This is a good analysis of the benefits and costs of various different health care plans going forward.
Best part? They focus on the TRADEOFFS!
Best part? They focus on the TRADEOFFS!
"Within the existing public-private health care system, near universal coverage and improved affordability could be achieved with moderate increases in national health spending."
Under this scenario, National spending on health care would decrease modestly, by $22.6 billion or 0.6 percent, compared with current law in 2020. Federal government spending would increase by $122.1 billion in 2020, or $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
"One single-payer approach would leave no one uninsured and largely eliminate consumers’ out-of-pocket medical costs but would require much greater federal spending to finance."
Under the MFA scenario... National spending on health care would grow by about $720 billion in 2020. Federal government spending would increase by $2.8 trillion in 2020, or $34.0 trillion over 10 years(!!!!!).
This is key, and completely missing from most of Dem debates on the issue:
"The analysis demonstrates that there is more than one effective approach to achieving universal health care coverage in the United States and highlights the trade-offs of different reform strategies."
"The analysis demonstrates that there is more than one effective approach to achieving universal health care coverage in the United States and highlights the trade-offs of different reform strategies."
