2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPolitifact Confirms Bernie Sanders’ Healthcare Plan Will SAVE Every American Family $1,200/Year
http://usuncut.com/news/bernie-sanders-healthcare-plan-would-save-the-average-american-family-1200/The nations leading political fact-checker has debunked Hillary Clintons recent attacks on Bernie Sanders healthcare plan.
According to Politifacts recent analysis of Bernie Sanders proposal to expand Medicare to all Americans under his Medicare for All single-payer healthcare system, Sanders plan would save the average household between $505 and $1,823 per year just shy of a $1,200 average cost savings. While this figure is lower than the Sanders campaigns estimate of $3,855 to $5,173 in savings, it still means American families will pay less under single-payer healthcare than they currently do under the Affordable Care Act.
Sanders plan is modeled after single-payer legislation he introduced in 2013, which outlines how the plan would be implemented and paid for on a nationwide scale. First, Sanders would impose a 6.7 percent payroll tax on employers, along with a 2.2 percent healthcare tax on those making less than $250,000 per year. Sanders includes higher percentages for incomes above $250,000 in his legislation (the richest 2 percent of the U.S. population) and a 5.4 percent surcharge on the wealthiest Americans whose modified adjusted gross income is above $1,000,000 (literally less than 1 percent of Americans). Sanders bill also includes a 0.02 percent financial transactions tax on Wall Street trading.
So what are Americans getting in return for all these new taxes? As it turns out, quite a lot.
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merrily
(45,251 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)So much for "raising taxes"...
merrily
(45,251 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Won't be the first time that Clinton is late with catching up with the times: gay marriage, prison reform, TPP, income inequality...
merrily
(45,251 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)So I don't believe Politifact has the numbers right. The savings would be much higher.
BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)dsc
(52,166 posts)first this figure is an average and second it was a range. That said, many people will pay more under this since their employers pay most of their insurance cost and likely won't share that money with the employee. My employer will definately pocket the loot.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)1. People without insurance who are avoiding treatment for cost reasons. They pay nothing now; they will pay a lot more under Sanders's plan.
2. People with insurance fully or mostly paid for by their employers. They pay little now; they will pay a lot more under Sanders's plan.
Sanders's is plan is better if you have bad or mediocre insurance, but not if you have good or no insurance.
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)a massive across the board tax increase.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)Not actually 'massive' and as the article points out, well worth it. Less than being gouged by private insurance companies. Who will fight to the death for that pot of gold, no doubt.