Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a year: study

Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by refurb on Friday February 21, 2020 @04:50PM (#22387214)

I found this part of the paper to be unreasonable:

Available ER visits and hospitalizations can be avert through improved access to primary care

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Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by n9 on Friday February 21, 2020 @05:08PM (#22387408)

Have you ever gone to a busy urban ER? It is absolutely full to the brim 24/7 with people visiting with chronic ailments that don’t have health insurance, which is literally the most expensive possible way to treat something like asthma or chronic emphysema.

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Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by refurb on Friday February 21, 2020 @07:00PM (#22388288)

Look up the Oregon Medicaid study. Basically did a lottery, half get Medicaid, half don’t.

No change in outcomes, it just cost more.

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