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Re:Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for middle-aged ... by whatshisface on Monday December 02, 2019 @10:05AM (#21682937)
It's not that simple, it would be possible to have a socialized healthcare system where entrepreneurs paid for everything and lost more than they gained as a result. It could happen, the public line for that policy would look like "let silicon valley unicorn billionaires pay their fair share" and the private line would be "come on Mr. Congressman, you aren't seriously thinking of taxing your future employer, are you? Find somebody else with money."
Re:Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for middle-aged ... by claudeganon on Monday December 02, 2019 @10:12AM (#21683009)
Neither of the proposed single-payer models (Sanders and Jayapal bills) do anything like this.

I’ll grant that in the Biden/Buttigeig/Warren plans, there’s a lot of room (and incentive) to tank things like this or in any other number of ways.