Thursday, May 18, 2017

New York’s Single-Payer Health Care Plan Would Be More Expensive Than New York’s Entire State Government - Hit & Run : Reason.com

New York’s Single-Payer Health Care Plan Would Be More Expensive Than New York’s Entire State Government - Hit & Run : Reason.com
"New York collects about $80 billion in revenue annually, but the health care plan passed Tuesday would cost at least $91 billion every year (and probably more)"
Image result for free healthcareThe single-payer health care plan that cleared the lower chamber of New York's state legislature on Tuesday would require massive tax increases to double—or possibly even quadruple—the state's current annual revenue levels.
The state Assembly voted 87-38 on Tuesday night to pass the New York Health Plan, which would abolish private insurance plans in the state and provide all New Yorkers (except those enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare) with health insurance through the state government. 
...Gerald Friedman, an economist at UMass Amhearst and longtime advocate for single-payer health care, estimated in 2015 (when the New York Health Act was first passed by the state Assembly) that implementing single-payer in New York would cost more than every other function of the state government..."
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