As someone seeing universal healthcare as a human right that should not be a partisan issue, I loved Michelle's well written and sourced article. Several related ones are referenced on my site here: https://MHealthTalk.com/policies/.
Nothing upsets me more that greed. No one should be profiting from people dying. I have been against the GOP in Texas because they didn’t want to accept the ACA federal monies. That is so stupid. Why? The way I see it; it’s because they didn’t want a Black man credit for doing GREAT things for the poor.
I want you all to know me and my family have great healthcare insurance. I have been so lucky that my Dad and Husband worked for the Federal Government so we have great healthcare. I keep saying that I feel everyone should have the same healthcare I have. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Yes, I notice. I believe I was already following you. 🤷🏻♀️
I also noticed it was 12/23/24? If I remember correctly. So I had a full house. 2 of my sons and their families were in town. The 3 one lives in Bexar County so it was a busy time. Unless I saw 1/23/24? I really can’t remember. I blame myself.
let me say......healthcare indivisible FTW or Texas says nothing about this...no SR candidate talked about it, no SS candidate talked about it, no congressional candidate nor senate candidate, no state wide candidate talked about, no constable, RR commission, comptroller, treasurer, mayor, judicial candidate talked about it. No party chair or committee talked about it. No clergy or Sherriffs candidate talked about it.
About what? Medicaid Expansion and the 1.4m Texans uncovered. A program Oklahoma and Louisiana, Mo, Ark, a whole lot of other redneck shithead states have.
Estimated savings from universal healthcare go far beyond the $450B annual savings (from Yale) or the $2 trillion savings over 10 years (from Mercatus Center). And they don't account for the down-stream benefits of improved workforce productivity, lives saved, and more. A simple back of the napkin calculation shows real savings could exceed $2 trillion PER YEAR.
That's based on total U.S. health care costs of $4.9 trillion (in 2023) and the fact that we spend about twice as much per capita as other rich nations who cover everyone universally and have generally better longevity and health outcomes.
As someone seeing universal healthcare as a human right that should not be a partisan issue, I loved Michelle's well written and sourced article. Several related ones are referenced on my site here: https://MHealthTalk.com/policies/.
Well said. Agreed. 👍
I missed this article, I’m not sure why.
Nothing upsets me more that greed. No one should be profiting from people dying. I have been against the GOP in Texas because they didn’t want to accept the ACA federal monies. That is so stupid. Why? The way I see it; it’s because they didn’t want a Black man credit for doing GREAT things for the poor.
I want you all to know me and my family have great healthcare insurance. I have been so lucky that my Dad and Husband worked for the Federal Government so we have great healthcare. I keep saying that I feel everyone should have the same healthcare I have. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
It’s from 2024.
Yes, I notice. I believe I was already following you. 🤷🏻♀️
I also noticed it was 12/23/24? If I remember correctly. So I had a full house. 2 of my sons and their families were in town. The 3 one lives in Bexar County so it was a busy time. Unless I saw 1/23/24? I really can’t remember. I blame myself.
let me say......healthcare indivisible FTW or Texas says nothing about this...no SR candidate talked about it, no SS candidate talked about it, no congressional candidate nor senate candidate, no state wide candidate talked about, no constable, RR commission, comptroller, treasurer, mayor, judicial candidate talked about it. No party chair or committee talked about it. No clergy or Sherriffs candidate talked about it.
About what? Medicaid Expansion and the 1.4m Texans uncovered. A program Oklahoma and Louisiana, Mo, Ark, a whole lot of other redneck shithead states have.
so Abbott and MAGA and Tea Party before them are simply cruel, given that other, poorer states have passed ME and we, with $32B surplus, won't.
Worser, much worse, is no Dem talks about this issue polling at 75% approval. IOW we Dems have our heads stuck firmly up our own asses.
We are collectively cowardly, stupid and inept.......and poor or working class whites and brown know this.
The state gets redder as we ignore issues of concern to them.
THE ECONOMIC ARGUMENT IS GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATED.
Estimated savings from universal healthcare go far beyond the $450B annual savings (from Yale) or the $2 trillion savings over 10 years (from Mercatus Center). And they don't account for the down-stream benefits of improved workforce productivity, lives saved, and more. A simple back of the napkin calculation shows real savings could exceed $2 trillion PER YEAR.
That's based on total U.S. health care costs of $4.9 trillion (in 2023) and the fact that we spend about twice as much per capita as other rich nations who cover everyone universally and have generally better longevity and health outcomes.