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niyad

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22. Thank you for this timely reminder. Timely for me, because I was just

Reply to Celerity (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:17 AM

Dec 6

thinking this afternoon, as I walked past my in-store pharmacy, how much simpler and better at least some things during the pandemic would have been if everybody knew the vaccine was covered, the testing was covered, care was covered. Instead, we had the nightmare.

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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