Current Events > The Eye Popping Cost of Medicare For All

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https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/600166/

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"According to new figures: more than the federal government will spend over the coming decade on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid combined."

yikes

It really feels like the enormity of the spending would destabilize the economy and grind everything to a halt after that. Perhaps that is the sinister intention.

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Wow who would have thought that taxpayer funded healthcare would require more government spending than privately funded healthcare

If you double the FICA tax that would mean someone making the median household income ($63k) would be paying $4819.50 annually or $401.63 a month for the new universal health care (plus the same amount for the original FICA tax). Double that if you are self-employed.

How does that sound to you?
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