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Originally Posted by Robbie
GrantMercury...as long as our govt. insists on being the "World Police" and spending so much money on "defense" (OFFENSE is more like it)...we will NEVER be able to pay for "Single Pay" (free) healthcare.
If all those other countries spent money on the military like we do (because of greedy assholes in Washington D.C.) , they wouldn't be able to afford "free" healthcare either.  |
I largely agree. Our military spending is insane. It's mindboggling what we could afford otherwise.
But I disagree that we can't pay for it now. Cuz we're already paying for it. Single payer would not be "free". Just imagine sending your current premium payment to an entity that doesn't need expensive corporate offices, exorbitant executive salaries, advertising, and payouts to shareholders.
Medicare has far lower overhead than BC/BS, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, etc. Let everyone buy in.