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Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by tptacek on Saturday February 22, 2020 @12:10AM (#22389541)
You're saying "it's massive" and, in, like absolute terms, sure, it is; everything we do is massive, we're a huge country. But in relative terms? No. It's not massive. It's a small fraction of our total costs. The total benefits we can reap from minimizing it? Not that great. Ambitious plans based on minimizing those costs? You should be skeptical. You should be asking: how are we going to solve this huge problem by zeroing in on such a small fraction of the total problem? Maybe the answer will surprise you, but you should start by needing to be surprised by the answer.
Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by burnte on Monday February 24, 2020 @05:25PM (#22409083)
Yes, in relative terms it's a large percentage. I work in this business, I see it every day. It's a HUGE chunk. Nationwide out of the 3.5 trillion we spend on healthcare, it's about 800 million.