'Easy to Pay for Something That Costs Less': New Study Shows Medicare for All Would Save US $5.1 Trillion Over Ten Years | Common Dreams
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"Medicare for All promises a system that is fairer, more efficient, and vastly less expensive than America's bloated, monopolized, over-priced and under-performing private health insurance system."
  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Oh, but what about those poor middlemen that do so much working keeping prices inflated? What will they do for a living?

    • SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee
      4·
      4 months ago

      Have heard folks unironically make this argument. “The insurance industry! Massive unemployment! My 401k is invested in them! I’ll be ruined!”.

      • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

        That’s not an invalid concern, but those jobs will just transition. Probably not a bad idea for a politician to address this concern since there are probably hundreds of thousands of jobs in insurance.