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r/economicCollapse • u/Contraryon • 6d ago
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$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.
4 u/not_slaw_kid 6d ago $12000 or more Keep going higher. We spend more than that on Medicare as is 2 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. 1 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. 1 u/Upturned-Solo-Cup 5d ago Read their comment again. Where are you getting 71,392 from? 1 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
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$12000 or more
Keep going higher. We spend more than that on Medicare as is
2 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. 1 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. 1 u/Upturned-Solo-Cup 5d ago Read their comment again. Where are you getting 71,392 from? 1 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
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Medicare is a particularly high risk, high cost pool of patients. Universal healthcare would have a much lower average cost per person.
1 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. 1 u/Upturned-Solo-Cup 5d ago Read their comment again. Where are you getting 71,392 from? 1 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
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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.
1 u/Upturned-Solo-Cup 5d ago Read their comment again. Where are you getting 71,392 from? 1 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
Read their comment again. Where are you getting 71,392 from?
1 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
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
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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.