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Silent Type

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12. Don't doubt people died uninsured. Not sure about saving $450 B.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 10:31 PM
Dec 5

Last edited Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:43 PM - Edit history (1)

Not that I’d care if we spent billions on care.

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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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