Since Harris endorsed the3 idea as VP I thought I would bring it all up again….
Medical costs are rising, drug prices are through the roof, and we are trapped in a loop where medical services like insurance and drugs are making obscene profits off your health….but there is an answer….
Medicare For All
That’s right Medicare For All.
A new analysis illustrates just how dire the need has become….
A federal analysis released this week projects that U.S. healthcare spending is set to rise to $7.7 trillion by 2032 and account for nearly 20% of the nation’s economy, findings that single-payer advocates described as yet another indictment of the country’s for-profit system and further evidence of the need for Medicare for All.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of the Actuary said Wednesday that it expects national healthcare expenditures to outpace U.S. economic growth over roughly the next decade, “resulting in an increase in the health spending share of GDP from 17.3% in 2022 to 19.7% in 2032.”
The CMS analysis showed that U.S. healthcare spending grew at a rate of 7.5% last year, with overall expenditures reaching $4.8 trillion. CMS said it projects health spending will rise by 5.6% annually over the coming years, with overall spending reaching $7.7 trillion by 2032.
Robert Weissman, president of the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, said in a statement Thursday that the coming surge in healthcare spending “has nothing to do with improving care and everything to do with price-gouging, monopolization, and wealth extraction by insurance corporations, Big Pharma, and for-profit hospitals.”
Despite spending more on healthcare per capita than any other rich nation, the U.S. consistently ranks last among its peers in health outcomes.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-healthcare-spending
And yes the US could afford this program but it will take work and some changes….like one all individuals pay their taxes on every dime they make…there should be no cut-off to help the rich keep their money….Neither you or I has that option neither should anyone else.
Studies have repeatedly shown that transitioning to a Medicare for All system—as proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and more than 120 other members of Congress—would save the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a year and countless lives compared to the status quo, which leaves tens of millions of people uninsured, underinsured, and unable to afford lifesaving treatments and medications.
Time for the people of this country to get some of the benefits that only a few others have been afforded.
It is that simple.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
I agree. We badly need to change this system. I recall a neighbor I had about 25 years ago. The poor guy had several problems going on, including the occasional seizure. He told us that if we ever saw him outside laying on the ground twitching with a seizure, do not call 911 because ambulance trip and ER visit would literally bankrupt him because he couldn’t get insurance because of his pre-exiting conditions. People shouldn’t have to live like this.
That is a terrible story….but sadly I am sure it is repeated all over this country. The shame is that the insurance companies have lots of cash to spread around Congress so this will be an uphill climb. chuq
No-one should have to live afraid to be treated for illness because of cost. Or waiting to see if some scumy Insurance Company is willing to pay for treatment or let you die without it. People knock the National Health Service in my Country but without it I’D BE DEAD MANY TIMES OVER ( Just once I suppose, but I’m sure you know what I mean). I don’t even have to pay for the drugs I’m prescribed in Wales, nor any dressings. It’s Cradle to Grave care. There have been attempts to make us follow the American patttern using Insurance Companies. and some people use them for speed and convenience as a back-up plan, but we’re happy with our system and hope you can adopt one like it as proposed by Barrack Obama and Bernie Sanders. Good Luck.
Hugs.
One drug I was prescribed cost me $536 and that is with Medicare….there should be no room for that kind of expense to seniors. I hope you guys keep the badger away from the door…stick to the system you have it benefits many. chuq
England has a slightly different system than us in Wales, but even with charges their 12 month plan doesn’t come near your individual charge mny friend. I hope fora change for you.
ItemCurrent charge (1 April 2023 to 30 April 2024)Charge from 1 May 2024Change in £Single prescription charge£9.65£9.90£0.253-month PPC£31.25£32.05£0.8012-month PPC£111.60£114.50£2.90HRT PPC£19.30£19.80£0.50Surgical bra£31.70£32.50£0.80Abdominal or spinal support£47.80£49.05£1.25Stock acrylic wig£78.15£80.15£2.00Partial human hair wig£207.00£212.35£5.35Full bespoke human hair wig£302.70£310.55£7.85
Thanx I hope so as well but I will not hold my breath. chuq
The new Labour Party government Health Minister is considering sweeping changes in the NHS, claiming it is no longer ‘sustainable’ in its present form. I suspect lobbying from big pharma companies in America and Europe.
Best wishes, Pete.
That would be my guess as well chuq
Medicare for all who are willing to either work or to contribute at least something of value to the social order.
If they work then they are contributing….not like the rich who contribute little. chuq
Take the rich off medicare
I do not care if they are on as long as they pay the same rate as the rest of us on all income. chuq
agreed