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Originally Posted by sck5
Dont forget there are some major offsets to the increased cost of universal health insurance
1 - you dont have to pay for private insurance for those things a medicare-like program would cover
2.- There are substantial savings in other things you pay for as well. For example, 25% of my local school district's budget goes to pay health insurance for the employees. If that were lifted from them then the property tax (by far the biggest tax on my house) would be a lot lower.
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Ahh yes the "savings" by having government do it. Let's see...what else can the govenment supply more cheaply than private enterprise? Pentagon toilet seats? Bridges to nowhere? Medicare and Medicaid are such well run government programs...lets extend their efficiencies to the entire health care system!