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16. Medicare is paid for by a payroll tax,

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Fri Jul 28, 2017, 07:23 PM

Jul 2017

not a progressive tax. Since healthcare presently is 18% of GDP and rising, there will be huge disruptions in healthcare delivery when moving to single payer, enormous increases in taxes, and probably a healthcare driven economic recession.
That's why medicare for all is not a realistic option and why we have the ACA, which is under attack because of cost.
div class="excerpt"]In 2015, the federal government accounted for the largest share of health care
spending (29 percent), followed by households (28 percent), private businesses (20 percent), and state and local
governments (17 percent).
https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/highlights.pdf

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Medicare for All vs. All the Healthcare That Each Can Afford [View all] kristopher Jul 2017 OP

Rep. John Conyers has introduced his Medicare For All bill every year since 2003. lapucelle Jul 2017 #1

well if people were really concerned about that they should have voted for Hillary over trump in still_one Jul 2017 #2

Good point. I can see a public option in the next decade, but not Medicare for all with no Hoyt Jul 2017 #3

It should be obvious to anyone with minimal critical thinking skills that there is a better still_one Jul 2017 #4

Conyers's bill has strong support in the House. lapucelle Jul 2017 #5

It would be helpful if we can regain the house and senate in 2018 still_one Jul 2017 #6

Absolutely Crucial & Essential Me. Jul 2017 #9

Succinct & To The Point Me. Jul 2017 #7

What a strange, off-point, aggressive response. kristopher Jul 2017 #8

Democrat John Conyers has been pushing for Medicare for All for 15 years. lapucelle Jul 2017 #10

Instead of stupid political infighting why not concentrate on selling policy? kristopher Jul 2017 #11

If the goal is to "educate the uninformed public", lapucelle Jul 2017 #12

Thank you. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #14

Lapucelle isn't the poster doing the "stupid political infighting." brer cat Jul 2017 #13

The OP is The Sanders Institute. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #17

How is it Infighting? JHan Jul 2017 #18

Why is that with Nina Turner, Cornel West, Jeffrey Sachs, and Tulsi Gabbard on that team they are still_one Jul 2017 #21

Yup. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #20

This is not a new concept. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #15

Because only :cough: a certain person deserves credit NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #22

All our single-payer systems are DEMOCRATIC PARTY products. Hortensis Jul 2017 #24

Medicare is paid for by a payroll tax, Progressive dog Jul 2017 #16

Thanks for the link ++++++++++ JHan Jul 2017 #19

Have you seen this article area51 Jul 2017 #23