"extra $2.8 trillion" is incredibly dishonest. Nothing in any universal/single-payer healthcare proposal magically adds $2.8 trillion in actual medical expenses to the system. It's fundamentally an accounting change, akin to a married couple with a joint banking account deciding who'll pay the restaurant bill this time.
To be like Germany, you would have to take $2.8 trillion from the private sector and put it into the public sector by taxing and spending an extra $2.8 trillion. That’s not an accounting change—the government doesn’t have a joint bank account with the private sector.
> To be like Germany, you would have to take $2.8 trillion from the private sector and put it into the public sector by taxing and spending an extra $2.8 trillion.
And those taxes would replace the insurance premiums employers and individuals are currently paying out the ass for. It's a difference in who writes the checks, not how much actually goes out of individuals' pockets.
Claiming "$2.8B in new taxes" is like claiming "I Venmo you $5, you Venmo me $10" costs me five bucks.
> That’s not an accounting change—the government doesn’t have a joint bank account with the private sector.
