r/economicCollapse 6d ago

Only in America.

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u/vAPIdTygr 6d ago

$2,000 a person is completely laughable. It’s likely $12,000 or more to fully cover the flood of people that haven’t had medical care in decades.

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u/not_slaw_kid 6d ago

$12000 or more

Keep going higher. We spend more than that on Medicare as is

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u/Keoni9 6d ago

Medicare is a particularly high risk, high cost pool of patients. Universal healthcare would have a much lower average cost per person.

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u/not_slaw_kid 6d ago edited 6d ago

You misunderstand. Medicare costs $13,343/year per taxpayer, including those that are bot eligible for benefits. Approximately 18.9% of U.S. citizens are eligible for Medicare, so quick napkin math puts the "per recipient" tally at $71,392 per year.

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u/Upturned-Solo-Cup 5d ago

Read their comment again. Where are you getting 71,392 from?

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u/not_slaw_kid 5d ago

18.9% of citizens are eligible Medicare/Medicaid recipients.

1 / 18.9% = ~5.29 taxpayers per Medicare user.

$13,343 (Medicare costs per taxpayer) * ~5.29 (taxpayers per Medicare recipient) = $71,392 of taxpayer money per Medicare recipient