon Dec 6 #27

How many lives would it have ended from denying coverage?? Vinca Dec 6 #30

comment deleted by the person who posted it. ThreeNoSeep Dec 6 #31

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