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1. Even if Trump vetoes it, it will make him look bad for vetoing Medicare for all 2. I don’t think Trump will, if you just call it Trumpcare in one newspaper. We aren’t petty enough to withhold Medicare because of a name
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Anonymous 21h

It’ll make him look financially savvy, “Medicare for All” costs too much whether you want to admit it or not. Besides Dems are more interested in “get Trump” than healthcare. Also why would Trump care about looking bad to a group of people who’ve been devoted to hating him for a decade

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

It costs less than what Americans pay for healthcare by like a lot

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

It’s not about him looking bad to democrats it’s about Trump making himself look bad to independents in the next election cycle

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 20h

Do the accounting for me right now

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 20h

Estimates are that total healthcare spending will go from 5.3 trillion to around 4.7 trillion. US government spending will go up around 3 trillion though since it’s single payer healthcare:

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 20h

I don’t have an accounting sheet on me of course but yeah this is just kinda what experts have said. Here is one Yale public health estimate https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/universal-health-coverage-could-save-one-trillion-dollars-and-114000-lives-every-year/

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 20h

That’s the news article of course ^ The study is still in peer review but went into preprint in July. It uses a Medicare for all system

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19h

Well Yale has an agenda. Anyways the government that actually has to fund it says no it’ll require more taxes and that’s when independent support wanes since even if you’d illegally seize every last dollar from every billionaire, there’s still be a shortfall that requires taxing the middle-class. Not to mention Medicare for all doesn’t suddenly give the healthcare system the tools it needs to function better; it’s not insurance that’s a roadblock. It’s a lack of doctors bc tuition like from Yale

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 19h

It doesn’t instantly do that correct It will take months or years to negotiate cheaper pharmaceutical prices, avoiding fraudulent billing, and health benefits. Ultimately people using the healthcare system more will HELP us since if you get treated early you spend less money than going to ER

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