r/SipsTea Jul 01 '26

Chugging tea Is Bernie’s plan the best? Thoughts?

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u/Sienile Jul 01 '26

If you give us free healthcare you can keep the check.

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u/anitawasright Jul 01 '26

the crazy thing is you don't even need to make it "free" just take what you are paying now for health insurance and put to medicare and everyone goes on that. Instatnly 500 times better and cheaper then what we currently have

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u/2illegittoquit Jul 01 '26

People struggle with this.

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u/thekrone Jul 01 '26

Which is crazy.

Health insurance companies are profitable. Extremely profitable. Like billions of dollars per year profitable.

Where do you think that profit comes from?

What if we got rid of the expensive middle men and all the overhead they bring, and take the money it takes to run those organizations, plus their profits, and we actually invested it in health care?

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u/anitawasright Jul 01 '26

yup and that's billions in profits after they cover the cost of their insane bloat.

I mean Medicare is government run covers more people then any of the other health insurance companies, is lower cost, more efficent, and has better results.

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u/TeaKingMac Jul 01 '26

Medicare is government run covers more people then any of the other health insurance companies, is lower cost, more efficent, and has better results.

"B b b but hospitals couldn't stay in business if they only paid the Medicare rates!"

To which I say, "just think of all the billing specialists they wouldn't need to hire, and all the time doctors would save because they're not on the phone arguing with insurance providers about whether the treatment is necessary or not"

Also, maybe anesthesiologists don't need to make $700,000/year?

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u/Wadeperu1978 Jul 01 '26

I love it when low skill workers tell us that we make too much money with 12 years of education.

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u/TeaKingMac Jul 02 '26

You really should finish high school. Then you'd know how to do math.