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Bullshit Ocasio-Cortez says

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But as Matt Bruenig of the People's Policy Project notes—though absent or buried in much of the initial reporting—even the Koch brothers' numbers, which Sanders says are vastly inflated, demonstrate that the "U.S. could insure 30 million more Americans and virtually eliminate out-of-pocket healthcare expenses" while saving "a whopping $2 trillion" in the process.*

"At first glance, it is strange that the Mercatus center...would publish a report this positive about Medicare for All," writes Bruenig.

"The claim that 'even the Koch organizations say it will save money while covering everyone' provides a useful bit of rhetoric for proponents of the policy," he adds. "But the real game here for Mercatus is to bury the money-saving finding in the report's tables while headlining the incomprehensibly large $32.6 trillion number in order to trick dim reporters into splashing that number everywhere and freaking out."

This "strategy," Bruenig notes, was quite successful.
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Hmmm...you mean if health insurance became entirely a federal program, federal health insurance spending would go up?

Really?
 
So we've got palma and sailor who don't think Americans should pay less for health care.

Anyone else?
 
If you can get there by a new tax on companies to replace what companies were paying to the insurance companies, and pass the savings on via reducing the Medicare rate from 1.45 to something lower, it should be possible to implement. Make the TCJA reduced tax rates only apply to companies who pay into the new business Medicare tax rates.
 
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Kinda hard to use socialism as a bogeyman when you're cozying up to Putin
 
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