Healthcare

Universal Health Care

Healthcare spending has gotten out of control in our country. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the total healthcare spending in the United States in 2023 was estimated at $4.9 trillion. This represents an increase of 7.5% from the previous year. 

Recent studies have shown that a Medicare For All healthcare plan would save the United States $5 TRILLION over a 10 year period. This comes out to almost $500 billion PER YEAR, simply by removing the for-profit insurance companies. With Medicare for All, most families would spend less on health care than they do now on premiums, copays and deductibles.

• ​​​​​​​Some additional taxes would be needed to pay for Medicare for All, but most Americans would spend less on health care than they do right now.

• Overall, working families that make around $60,000 a year would pay up to 14% less on their annual health care costs.

Arguments against this proposal will state the government is inefficient and won’t use your money wisely, and costs will go up. Well, this is actually false. Currently, In 2016, Medicare had administrative costs of $9.2 billion, which came out to 1.4% of its budget. Private insurance companies, on average, are around 12.4%. Not too mention, they deny claims until they don’t have to. It’s time to take the profit motivator out of healthcare.

No longer, should a company, CEO, claims adjuster, or algorithm, decide what care you get. That decision needs to be left up to you and your doctor.

Additional Improvements To The Healthcare Industry

There are some additional investments that we can make to help improve healthcare around the country, including:

• Investing in Telehealth Services, which help to serve rural and underserved communities

• Invest in Mobile Health Clinics

• Increasing the healthcare industry lack of efficiency

• Help address physician shortages around the country