Koch Brothers own study says that Universal Healthcare is cheaper than current US system

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Aeolus451 said:

xbebop said:

Yeah, and that's absolutely ridiculous. With any Universal Healthcare system, price controls would also come into play. As such, the costs would go down significantly.

Even so, does it matter if the cost for something is paid through taxes or directly from your pocketbook? It still ends up being paid. And, if other countries' experiences are to be believed, you'd end up paying less than half of what you are now.

With Bernie level of price controls, the innovation and development of meds, tech and medical procedures would stagnate. The US literally pays it forward for everyone in terms of innovation in healthcare. Some of the higher expenses is from higher consumption of healthcare and expensive new medical treatments. The US would never allow price controls for many reasons. Even most dems don't support this because they looked at the cost analysis and realized what it would cost.

Taxes would have to go up expeditiously to pay for the same healthcare at a higher price overall. It would go up by 6 trillion in costs.

Yet the US lags in terms of life expectancy...